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New Zealand Feature Films
This is a list of feature films and pre 1910 short films produced or filmed in New Zealand, ordered by year of release. Key * * = Funded in part by the New Zealand Film Commission. * †= Year given is date of principal photography rather than release. Pre 1910 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also *Cinema of New Zealand References * ''Leonard Maltin's 2007 Movie Guide'' Further reading *Dennis, Jonathan & Jan Bieringa, (1996) "Film in Aotearoa New Zealand", Wellington: Victoria University Press. (best source on topic) External linksIMDb Guide for New Zealand {{DEFAULTSORT:New Zealand Films [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feature Film
A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originally referred to the main, full-length film in a cinema program that included a short film and often a newsreel. Matinee programs, especially in the US and Canada, in general, also included cartoons, at least one weekly serial and, typically, a second feature-length film on weekends. The first narrative feature film was the 60-minute ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'' (1906, Australia). Other early feature films include ''Les Misérables'' (1909, U.S.), ''L'Inferno'', ''Defence of Sevastopol'' (1911), '' Oliver Twist'' (American version), '' Oliver Twist'' (British version), '' Richard III'', ''From the Manger to the Cross'', ''Cleopatra'' (1912), '' Quo Vadis?'' (1913), ''Cabiria'' (1914) and ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915). Description The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklyn Barrett
Walter Franklyn Barrett (1873 – 16 July 1964), better known as Franklyn Barrett, was an Australian film director and cinematographer. He worked for a number of years for West's Pictures. It was later written of the filmmaker that "Barrett's visual ingenuity was to be the highlight of all his work, but... his direction of actors was less assured".Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, ''Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years'', Currency Press 1989 p 39 Biography Barrett was born in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, and was raised by his aunt. He was a professional violin player and amateur photographer and claims to have seen the first exhibit of motion pictures at the Empire Theatre in London. Barrett moved to New Zealand with his brother and father to work as a clerk for the latter. He began to experiment with shooting movies, and in 1901 won a prize of £15 for some of his photos. Barrett accompanied the Duke of York on his 1901 tour of Australia in capacity as photographer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loved By A Maori Chieftess
''Loved by a Maori Chieftess'' is a 1913 New Zealand feature film directed by Gaston Méliès. Principal photography took place in Rotorua, New Zealand.FilmNZ History A paragraph by "Musico-Dramaticus" in the ''New Zealand Herald'' of 10 May 1913 ''New Zealand Herald'' of 10 May 1913 p4 says about "Loved by a Maori Chieftess" that: ''The first of the New Zealand films taken by the Melies company in the King Country was released on March 14'' although Sam Edwards says that the three feature films by Melies were shot at Rotorua. Méliès shot three other films in New Zealand in 1912-13: '' Hinemoa'', '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Chief Te Ponga Won His Bride
''How Chief Te Ponga Won His Bride'' is a 1913 New Zealand feature film directed and produced by Gaston Méliès. Principal photography took place in New Zealand.FilmNZ History He shot three other films in New Zealand in 1912-13: ''Hinemoa'', '' Loved by a Maori Chieftess
''Loved by a Maori Chieftess'' is a 1913 New Zealand feature film directed by Gaston Méliès. Principal photography took place in Rotorua, New Zealand. '' and '' ...
