Temuera Morrison

Temuera Morrison

Born: December 26, 1960
in Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
Temuera Derek Morrison (born December 26, 1960) is a New Zealand actor. He has become one of the country's most famous stars for his roles as the abusive Jake "the Muss" Heke in 1994's Once Were Warriors and as bounty hunter Jango Fett and the Clone Troopers in the Star Wars series. He also voiced Boba Fett in the 2004 special edition of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

Movies for Temuera Morrison...

Ka Whawhai Tonu
Title: Ka Whawhai Tonu
Released: June 27, 2024
Type: Movie
Two young teenagers are forced to take control of their own destiny amid the chaos of a pivotal battle in New Zealand’s first land wars in 1864.
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Title: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Character: Tom
Released: December 20, 2023
Type: Movie
Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father's death. Wielding the Black Trident's power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend Atlantis, Aquaman forges an alliance with his imprisoned brother. They must protect the kingdom.
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Title: Ahsoka
Character: Captain / Commander Rex (voice)
Released: August 22, 2023
Type: TV
Former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy.
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Title: Far North
Released: August 14, 2023
Type: TV
The (mostly) true story of how the most comically inept gang to ever join forces got half a billion dollars' worth of meth to New Zealand shores - and nearly to market. And they would have got away with it too, if it wasn't for a pesky 70-year-old Māori diesel mechanic and his aqua-aerobics instructing wife!
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Sons of Summer
Title: Sons of Summer
Released: July 28, 2023
Type: Movie
To mark the anniversary of his father's death, Sean takes his friends on a road trip to his surfer dad's favorite beach. But Sean's drug-dealing friend forces him to do one last favor – steal a heroin shipment from a local mobster.
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The Flash
Title: The Flash
Character: Thomas Curry
Released: June 13, 2023
Type: Movie
When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. In order to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry's only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?
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Title: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Character: Veteran Clone Trooper
Released: May 26, 2022
Type: TV
During the reign of the Galactic Empire, former Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, embarks on a crucial mission to confront allies turned enemies and face the wrath of the Empire.
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Title: Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 2022
Type: TV
Explore the behind-the-scenes story of the legendary bounty hunter’s return to the sands of Tatooine with mercenary Fennec Shand, who together seek to claim the territory and crime syndicate once run by the late Jabba the Hutt. In this insightful new special, filmmakers, cast and crew reveal never-before-seen footage, groundbreaking technology and the practical effects that brought it all to life.
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Title: The Book of Boba Fett
Character: Boba Fett
Released: December 29, 2021
Type: TV
Legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand must navigate the galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate.
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Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
Title: Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
Character: Self
Released: November 12, 2021
Type: Movie
A special celebrating the origins and legacy of Star Wars' legendary bounty hunter, Boba Fett.
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The Woman in Blue
Title: The Woman in Blue
Character: Owen
Released: October 8, 2021
Type: Movie
An old woman in rest home suffering from dementia flashes back to her youth as a policewoman and her relationship with a colleague.
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Occupation: Rainfall
Title: Occupation: Rainfall
Character: Peter Bartlett
Released: October 30, 2020
Type: Movie
Two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, survivors in Sydney, Australia, fight back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies, uncover a plot that could see the war come to a decisive end. With the Alien invaders hell-bent on making earth their new home, the race is on to save mankind.
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Title: Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Character: Self - Boba Fett
Released: May 4, 2020
Type: TV
Executive producer Jon Favreau invites the cast and crew of The Mandalorian to share an unprecedented look at the making of the series. Each chapter explores a different facet of the first live-action Star Wars television show through interviews, never-before-seen footage, and roundtable conversations hosted by Favreau himself.
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Title: The Mandalorian
Character: Cloaked Figure
Released: November 12, 2019
Type: TV
After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. A lone gunfighter makes his way through the outer reaches, earning his keep as a bounty hunter.
