The Making of Sleeping Dogs

If you want it done properly, do it yourself.

Director Roger Donaldson's 1977 movie of CK Stead novel Smith's Dream helped spark a new wave of Kiwi cinema. Getting there was a cash-strapped, bare-knuckle ride. In this documentary cast and crew recall a communal film set that was "constantly on the go" as they pulled together drama, car chases, and gun battles using mainly ingenuity.

• Release date
• March 24, 2004
• Runtime
• 65 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• John Reid

Cast

Sam Neill Self Roger Donaldson Self

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Don Blakeney Self

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Arthur Baysting Self Donna Akersten Self

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Alun Bollinger Self (as Allan Bollinger) David Calder Self

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Sue Donaldson Self (archive footage)