Film · Documentary
The Hollow Men (2008)
★ 10.0 · 1 votesIMDb★ 7.5 · 8 votes1 h 36 minDocumentary2008
The inside story of a National Party election campaign
The 'stolen' insider emails that informed Nicky Hager's best-selling account of National's 2005 election campaign return in Alister Barry's (Someone Else's Country) new film - just in time to caution us against campaigning politicians in 2008. Addressing each other like schoolboy Machiavellis, party leader Don Brash and his advisors spelled out how they'd copy the big boys in Australia and the US in order to win the votes of people who'd never support the kind of policies such men are widely presumed to represent. The dividing and conquering began at Orewa.
- Director
- Alister Barry
- Writers
- Nicky Hager, Alister Barry, Abi King-Jones
- Country
- New Zealand, United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- July 7, 2008
Cast
Nick BlakeNarrator (voice)- Donald BrashSelf
- John KeySelf
- Bill EnglishSelf
Vaughan SlinnBryan Sinclair (voice)- Julie ThornsDiane Foreman (voice)
Sam SneddenMatthew Hooton (voice)
Bruce PhillipsPeter Keenan (voice)- Russell CampbellDon Brash (voice)
Mick RoseMurray McCully (voice)
Matthew ChamberlainRichard Long (voice)/Roderick Deane (voice)
Phil PeletonCrosby/Textor (voice)/ Crosby/Textor Focus Group Leader
John BachMichael Bassett (voice)
Cohen HollowayJohn Ansell (voice)- Abi King-JonesAnita Ferguson (voice)
- Rachel WeaverWomen's Focus Group Leader
- Chris BrooksDoorman
- Melanie McLuskieRestaurant Waitress
- Danika Morris-BrownBanquet Waitress
- Rob JerramRollscreen Man