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Title: The Mandalorian
Character: Boba Fett
Released: November 12, 2019
Type: TV
After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. A lone gunfighter makes his way through the outer reaches, earning his keep as a bounty hunter.
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Title: The Mandalorian
Character: Clone Troopers
Released: November 12, 2019
Type: TV
After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. A lone gunfighter makes his way through the outer reaches, earning his keep as a bounty hunter.
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The Brighton Miracle
Title: The Brighton Miracle
Character: Eddie Jones
Released: October 29, 2019
Type: Movie
Inspired by true events, the story begins with Japanese rugby officials dwelling on a humiliating anniversary, a 145-17 defeat by the New Zealand All Blacks in the 1995 World Cup. Officials question their decision to appoint Eddie Jones, to coach their national team for the 2015 World Cup. Jones plans to defy convention in order to put a stop to Japan being the laughing stock of world rugby.
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Mosley
Title: Mosley
Character: Warfield (voice)
Released: October 10, 2019
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of Mosley, a "thoriphant" who rebels against his life of servitude and embarks on a treacherous journey to find the fabled city of Uprights.
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Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Title: Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Character: Powell
Released: August 8, 2019
Type: Movie
Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Always the explorer, Dora quickly finds herself leading Boots (her best friend, a monkey), Diego, and a rag tag group of teens on an adventure to save her parents and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost Inca civilization.
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Title: My Life Is Murder
Character: Frankie Jones
Released: July 17, 2019
Type: TV
Investigator Alexa Crowe, cannot help fighting the good fight – whether it is solving murders or combatting the small frustrations of everyday life. Fearless and unapologetic, Alexa's unique skills and insights into the darker quirks of human nature, allows her to provoke, comfort and push the right buttons as she unravels the truth behind the most baffling of crimes.
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Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
Title: Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
Character: Self
Released: March 26, 2019
Type: Movie
Amber Heard and Nicole Kidman discuss their characters Mera and Atlanna.
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Aquaman
Title: Aquaman
Character: Thomas Curry
Released: December 7, 2018
Type: Movie
Half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry is taken on the journey of his lifetime to discover if he is worth of being a king.
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Occupation
Title: Occupation
Character: Peter Bartlett
Released: July 12, 2018
Type: Movie
Town residents must band together after a devastating alien invasion. As they struggle to survive, they realize they must stay one step ahead of their attackers and work together for a chance to strike back.
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Moana
Title: Moana
Character: Chief Tui (voice)
Released: October 13, 2016
Type: Movie
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.
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Mahana
Title: Mahana
Character: Grandfather Tamihana Mahana
Released: September 1, 2016
Type: Movie
It is the 1960s. Two Maori families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, make a living shearing sheep on the east coast of New Zealand. The two clans, who are bitter enemies, face each other as rivals at the annual sheep shearing competitions. Simeon is a 14-year-old scion of the Mahana clan. A courageous schoolboy, he rebels against his authoritarian grandfather Tamihana and his traditional ways of thinking and begins to unravel the reasons for the long-standing feud between the two families. Before long, the hierarchies and established structures of the community are in disarray because Tamihana, who is as stubborn as he is proud, is not prepared to acquiesce and pursue new paths. The story is adapted from Witi Ihimaera's novel Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies.
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Hard Target 2
Title: Hard Target 2
Character: Madden
Released: July 14, 2016
Type: Movie
Forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game, a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter is hunted through the jungles of Southeast Asia.
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Title: This Is Piki
Character: Bill Mercer
Released: July 7, 2016
Type: TV
"This is Piki" is a Maori drama series produced by well known actor Cliff Curtis, also featuring Temuera Morrison, most often recognized for his role as "Jake Heke" in the powerful drama "Once Were Warriors". Another of a growing list of series and films in which the Maori language is front and center, "This is Piki" has been welcomed as a vehicle in which indigenous peoples, such as Pacific Islanders, present and represent themselves: their cultures, stories, identities and histories. Also playing a central role is Tia Maipi, the main actor in "Born to Dance", along with many other experienced Maori and Polynesian actors such as Calvin Tuteao from "The Last Saint", among other films.