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Lost Film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy of every American film to be deposited at the Library of Congress at the time of copyright registration, but the Librarian of Congress was not required to retain those copies: "Under the provisions of the act of March 4, 1909, authority is granted for the return to the claimant of copyright of such copyright deposits as are not required by the Library." A report created by Library of Congress film historian and archivist David Pierce claims: * 75% of original silent-era films have perished. * 14% of the 10,919 silent films released by major studios exist in their original 35 mm or other formats. * 11% survive only in full-length foreign versions or film formats of lesser image quality. Of the American sound films made from 1927 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Méliès
Gaston M̩li̬s (; February 12, 1852 РApril 9, 1915) was a French film director who worked primarily in the United States. He was the brother of the film director Georges M̩li̬s. Biography Gaston and the third and elder M̩li̬s brother, Henri, ran the family shoe factory in Paris. They landed a contract with the French War Ministry that looked to make them both wealthy. Unfortunately, the price of leather increased sharply, and they were unable to meet their costs. The factory shut down and the M̩li̬s brothers lost their business. Georges M̩li̬s had produced films in France, which had become popular around the world. Some distributors began infringing M̩li̬s work, especially in the United States. Georges M̩li̬s asked his brother Gaston to go the United States and guard Georges's copyrights. Gaston M̩li̬s arrived in New York City in 1902, formed the American branch of the Star Film Company, and began distributing his brother's films. By 1903, Gaston began maki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinemoa (1913 Film)
''Hinemoa'' was a silent film made in New Zealand by Gaston Méliès in 1913. ''Hinemoa'' is possibly the first film to have been made in New Zealand, although it is doubtful whether the film was ever screened in the country. Plot No copy of ''Hinemoa'' survives, but the film would have told the story of the legend of Hinemoa and Tutanekai. Background In 1912, the Méliès brothers' company Star Film was in some financial strife, as a result of which Gaston Méliès travelled to the South Pacific in search of fashionably exotic locales, people and stories.''The History of Ethnographic Film'' by Emilie de Brigard, in ''Principles of Visual Anthropology'' ed. Paul Hockings, 1995 Hinemoa was one of five two-reel films screened in New York City in 1913; probably including three other 1913 films he shot in New Zealand, ''Loved by a Maori Chieftess'', ''How Chief Te Ponga Won His Bride ''How Chief Te Ponga Won His Bride'' is a 1913 New Zealand feature film directed and produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 In Film
1913 was a particularly fruitful year for film as an art form, and is often cited one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with 1917. The year was one where filmmakers of several countries made great artistic advancements, producing notable pioneering masterpieces such as ''The Student of Prague'' (Stellan Rye), ''Suspense'' (Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber), ''Atlantis'' (August Blom), ''Raja Harischandra'' (D. G. Phalke), ''Juve contre Fantomas'' (Louis Feuillade), ''Quo Vadis?'' (Enrico Guazzoni), ''Ingeborg Holm'' (Victor Sjöström), ''The Mothering Heart'' (D. W. Griffith), ''Ma l’amor mio non muore!'' (Mario Caserini), ''L’enfant de Paris'' (Léonce Perret) and ''Twilight of a Woman's Soul'' (Yevgenii Bauer). Events * January 1 – The British Board of Film Censors is established. * April 21 – The first full-length Indian (and Marathi) feature film ''Raja Harishchandra'' (silent) has its première (public release May 3). * May â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sea Coasts Of New Zealand
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1908 In Film
The year 1908 in film involved some significant events. Events *July 3 - Malhabour Theater, the first film house in Iloilo City was opened to the public. *July 14 – D. W. Griffith becomes a director at the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in New York City. Between 1908 and 1913, Griffith will direct nearly 500 films starting with the release of The Adventures of Dollie. *October 28 – The Russian Film Industry begins with the release of Russia's first fictional narrative film '' Stenka Razin''. *November 18 – Release in France of ''The Assassination of the Duke of Guise'' (''La Mort du duc de Guise''), the first film with a screenplay by an eminent man of letters, the playwright Henri Lavedan; it is also directed by two men of the theatre, Charles Le Bargy and André Calmettes, features actors of the Comédie-Française, and is accompanied by a score from Saint-Saëns. *December - Thomas Edison forms the Motion Picture Patents Company, with goals of controlling pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Days Bay
Days Bay is a residential area in Lower Hutt in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is walled on three sides by steep bush-clad slopes. Most of its level land is occupied by Williams Park and an independent boys' primary school, originally a part of Williams Park. Wellington shipowner, J H Williams, bought land in Days Bay near the end of the 19th century to create custom for his smaller vessels, building a wharf and turning the bay into a sports and resort development for day-trippers and holiday-makers. Williams sold his interest in 1905 and the new owners split off building sites on unneeded land. The Eastbourne Borough Council bought the ferries in 1913 and the accommodation, Days Bay House, was soldHistory of the harbour ferry. Evening Post'', volume=CIV, issue=22, 26 July 1922, Page 5 to Wellington's Croydon School. The following year the Wellington City Council with central government support and public subscription bought the resort for the ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ally Sloper
Alexander "Ally" Sloper is the eponymous fictional character of the British comic strip ''Ally Sloper''. First appearing in 1867, he is considered one of the earliest comic strip characters and he is regarded as the first recurring character in comics. Red-nosed and blustery, an archetypal lazy schemer often found "sloping" through alleys to avoid his landlord and other creditors, he was created for the British magazine '' Judy'' by writer and fledgling artist Charles H. Ross, and inked and later fully illustrated by his French wife Émilie de Tessier under the pseudonym "Marie Duval" (or "Marie Du Val"; sources differ). The strips, which used text narrative beneath unbordered panels, premiered in the 14 August 1867 issue of ''Judy'', a humour-magazine rival of the famous ''Punch''. The highly popular character was spun off into his own comic, ''Ally Sloper's Half Holiday'', in 1884. Artists The first illustrations were by Ross, then Tessier took over. When publisher Gilbert D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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