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Sleeping Dogs
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Adapted from C.K. Stead s novel Smith s Dream, Sleeping Dogs aImost single-handedly kickstarted the New ZeaIand New Wave, demonstrating that homegrown feature films could resonate with both local and internationaI audiences, and Iaunching the big-screen careers of director Roger Donaldson (No Way Out, Species) and Sam NeiIl (Jurassic Park, Possession).
NeilI in his first lead role in a feature plays Smith, a man escaping the break-up of his marriage by finding isoIation on an island off the Coromandel Peninsula. As he settIes into his new life, the country is experiencing its own turmoiI: an oil embargo has led to martial law and civiI war, into which Smith reIuctantIy finds himself increasingly invoIved.
Co-starring Warren Oates (Bring Me the Head of AIfredo Garcia) as the commander of a US army unit drawn into the confIict, Sleeping Dogs is simuItaneousIy a politicaI thriIler, a personaI drama and a true landmark in New Zealand cinema. |
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