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5 August 1999 (New Zealand)
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Five kiwi flatmates find something growing in their basement much to their delight, but when the rightful owner comes knocking and finds that they have appropriated the goods things start to go awry. full summary | add synopsis
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The Kiwi's Are Coming!
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Willa O'Neill | ... | Emma | |
| Neill Rea | ... | Scott | |
| Ashleigh Seagar | ... | Nicola | |
| Taika Cohen | ... | Alex | |
| Charlie Bleakley | ... | Graham | |
| Jon Brazier | ... | Kevin | |
| Mark Neilson | ... | Gordy | |
| Mark Dudfield | ... | The Yams | |
| Pat Soper | |||
| Dave Dudfield | |||
| Andrew Munro | |||
| David Kilgour | ... | The Clean | |
| Lanfranco Perini | |||
| Robert Yeats | |||
| Thomas Bell |
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Crime 101 (USA) (DVD title)
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Rated R for language, violence, drug content and some sexuality.
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Willa O'Neill had a serious allergic reaction to the face paint used for the scene when they are going to the Auckland/Otago rugby match. She had to leave it on despite the burning, as there were no other options and the paint had to be re-applied the next few days leaving O'Neill with red bumps all over her face.
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This film is another fine example of what New Zealand filmmakers can do when they hold the audiences' enjoyment above their own artistic w**k-ness.
The Sarkies Brothers have created an extremely (un)pleasant film that isn't really about University life at all, but about those staple cinematic conventions -paranoia, murder and er, flatting.
I strongly urge any one not from New Zealand to check out this little gem. God knows when it'll get released anywhere else though. I hope it gets onto screens in the U.S.
One quibble however, three times in the film, characters describe each other as 'jerks'. Honestly, who in New Zealand uses that word with a straight face? It's such a sitcom-ism. 'Dick' would have been much more suitable in my eyes.