''Valley of the Stereos'' is a 1992 New Zealand short film written by Costa Botes and George Port and produced by

Jim Booth Jim Booth (7 February 1945 – 4 January 1994) was a New Zealand film producer and actor, known for producing early films from Peter Jackson, including ''Meet the Feebles ''Meet the Feebles'' (also known as ''Frogs of War'' in New Zealand a ...

and

Peter Jackson Sir Peter Robert Jackson (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known as the director, writer and producer of the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy (2001–2003) and the ''Hobbit'' trilogy ( ...

Plot

''Valley of the Stereos'' involves an escalating battle between a

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('River', played by Danny Mulheron) and a metalhead (Murray Keane) who live next door to each other in the countryside. Following the metalhead's late-night music playing, the two battle over who can drive the other away with their incompatible music tastes. Each accumulates a larger and larger pile of stereos, until eventually River converts his house into a multi-stereo

mecha In science fiction, or mechs are giant robots or machines controlled by people, typically depicted as humanoid walking vehicles. The term was first used in Japanese (language), Japanese after shortening the English loanword or , but the mean ...

and (accidentally) blasts both homes out of existence.

Cast

Danny Mulheron Danny Mulheron is a New Zealand actor, writer, and director who has worked in theatre, television and film. Mulheron graduated from Toi Whakaari, Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1983 with a Diploma in Acting. In 2012, he directed ''Fr ...

as River *Murray Keane

External links

* 1992 comedy films 1992 films 1992 short films New Zealand short films Comedy short films 1990s English-language films Films produced by Peter Jackson {{NewZealand-film-stub