The Grasscutter
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The Grasscutter | |
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Directed by | Ian Mune |
Written by | Roy Mitchell |
Produced by | Tom Finlayson |
Starring | Terence Cooper Martin Maguire Ian McElhinney |
Music by | Don McGlashan Wayne Laird |
Distributed by | Central Independent Television PLC (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | New Zealand |
Language | English |
The Grasscutter is a 1988 film directed by Ian Mune and written by Roy Mitchell.
Synopsis
A landscape architect (Cooper) living in New Zealand finds that his past catches up with him. Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) loyalists from Northern Ireland 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.
Production
It was shot in the south of New Zealand, in Dunedin and Queenstown.
References
- Martin, Helen and Edwards, Sam, New Zealand Film 1912-1996, Oxford, 1997. ISBN 0-19-558336-1
External links
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