The Hollow Men
The inside story of a National Party election campaign
2008 en 96 minutes
Rating: 10
Plot
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.
Trailer
Cast
Nick Blake
Narrator (voice)
Donald Brash
Self
John Key
Self
Bill English
Self
Vaughan Slinn
Bryan Sinclair (voice)
Julie Thorns
Diane Foreman (voice)
Sam Snedden
Matthew Hooton (voice)
Bruce Phillips
Peter Keenan (voice)
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)
Abi King-Jones
Anita Ferguson (voice)
Rachel Weaver
Women's Focus Group Leader
Chris Brooks
Doorman
Melanie McLuskie
Restaurant Waitress
Danika Morris-Brown
Banquet Waitress
Rob Jerram
Rollscreen Man
Simon Haren
Newspaper Deliverer
Ray Heenan
NZ First Leaflet Deliverer
Patrick Keenan
Exclusive Brethren Leaflet Deliverer
David Grant
Diner
Russell Campbell
Diner
Mandy Hager
Train Passenger
Paul Ashby
Autocue Operator
Julia Hager
Pedestrian
Elsie Jolliffe
Pedestrian
Wang-Sook Lee
Focus Group Member
Bonnie Warssold
Focus Group Member
Kathy Dudding
Focus Group Member
Ana Blake-Kelly
Focus Group Member
Rebecca Pohlmann
Focus Group Member
Sarah Stevenson
Focus Group Member
Margaret Smith
Focus Group Member
Lin Murphy
Focus Group Member
Danny McManamon
Focus Group Member
Nick Bond
Focus Group Member
Samantha Woodhouse
Focus Group Member
Freddy Fullmer
Focus Group Member
Olive Margaret Smith
Focus Group Member
Samantha Woodward
Focus Group Member
