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Martyn Sanderson is a Actor and Scriptwriter Néo-Zélandais born on 24 february 1938
Martyn Sanderson (24 February 1938 – 14 October 2009) was a New Zealand actor, filmmaker and poet.
Sanderson was one of the founders of Downstage Theatre in 1964 in Wellington, with a vision of a small professional company performing challenging works in an intimate venue. In the 1970s, Sanderson toured with multi-media group Blerta, and worked on films with Blerta members Bruno Lawrence and director Geoff Murphy. That decade he won a New Zealand Feltex Award for playing aviator Richard Pearse in a television film of the same title, and was nominated again for playing a British general in the historical miniseries The Governor, the most expensive TV drama made in New Zealand in that decade.
Sanderson's work as a screen director included a number of shorts featuring New Zealand poets, plus the 1989 feature Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree. Based on a work by Albert Wendt, Flying Fox is about a young Samoan caught between the values of his homeland and European colonisers.
He wrote a documentary One of those Blighters on Ronald Hugh Morrieson and the screenplay for the 1986 film of Morrieson's last novel Pallet on the Floor.
Sanderson's other screen credits include Geoff Murphy's Utu, Jane Campion's An Angel at my Table, The Scarecrow, Old Scores, The Harp in the South, The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, a recurring guest role in the first two years of Shortland Street, Poor Man's Orange, Hercules episode The King of Thieves and The Rainbow Warrior.
Sanderson was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2005, "for services to literature and the theatre".
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Sanderson was one of the founders of Downstage Theatre in 1964 in Wellington, with a vision of a small professional company performing challenging works in an intimate venue. In the 1970s, Sanderson toured with multi-media group Blerta, and worked on films with Blerta members Bruno Lawrence and director Geoff Murphy. That decade he won a New Zealand Feltex Award for playing aviator Richard Pearse in a television film of the same title, and was nominated again for playing a British general in the historical miniseries The Governor, the most expensive TV drama made in New Zealand in that decade.
Sanderson's work as a screen director included a number of shorts featuring New Zealand poets, plus the 1989 feature Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree. Based on a work by Albert Wendt, Flying Fox is about a young Samoan caught between the values of his homeland and European colonisers.
He wrote a documentary One of those Blighters on Ronald Hugh Morrieson and the screenplay for the 1986 film of Morrieson's last novel Pallet on the Floor.
Sanderson's other screen credits include Geoff Murphy's Utu, Jane Campion's An Angel at my Table, The Scarecrow, Old Scores, The Harp in the South, The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, a recurring guest role in the first two years of Shortland Street, Poor Man's Orange, Hercules episode The King of Thieves and The Rainbow Warrior.
Sanderson was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2005, "for services to literature and the theatre".
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, 2h58Directed by Peter Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Middle-earth films
Actors Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett
Roles Gate Keeper
Rating84%
In the Second Age of Middle Earth, the Dark Lord Sauron forges the One Ring in Mount Doom to conquer all. An alliance of men and elves battle Sauron’s forces in Mordor, where Isildur kills Sauron by chopping off the hand wearing the One Ring. Sauron's spirit survives within the ring and corrupts Isildur so that he keeps it instead of destroying it. This decision leads to Isildur's being killed by Orcs, and the ring is lost in the river Anduin for 2500 years. It comes into the possession of Sméagol who is consumed by its power and becomes Gollum. After 500 years the ring abandons him, to be discovered by a Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins.
Chicken (1996)
, 3minutesDirected by Barry Dignam
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Bryan Marshall, Martyn Sanderson, Cliff Curtis
Roles Bryce Tilfer
Rating62%
Mick (Darren Healy) and Kev (Niall O'Shea) spend a late afternoon near railroad tracks by the seaside where Mick teaches Kev how to "shotgun" beer for reasons then unknown to the viewer. He observes that Kev is "a bit of a wuss" after he fails to replicate the proper shotgunning technique and calls for Kev to come sit close to him for a test of courage, the knife game, which involves stabbing a knife between outstretched fingers at an ever-faster rate. The game is usually played with one person's hand at a time and as a gesture of what may be seen as self-sacrifice, Mick puts his hand over Kev's in order to shield Kev's hand from the brunt of an injury should it occur.
Chicken (1996)
Genres Comedy
Actors Bryan Marshall, Martyn Sanderson, Cliff Curtis
Roles Bryce Tilfer
Rating52%
Savage Play (1995)
Actors Paris Jefferson, Rena Owen, Gavin Richards, Ian William Richardson, Martyn Sanderson, Liza Walker
Rating54%
The Last Tattoo (1994)
, 1h51Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Tony Goldwyn, Kerry Fox, Robert Loggia, Rod Steiger, John Bach, Timothy Balme
Roles Ralph Simpson
Rating58%
The Rainbow Warrior (1993)
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Sam Neill, Jon Voight, Lucy Lawless, Kerry Fox, Bruno Lawrence, Peter Hambleton
Roles Uncle Emile
Rating55%
Film is based on the true story of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior, which was bombed in Auckland harbour on 10 July 1985, when it was preparing for a Pacific voyage to protest French nuclear testing. The film chronicles the police investigation to discover what happened to the ship and who was responsible.
Old Scores (1991)
, 1h33Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Rugby
Actors Robert Pugh, Alison Bruce, Martyn Sanderson, John Bach, Roy Billing, Tony Barry
Roles Acid Aitken
Rating70%
Old Scores revolves around a controversial (fictional) rugby match between Wales and New Zealand which was won by Wales. On his death-bed, the touch judge confesses to failing to disallow the winning try for an infringement by the Welsh scorer. The Welsh Rugby Union President announces that in order to set the record straight, there should be a rematch between the two teams - using the same players who had played the match 25 years earlier.
