Documentary · New Zealand · 2008 · 1h 36m

The Hollow Men

Director

Cast

Nick Blake as Narrator (voice) Donald Brash as Self John Key as Self Bill English as Self Vaughan Slinn as Bryan Sinclair (voice) Julie Thorns as Diane Foreman (voice)

Crew

Abi King-Jones — Director of Photography Dave Holley — Director of Photography Alister Barry — Director of Photography Errol Wright — Director of Photography Shane Loader — Director of Photography Abi King-Jones — Editor

Tagline

The inside story of a National Party election campaign

Synopsis

The 'stolen' insider emails that informed Nicky Hager's best-selling account of National's 2005 election campaign return in Alister Barry's (Someone Else's Country) new film - just in time to caution us against campaigning politicians in 2008. Addressing each other like schoolboy Machiavellis, party leader Don Brash and his advisors spelled out how they'd copy the big boys in Australia and the US in order to win the votes of people who'd never support the kind of policies such men are widely presumed to represent. The dividing and conquering began at Orewa.

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