The Selling Of New Zealand Movies

Launching New Zealand movies at the Cannes Film Festival for the first time, Lindsay Shelton discovered the world had never heard of New Zealand, let alone its film industry. Here he tells how the country's talented film-makers changed this forever, winning international acclaim and box-office success. Strong personalities and even stronger ambitions surface in this gripping story: peter Jackson (Bad Taste, Heavenly Creatures), Jane Campion (An Angel At My Table, The Piano), Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors), Geoff Murphy (Goodbye Pork Pie), Roger Donaldson (Smash Palace) and Vincent Ward (Vigil, The Navigator) and many others.

This is a rare and absorbing book behind the glamour, to the real business of how movies are made and sold.