The Ferryman (NZ/UK 2006)

Horror film set in the south Pacific, on a trip to Fiji.

Director: Chris Graham

"Fraction Too Much Friction" (T.Finn) - Tim Finn
"Dirty Creature" (T.Finn/N. Finn/N. Griggs) - Split Enz
"Counting the Beat" (P.Judd/W.Stevens/M.Hough) - The Swingers

Music Supervision: Mana Music
Music Supervisor: Chris Gough, Julie Hodges
Music Produced by Frank Ilfman
Score Supervisor: Eleanor Firman

Movie credits

"Home Again"
(Kippenberger/Knight/Toogood/Larkin)
Polygram Music Publishing/Universal Music Publishing
Performed by Shihad
Courtesy of Warner Music

"April Sun In Cuba"
(P. Hewson/M. Hunter)
EMI Music Publishing/Universal Music Publishing/Essex Music Publishing
Performed by Dragon
Courtesy of SonyBMG

"Walking In Light"
(I. Morris/D. Dobbyn)
Control
Performed by The Dudes
Courtesy of The Dudes

"Fraction Too Much Friction"
(T.Finn)
Mushroom Music Publishing
Performed by Tim Finn
Courtesy of Warner Music

"Searching Time"
(S.Carter/N. Roughan)
Control/Mushroom Music Publishing
Performed by Dimmer
Courtesy of Warner Music/Dimmer

"Dirty Creature"
(T.Finn/N. Finn/N. Griggs)
Mushroom Music Publishing
Performed by Split Enz
Courtesy of Warner Music

"Counting the Beat"
(P.Judd/W.Stevens/M.Hough)
Mushroom Music Publishing
Performed by The Swingers
Courtesy of Warner Music

"A Room That Echoes"
(N.Hall)
Control
Performed by Peking Man
Courtesy of SonyBMG

"Evolution"
(S. Carter)
Control
Performed by Dimmer
Courtesy of SonyBMG/Dimmer

"Don’t Pay The Ferryman"
(Chris de Burgh)
Hornall Brothers/Mushroom Music Publishing
Performed by Cobra Khan
Courtesy of Eleven Fifty Seven Records

From: End Credits Roller.pdf (at the official site)

Notes

From the press kit (at The Ferryman (New Zealand Film Commission)

"Matthew Metcalfe [Producer]: Ok, people watching The Ferryman will probably notice the late seventies and early eighties classic NZ rock throughout was a very deliberate choice in the film. We wanted of course to culturally centre the film in NZ, to let people know this is a NZ story, it's about some people from NZ who take a boat trip with some others from around the world, out into the South Pacific which is our backyard. And along the way, music becomes a device to show us fear and to distort the world around us. We wanted to use music in a way to sort of turn matters on their head, using music that’s normally associated with a good time, contrasting it with violence, depravity and evil to really show that even in amongst what was supposed to be a really good, happy time, was actually descending into this sheer terror."

Filmed around Auckland, including Waiheke Island.

W.Stevens is "Bones" Hillman.

Movie release information

New Zealand: October 2007
DVD release planned

Classification

MPAA: Rated R for brutal horror violence, language, some sexuality and drug use (US)

Classification links - Aus, NZ, UK, US

Links

Official site
The Ferryman (2007) (Internet Movie Database)
The Ferryman (New Zealand Film Commission)

Sources of information

Mana Music

Page compiled by carolyn
Last updated 31st January, 2009.