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Sleeping Dogs (1977)
Director: Roger Donaldson
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From Time Out Film Guide
Noteworthy mainly for its rarity (at the time) as a New Zealand feature, and for a brief cameo as a US military 'adviser' by Warren Oates, this formulary political action-thriller rests on a less than intriguing paradox: to emphasise the realism and spectacle of his tale of a totalitarian government beefing up its power through anti- terrorist legislation (and devoting most of its energies to hunting a back-to-nature innocent), Donaldson enlists and prominently displays the cooperation of no less than the NZ Air Force. Subversive, eh?Author: PT
Cast & crew
Director: Roger Donaldson
Producer: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Sam Neill, Warren Oates, Bernard Kearns, Nevan Rowe, Ian Mune full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 101 mins
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