''The Grasscutter'' is a 1988 film directed by

Ian Mune Ian Barry Mune (born 1941) is a New Zealand character actor, director, and screenwriter. His screen acting career spans four decades and more than 50 roles. His work as a film director includes hit comedy ''Came a Hot Friday'', an adaptation of c ...

and written by Roy Mitchell. It was shot in the south of

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, in

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and Queenstown. The music was written by

Don McGlashan Donald McGlashan (born 18 July 1959) is a New Zealand composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist who Is best known for membership in the bands Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, and The Mutton Birds, before going solo. He has also composed for ci ...

and Wayne Laird. A landscape architect (Cooper) living in New Zealand finds that his past catches up with him.

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(UVF) loyalists from

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have discovered the new identity he was given after becoming a " supergrass" and come after him, drastically increasing New Zealand's violent crime rate in the process.

References

* Martin, Helen and Edwards, Sam, ''New Zealand Film 1912-1996'', Oxford, 1997.

External links

* 1988 films New Zealand drama films 1988 drama films Films about The Troubles (Northern Ireland) Dunedin in fiction 1980s English-language films Films directed by Ian Mune {{NewZealand-film-stub