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Writers:
Costa Botes (written by) &
Peter Jackson (written by)
Release Date:
3 October 1997 (USA) more
Plot:
Forgotten Silver is a mockumentary which details the prodigious life of "lost" filmmaker Colin McKenzie... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
NewsDesk:
Fangoria Profiles: Peter Jackson
(From Fangoria. 28 February 2009, 12:03 PM, PST)
User Comments:
Very, very good. more (49 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Peter Jackson | ... | Himself |
 | Johnny Morris | ... | Himself - Film Archivist (also as Jonathon Morris) |
| Costa Botes | ... | Himself - Film Maker |
 | Harvey Weinstein | ... | Himself - Miramax Films |
 | Leonard Maltin | ... | Himself - Film Historian |
 | Sam Neill | ... | Himself - Actor / Director |
| Marguerite Hurst | ||
| John O'Shea | ||
| Lindsay Shelton | ... | Himself |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Beatrice Ashton | ... | Hannah McKenzie |
| Peter Corrigan | ... | Stan the Man |
 | Sarah McLeod | ... | May Belle (research assistant) |
| Thomas Robins | ... | Colin McKenzie |
| Jeffrey Thomas | ... | Narrator |
| Davina Whitehouse | ... | Herself |
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53 min | USA:70 min (DVD)
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1.66 : 1 more
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The interview with Sam Neill was taken during the filming of Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill (1995). more
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Factual errors: The film implies that Colin invented the close-up around 1912, but the earliest close-ups date from around 1903, nine years earlier. more
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Features The Suburbanite (1904) more
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This hour-long documentary details the amazing work of the nearly unknown Colin McKenzie, the first man to film movies with sound or in color. He documented the first man to ever fly (before the Wright Brothers, even!) and filmed a biblical epic on a massive set he built single handedly in the mountainous forests of New Zealand. So why haven't you heard of him? It might be because most people are biased against New Zealand film-makers, or it could be because this movie is entirely fictitious.
The very real, very brilliant director Peter Jackson fashioned this very funny and touching film for New Zealand television, and it's worth checking out for many reasons. First of all, it's technically amazing- the vintage film scenes are very convincing and well thought out. Second of all, the movie is very funny, including the hilarious antics of Stan the Man, a mean spirited prankster who is kind of like Tom Green, only much less annoying because he's silent. Finally, this movie has real heart, and gets you to care about the eccentric MacKenzie. As a bonus, this movie also features (an was co-conceived by) the guy from "Bad Taste" who threw the pine cone at Derik.
This movie is kind of hard to find, but well worth hunting down, especially if you are a fan of Jackson's work (and everyone should be).