An Angel at My Table (1990)
, 2h36Directed by Jane Campion
Origin Nouvelle zelande
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about writers, Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about psychiatry, Political films
Actors Kerry Fox, Martyn Sanderson, Willa O'Neill, Andrew Robertt, Elizabeth McRae, Robert Jayne
Roles Frank Sargeson
Rating73%
An Angel at My Table is a dramatisation of the autobiographies of New Zealand author Janet Frame. Originally produced as a television mini-series, the film, as with Frame's autobiographies, is divided into three sections, with the lead role played by three actresses who portray Frame at different stages of her life: Karen Fergusson (child), Alexia Keogh (adolescent), and Kerry Fox (adult). The film follows Frame from when she grows up in a poor family, through her years in a mental institution, and into her writing years after her escape.
The Tale of Ruby Rose (1988)
, 1h40Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Chris Haywood, Martyn Sanderson, Sheila Florance
Roles Bennett
Rating65%
In the wild and isolated wilderness of the Tasmanian highlands, Ruby Rose is overcome by her fear of darkness. Ruby cries out to the elemental spirits that surround her. She is driven to take a harrowing journey out of the mountains to seek help from her lost grandmother.
Never Say Die (1988)
, 1h30Directed by Geoff Murphy
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Temuera Morrison, Lisa Eilbacher, Tony Barry, George Wendt, John Clarke, Geoff Murphy
Roles Farmer
Rating52%
Both Alf and his wife Melissa have returned home to New Zealand after being homesick. After a delay in customs that irritates Alf, the two return to their old home which has just had the utilities switched back on. As they arrive the house is destroyed in a gas explosion. Paranoid Alf goes to report his suspicions that the explosion was deliberate to his nemesis on the New Zealand Police, Inspector Evans. Evans thinks Alf is upset and imagining things. Alf later survives a car crash where his brakes were cut, however an examination of Alf's car lead Evans to believe that shrapnel from the house explosion cut the brake line.
Utu (1984)
, 1h58Directed by Geoff Murphy
Origin Nouvelle zelande
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Bruno Lawrence, Wi Kuki Kaa, Martyn Sanderson, Tim Eliott, Ilona Rodgers, John Bach
Roles Vicar
Rating68%
Set in New Zealand’s North Island during the New Zealand Wars, Utu follows Te Wheke (Anzac Wallace), a Maori Captain in the British army. When Te Wheke’s unit comes across a village that has been slaughtered he, recognising it as his own, deserts the army and organises a guerilla force to terrorise the invading British forces. When the unit destroys the home of Williamson (Bruno Lawrence) and kills his wife, Williamson vows to hunt down Te Wheke and kill him himself. Meanwhile, army scout Wiremu (Wi Kuki Kaa) and recent Boer War veteran Lieutenant Scott (Kelly Johnson) aim to track down Te Wheke themselves, also using guerilla warfare techniques against the will of corrupt Colonel Elliot (Tim Eliot).
The Lost Tribe (1983)
Directed by John Laing
Genres Adventure, Horror
Actors John Bach, Don Selwyn, Martyn Sanderson
Roles Bill Thorne
Rating56%
Anthropologist Max Scarry (John Bach) mysteriously vanishes following his voyage to the island of Fjordland as part of his study on the reclusive Kiwi tribe Huwera Maori. The police believe him to be guilty of murder, after they find a woman's corpse in his island retreat. Max's spouse Ruth (Darien Takle) accompanies her brother-in-law Edward (also Bach) in uncovering the truth. They venture into the eerie island and are haunted by ghastly happenings. Finally, Edward snaps under mental pressure and his brother, apparently having died, possesses his body during a supernatural Huwera Maori procession.
Bad Blood (1982)
, 1h45Directed by Mike Newell
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Jack Thompson, Carol Burns, Denis Lill, Marshall Napier, Bruce Allpress, John Bach
Roles Les North
Rating64%
In October 1941, Stan Graham, a Westland smallholder, develops a persecution complex and starts to threaten his neighbours. They put up with it for a while but things become intolerable. One day a party of four policemen arrive to confiscate his firearms. This causes a flashpoint for him - he loves his guns and is not going to hand them over. He shoots all the cops and, in the ensuing altercations, three more locals before heading to the hills. A manhunt composed of police, army and homeguard is organised and delivers Graham's come-uppance. Based upon a true event that happened around the present community of Kowhitirangi, out of Hokitika.
The Scarecrow (1982)
, 1h28Directed by Sam Pillsbury
Origin Nouvelle zelande
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors John Carradine, Bruce Allpress, Jonathan Hardy, Martyn Sanderson, Greer Robson-Kirk, Roy Billing
Roles Ned as Adult (voice)
Rating57%
One night a girl is slain in the woods of a small town, two teenagers, Sam and Les, inadvertently cross the killer's path while robbing the hens of Victor the school bully. According to Sam Edwards the film is not as bleak as the novel. Small-town New Zealand in the 1950s is puritanical on the surface but depraved to its depths.
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1980)
, 2h9Directed by John Laing
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Documentary films about law, Films about capital punishment
Actors David Hemmings, John Hargreaves, Tony Barry, Martyn Sanderson, Mark Hadlow, Grant Tilly
Roles Len Demler
Rating63%