The Hollow Men

96 minutes

7/7/2008

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.

Cast List

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)
Sam Snedden
as Matthew Hooton (voice)
Bruce Phillips
as Peter Keenan (voice)
Russell Campbell
as Don Brash (voice)
Mick Rose
as Murray McCully (voice)
Matthew Chamberlain
as Richard Long (voice)/Roderick Deane (voice)
Phil Peleton
as Crosby/Textor (voice)/ Crosby/Textor Focus Group Leader
John Bach
as Michael Bassett (voice)
Cohen Holloway
as John Ansell (voice)
Abi King-Jones
as Anita Ferguson (voice)
Rachel Weaver
as Women's Focus Group Leader
Chris Brooks
as Doorman
Melanie McLuskie
as Restaurant Waitress
Danika Morris-Brown
as Banquet Waitress
Rob Jerram
as Rollscreen Man
Simon Haren
as Newspaper Deliverer
Ray Heenan
as NZ First Leaflet Deliverer
Patrick Keenan
as Exclusive Brethren Leaflet Deliverer
David Grant
as Diner
Russell Campbell
as Diner
Mandy Hager
as Train Passenger
Paul Ashby
as Autocue Operator
Julia Hager
as Pedestrian
Elsie Jolliffe
as Pedestrian
Wang-Sook Lee
as Focus Group Member
Bonnie Warssold
as Focus Group Member
Kathy Dudding
as Focus Group Member
Ana Blake-Kelly
as Focus Group Member
Rebecca Pohlmann
as Focus Group Member
Sarah Stevenson
as Focus Group Member
Margaret Smith
as Focus Group Member
Lin Murphy
as Focus Group Member
Danny McManamon
as Focus Group Member
Nick Bond
as Focus Group Member
Samantha Woodhouse
as Focus Group Member
Freddy Fullmer
as Focus Group Member
Olive Margaret Smith
as Focus Group Member
Samantha Woodward
as Focus Group Member