Other Halves
Directed byJohn Laing
Written bySue McCauley
Based onSue McCauley book
Produced byTom Finlayson
Dean Hill
StarringLisa Harrow
Mark Pilisi
Fraser Stephen-Smith
CinematographyLeon Narbey
Edited byHarley Oliver
Music byDon McGlashan
Production
companies
Finlayson-Hill Productions
Orringham
Release date
1 October 1984
Running time
106 minutes
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish

Other Halves is a 1984 New Zealand film directed by John Laing.[1][2][3] The film is based on a book by Sue McCauley.[4]

Synopsis

A relationship develops between a Maori boy in drug rehab and a married Pākehā woman when they meet in a psychiatric hospital.[2][5]

Cast

  • Lisa Harrow as Liz
  • Mark Pilisi as Tug
  • Fraser Stephen-Smith as Michael
  • Paul Gittins as Ken
  • John Bach as Jim
  • Clare Clifford as Aileen
  • Bruce Purchase as Irwin
  • Temuera Morrison as Tony
  • Raymond Reid as Billy
  • Allan Sio as Bones
  • Olaf Ulberg as Bones
  • Emma Piper as Audrey
  • Grant Tilly as Dr. Wray
  • Judy McIntosh as Nurse
  • Yvonne Lawley as Alice
  • Bob Gould as Neddy
  • Alistair Topham as Slippers
  • Paula Keenan as Receptionist
  • Derek Neville as Musician
  • Lottie Neville as Musician
  • Onno Boelee as Patient
  • Aniva Mata'afa-Hanson as Patient
  • Michael Baxter-Lax as Patient
  • Joan Chalmers as Patient
  • Ira Seidenstein as Patient
  • Fatala Valli as Patient
  • Karam Hau as Patient
  • Maggie Maxwell as Patient
  • Karl Bradley as Patient
  • Lyndon Peoples as Patient
  • Kanba Mata'afa-Hanson as Patient
  • Nigel Carpinter as Patient
  • Steve Hall as Police
  • Marua Whoreparn as Police
  • Laine Dee as Police
  • Rod Collison as Police
  • Paul Robinson as Police
  • David Jowsey as Police
  • Stephen Tozer as Lawyer
  • David Weatherley as Judge
  • Alison Routledge as Paula
  • Nathaniel Lees as Court Clerk
  • Roy Billing as Harry Daniels
  • Rex Merrie as Advertising Man
  • Norman Keesing as Tug's Boss
  • Pete Smith as Workmate
  • Christopher Winn as Sean
  • Amy Coleman as Sarah
  • Stephen Barbovich as Gallery Man
  • Susan Trainor as Bag Snatch Woman
  • Gay Dean as Woman in Toilet
  • Don Kjestrup as Taxi Driver
  • Shirley Gruar as Aileen's Friend
  • Nick Blane as Junkie
  • Clemence Cuming as Junkie
  • Farrell Cleary as Junkie
  • Andrea Kelland as Junkie
  • Henry Piho as Skinhead Gang
  • Chris Tabuteau as Skinhead Gang
  • Shaun Townsley as Skinhead Gang
  • Nicholas Dowden as Skinhead Gang
  • Michael Simpson as Skinhead Gang
  • Matthew Hunter as Skinhead Gang

Reviews

Wellington Film Society - "The film is littered with dichotomies...".[6]

References

  1. Martin, Helen; Edwards, Sam (1997). New Zealand film, 1912-1996. Auckland ; Melbourne ; Oxford :Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-558336-1. Retrieved 13 January 2023. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. 1 2 "Other Halves". British Film Institute. 1984. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  3. "Other Halves". Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. 1984. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  4. McCauley, Sue (1982). Other Halves. Trove: Auckland, etc. : Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 034028630X. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  5. "Other Halves". New Zealand Film Commission. 1984. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  6. "Other Halves". Wellington Film Society. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
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