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Other Halves (NZ 1984) |
Based on Sue McCauley's autobiographical novel. Thirty two year old Liz Harvey (Lisa Harrow) meets sixteen year old Tug Morton (Mark Pilisi) while at a psychiatric hospital. When they leave hospital, Tug moves in with Liz.
Directed by John Laing
Cinematographer: Leon Narbey
Music: Don
McGlashan
Lyrics: Sue
McCauley
Vocals: Jacqui
Fitzgerald
Song "Edge of the World" (McGlashan/McCauley) sung by Jacqui Fitzgerald, music by Steve Garden.
Production Designer: Rob Gillies
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Sue McCauley's first novel. Other Halves won (1st equal) the Wattie Book of the Year Award, 1982 and the New Zealand Book Award for Fiction, 1983.
Steve Garden, Don McGlashan and Peter Scholes were in Safe As Houses, a one-off performance group started by Ivan Zagni in the 1980s. Ivan Zagni and Steve Garden are on the credits for The Complete Blam Blam Blam
The novel's rural scenes were moved to Auckland for the film.
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Other
Halves (New Zealand Film Commission)
Other
Halves (1984 NZ) (Internet Movie Database)
Reference
Number: Film: F21393 (New Zealand
Film Archive advanced search)
Other Halves Cast & Crew (Hollywood.com)
Other Halves - 1984 (nzvideos)
Jacqui FitzGerald (Amplifier.co.nz)
Sue
McCauley - list of works, by and about at University
of Auckland.
Sue
McCauley (New
Zealand Book Council)
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compiled by carolyn
Last
updated 17th June, 2006.