1988 New Zealand film
| 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) |
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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.
Cast
- Terence Cooper as Jack Macready
- Martin Maguire as Billy
- Ian McElhinney as Brian Devlin
- Marshall Napier as Det. inspector Cross
- Joel Tobeck as Thin Victim
- Temuera Morrison as Det. Sergeant Harris
- Frances Barber as Claire Deeds
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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