Angel Mine

{{Short description|1978 New Zealand fantasy fiction film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Angel Mine

| image =

| caption =

| director = David Blyth

| producer = Warren Sellers
David Blyth

| writer = David Blyth

| narrator =

| starring = Derek Ward
Jennifer Redford
Myra De Groot

| music = Mark Nicholas
Suburban Reptiles

| cinematography = John Earnshaw

| editing = Philip Howe

| studio = ILA Films
New Zealand Film Commission

| distributor = ILA Films
Valhalla Films

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1978}}

| runtime = 68 minutes

| country = New Zealand

| language = English

| budget =

}}

Angel Mine is a 1978 New Zealand fantasy fiction film.{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Helen |last2=Edwards |first2=Sam |title=New Zealand film, 1912-1996 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/23627951 |website=Trove |publisher=Auckland ; Melbourne ; Oxford :Oxford University Press |access-date=13 January 2023 |date=1997}} {{ISBN|0-19-558336-1}}{{cite web |title=Angel Mine |url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/angel-mine-1978 |website=NZ On Screen |publisher=New Zealand Film Commission |access-date=13 January 2023 |date=1978}}{{cite web |title=Angel Mine (1978) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ec572ce |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306064158/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ec572ce |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 March 2023 |website=British Film Institute |access-date=6 March 2023 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Celebrating 40 years of New Zealand film: Angel Mine (1978) |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/celebrating-40-years-of-new-zealand-film-angel-mine-1978/TXYM3L2ORXV4U5GO2BVMW4AHTQ/ |access-date=6 March 2023 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=June 4, 2018 |language=en-NZ}}

Synopsis

Angel Mine is advertised as a drug for automatically solving marital problems. A young Auckland middle class suburban couple become entangled in this surrealistic world switching between reality and fantasy while attempting to model their lives on media advertising in a world of black leather and punk music.{{cite web |title=Angel Mine |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150124252 |publisher= British Film Institute |access-date=14 January 2023 |date=1978}}{{Citation | author1=Blyth, David | author8=New Zealand Film Commission | title=Angel mine | publication-date=2008 |website=Trove| publisher=New Zealand Film Commission [distributor] | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/238699566 | access-date=15 January 2023}}

Cast

  • Derek Ward as The Man
  • Jennifer Redford as The Woman
  • Myra De Groot as Nun
  • Michael Wilson

Reviews

  • 1978 The Press "Caution: viewing may be damaging".{{cite news |title=N.Z. film gets punk-cult warning |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19781125.2.19 |access-date=13 January 2023 |work=Papers Past |publisher=The Press |date=25 November 1978 |page=2}}
  • 1994 Cinema Papers New Zealand Supplement.{{cite news |last1=Murray |first1=Scott |author-link1=Scott Murray (filmmaker)|title=A Short History of Film in New Zealand 1977-1994|url=https://issuu.com/libuow/docs/cinemapaper1994aprno097-098|access-date=16 January 2023|issue=97–98|work=(Issuu p 51)|publisher=Cinema Papers New Zealand Supplement |date=April 1994|page=5}}
  • 2001 Festival/Awards: NZ Drifting Clouds Film Festival.{{cite web |title=Angel Mine |url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/angel-mine |publisher=New Zealand Film Commission |access-date=13 January 2023 |date=2001}}

References

{{Reflist}}