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The Hollow Men

2008 · 1h 36m · Documentary

The inside story of a National Party election campaign

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Overview

The 'stolen' insider emails that informed Nicky Hager's best-selling account of National's 2005 election campaign return in Alister Barry's (Someone Else's Country) new film - just in time to caution us against campaigning politicians in 2008. Addressing each other like schoolboy Machiavellis, party leader Don Brash and his advisors spelled out how they'd copy the big boys in Australia and the US in order to win the votes of people who'd never support the kind of policies such men are widely presumed to represent. The dividing and conquering began at Orewa.

Cast

Nick Blake

Nick Blake

Narrator (voice)

Donald Brash

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John Key

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Bill English

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Vaughan Slinn

Vaughan Slinn

Bryan Sinclair (voice)

Julie Thorns

Diane Foreman (voice)

Sam Snedden

Sam Snedden

Matthew Hooton (voice)

Bruce Phillips

Bruce Phillips

Peter Keenan (voice)

Russell Campbell

Don Brash (voice)

Mick Rose

Mick Rose

Murray McCully (voice)

Matthew Chamberlain

Matthew Chamberlain

Richard Long (voice)/Roderick Deane (voice)

Phil Peleton

Phil Peleton

Crosby/Textor (voice)/ Crosby/Textor Focus Group Leader

John Bach

John Bach

Michael Bassett (voice)

Cohen Holloway

Cohen Holloway

John Ansell (voice)

Abi King-Jones

Anita Ferguson (voice)

Rachel Weaver

Women's Focus Group Leader

Crew

Media

Details

Release date
July 7, 2008
Status
Released
Original language
English
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
G
Genres
Documentary

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