The Hollow Men
The inside story of a National Party election campaign
10.0
1 votes
2008
1h 36m
Documentary
Overview
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.
Directed by Alister Barry
Top cast
Nick Blake
Narrator (voice)D
Donald Brash
SelfJ
John Key
SelfB
Bill English
Self
Vaughan Slinn
Bryan Sinclair (voice)J
Julie Thorns
Diane Foreman (voice)
Sam Snedden
Matthew Hooton (voice)
Bruce Phillips
Peter Keenan (voice)R
Russell Campbell
Don Brash (voice)
Mick Rose
Murray McCully (voice)
Matthew Chamberlain
Richard Long (voice)/Roderick Deane (voice)
Phil Peleton
Crosby/Textor (voice)/ Crosby/Textor Focus Group Leader
John Bach
Michael Bassett (voice)
Cohen Holloway
John Ansell (voice)A
Abi King-Jones
Anita Ferguson (voice)R
Rachel Weaver
Women's Focus Group LeaderC
Chris Brooks
DoormanM
Melanie McLuskie
Restaurant WaitressD
Danika Morris-Brown
Banquet WaitressR
Rob Jerram
Rollscreen ManDetails
Status
Released
Release date
July 7, 2008
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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