Other Halves
{{Short description|1984 New Zealand film}}
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{{Infobox film
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| director = John Laing
| producer = Tom Finlayson
Dean Hill
| based_on = Sue McCauley book
| writer = Sue McCauley
| starring = Lisa Harrow
Mark Pilisi
Fraser Stephen-Smith
| music = Don McGlashan
| cinematography = Leon Narbey
| editing = Harley Oliver
| studio = Finlayson-Hill Productions
Orringham
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1984|10|01|df=yes}}
| runtime = 106 minutes
| country = New Zealand
| language = English
| budget =
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Other Halves is a 1984 New Zealand film directed by John Laing.{{cite book |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=Other Halves |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6e51cc70 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305235758/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6e51cc70 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 March 2021 |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=27 January 2023 |date=1984}}{{cite web |title=Other Halves |url=https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=72992 |publisher=Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision |access-date=26 January 2023 |date=1984}} The film is based on a book by Sue McCauley.{{cite book |last1=McCauley |first1=Sue |title=Other Halves |date=1982 |publisher=Auckland, etc. : Hodder and Stoughton |location=Trove |isbn=034028630X |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18813533/version/32406035?keyword=%22other%20halves%22%201984 |access-date=29 January 2023}}
Synopsis
A relationship develops between a Maori boy in drug rehab and a married Pākehā woman when they meet in a psychiatric hospital.{{cite web |title=Other Halves |url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/other-halves |publisher=New Zealand Film Commission |access-date=29 January 2023 |date=1984}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Lisa Harrow as Liz
- Mark Pilisi as Tug
- Fraser Stephen-Smith as Michael
- Paul Gittins as Ken
- John Bach as Jim
- Clare Clifford as Aileen
- Bruce Purchase as Irwin
- Temuera Morrison as Tony
- Raymond Reid as Billy
- Allan Sio as Bones
- Olaf Ulberg as Bones
- Emma Piper as Audrey
- Grant Tilly as Dr. Wray
- Judy McIntosh as Nurse
- Yvonne Lawley as Alice
- Bob Gould as Neddy
- Alistair Topham as Slippers
- Paula Keenan as Receptionist
- Derek Neville as Musician
- Lottie Neville as Musician
- Onno Boelee as Patient
- Aniva Mata'afa-Hanson as Patient
- Michael Baxter-Lax as Patient
- Joan Chalmers as Patient
- Ira Seidenstein as Patient
- Fatala Valli as Patient
- Karam Hau as Patient
- Maggie Maxwell as Patient
- Karl Bradley as Patient
- Lyndon Peoples as Patient
- Kanba Mata'afa-Hanson as Patient
- Nigel Carpinter as Patient
- Steve Hall as Police
- Marua Whoreparn as Police
- Laine Dee as Police
- Rod Collison as Police
- Paul Robinson as Police
- David Jowsey as Police
- Stephen Tozer as Lawyer
- David Weatherley as Judge
- Alison Routledge as Paula
- Nathaniel Lees as Court Clerk
- Roy Billing as Harry Daniels
- Rex Merrie as Advertising Man
- Norman Keesing as Tug's Boss
- Pete Smith as Workmate
- Christopher Winn as Sean
- Amy Coleman as Sarah
- Stephen Barbovich as Gallery Man
- Susan Trainor as Bag Snatch Woman
- Gay Dean as Woman in Toilet
- Don Kjestrup as Taxi Driver
- Shirley Gruar as Aileen's Friend
- Nick Blane as Junkie
- Clemence Cuming as Junkie
- Farrell Cleary as Junkie
- Andrea Kelland as Junkie
- Henry Piho as Skinhead Gang
- Chris Tabuteau as Skinhead Gang
- Shaun Townsley as Skinhead Gang
- Nicholas Dowden as Skinhead Gang
- Michael Simpson as Skinhead Gang
- Matthew Hunter as Skinhead Gang
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Reviews
Wellington Film Society - "The film is littered with dichotomies...".{{cite web |title=Other Halves |url=https://www.filmsocietywellington.net.nz/db/screeningdetail.php?id=253&sy=2000 |publisher=Wellington Film Society |access-date=29 January 2023}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|87856}}
{{John Laing}}
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Category:1980s New Zealand films
Category:1980s English-language films
Category:Films about Māori people
Category:Films directed by John Laing