Sleeping Dogs (film)
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| Sleeping Dogs | |
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| Directed by | Roger Donaldson |
| Produced by | Roger Donaldson Larry Parr |
| Written by | Arthur Baysting Ian Mune based on novel by Christian K. Stead |
| Starring | Sam Neill Ian Mune Nevan Rowe Warren Oates |
| Release date(s) | 1977 |
| Running time | 107 min |
| Language | English |
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Sleeping Dogs is a 1977 film and the first feature film by director Roger Donaldson. Featuring Sam Neill and Warren Oates it is notable for being the first feature-length 35 mm film produced entirely in New Zealand. Based on the novel Smith's Dream by writer C. K. Stead, it was also the first feature film to be produced in New Zealand since 1962.
A political thriller with action film elements, it follows the lead character "Smith" (Neill) as New Zealand plunges into a police state as a right-wing government institutes martial law after industrial disputes flare into violence. Smith gets caught between the special police and a growing resistance movement and reluctantly becomes involved.
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