Angel Mine is a 1978 New Zealand fantasy fiction film.[1][2][3][4]

Angel Mine
Directed byDavid Blyth
Written byDavid Blyth
Produced byWarren Sellers
David Blyth
StarringDerek Ward
Jennifer Redford
Myra De Groot
CinematographyJohn Earnshaw
Edited byPhilip Howe
Music byMark Nicholas
Suburban Reptiles
Production
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Distributed byILA Films
Valhalla Films
Release date
  • 1978 (1978)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

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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.[2][5][6]

Cast

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

Reviews

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  • 1978 The Press "Caution: viewing may be damaging".[7]
  • 1994 Cinema Papers New Zealand Supplement.[8]
  • 2001 Festival/Awards: NZ Drifting Clouds Film Festival.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Martin, Helen; Edwards, Sam (1997). "New Zealand film, 1912-1996". Trove. Auckland ; Melbourne ; Oxford :Oxford University Press. Retrieved 13 January 2023. ISBN 0-19-558336-1
  2. ^ a b "Angel Mine". NZ On Screen. New Zealand Film Commission. 1978. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Angel Mine (1978)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Celebrating 40 years of New Zealand film: Angel Mine (1978)". The New Zealand Herald. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Angel Mine". British Film Institute. 1978. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  6. ^ Blyth, David (2008), "Angel mine", Trove, New Zealand Film Commission [distributor], retrieved 15 January 2023
  7. ^ "N.Z. film gets punk-cult warning". Papers Past. The Press. 25 November 1978. p. 2. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  8. ^ Murray, Scott (April 1994). "A Short History of Film in New Zealand 1977-1994". (Issuu p 51). No. 97–98. Cinema Papers New Zealand Supplement. p. 5. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Angel Mine". New Zealand Film Commission. 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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