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The Hollow Men (2008)

The Hollow Men (2008)

Documentary

The inside story of a National Party election campaign

Release Date: 2008, July 7
Directors: Alister Barry
Countries: New Zealand
Production: Vanguard Films
Cast: John Bach, Bruce Phillips, Margaret Smith, Nick Blake, Cohen Holloway, John Key, Matthew Chamberlain, Mick Rose, Chris Brooks, Bill English, Sam Snedden, Phil Peleton

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

government politics history new zealand economics finance business and globalization