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Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
Title: Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child
Character: Warden Mourdain
Released: February 17, 2016
Type: Movie
Set in the future in a time of interplanetary colonization, an unlikely pair race against an impending global crisis and are confronted by the monsters that live inside us all.
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Dawn
Title: Dawn
Character: Wikkanak
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Follow a tribe of Neanderthals as they struggle to survive and hold on to their way of life after coming into contact with a family of Homo Sapiens. At the intersection of evolution and genocide, Dawn asks the fundamental question, what does it mean to be human?
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Title: Tatau
Character: Anaru Vaipiti
Released: April 12, 2015
Type: TV
Tatau follows Kyle and Budgie, two twenty-something friends from London that set off to travel the world. Ahead of the journey, Kyle gets a Maori-style tattoo to celebrate their eventual destination: the Cook Islands. When snorkeling in a lagoon, Kyle finds the dead body of a local girl, Aumea, tied up underwater. Returning to the lagoon with the police, Kyle finds her corpse has disappeared. But Kyle knows what he saw. Desperate to uncover what happened, Kyle and Budgie find themselves sucked deeper and deeper into a world of Maori myths, symbols, and hallucinatory visions... until finally the full meaning of Kyle’s tattoo is revealed.
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Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?
Title: Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now?
Character: Self
Released: August 18, 2014
Type: Movie
It's been 20 years snce Once Were Warriors was made. Julian Arahanga aka 'Nig' takes us on a journey to meet the cast and see where they are now.
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Mt. Zion
Title: Mt. Zion
Character: Papa
Released: February 6, 2013
Type: Movie
Turei, a talented young musician, dreams of his band winning the audition to be the support act for Bob Marley’s 1979 concert in Auckland. Part of a Māori family of contract potato pickers in Pukekohe, Turei’s desperate ambition clashes with his whanau’s traditional values, leading to an emotional showdown and powerful change.
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Missing Christmas
Title: Missing Christmas
Character: Jack TePania (voice)
Released: December 24, 2012
Type: Movie
A young Kiwi boy vows to get Santa Claus' attention and bring Christmas to his tiny, overlooked island.
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Fresh Meat
Title: Fresh Meat
Character: Hemi Crane
Released: October 25, 2012
Type: Movie
A dysfunctional gang of criminals takes a middle class Maori family hostage and discovers too late that they are cannibals.
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The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
Title: The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
Character: Ramusan
Released: January 17, 2012
Type: Movie
Since his triumphant rise to power in the original blockbuster "The Scorpion King", Mathayus' kingdom has fallen and he's lost his queen to plague. Now an assassin for hire, he must defend a kingdom from an evil tyrant and his ghost warriors for the chance to regain the power and glory he once knew. Starring Ron Perlman ("Hellboy") and Billy Zane ("Titanic"), and featuring 6-time WWE champion Dave Bautista and UFC star Kimbo Slice, "The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption" takes "The Mummy" phenomenon to an all-new level of epic action and non-stop adventure.
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Green Lantern
Title: Green Lantern
Character: Abin Sur
Released: June 14, 2011
Type: Movie
For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.
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Tracker
Title: Tracker
Character: Kereama
Released: May 20, 2010
Type: Movie
An ex-Boer war guerrilla in New Zealand is sent out to bring back a Maori accused of killing a British soldier. Gradually they grow to know and respect one another but a posse, led by the British Commanding officer is close behind and his sole intention is to see the Maori hang. Written by Filmfinders 1903. A guerilla fighter from the South African Boer war called Arjan (Winstone) takes on a manhunt for Maori seaman Kereama (Morrison), who is accused of murdering a British soldier. What follows is a cat and mouse pursuit through the varied landscape of NZ with both hunter and huntee testing their bushcraft and wits against that of the other. Written by Anonymous
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The Marine 2
Title: The Marine 2
Character: Damo
Released: December 29, 2009
Type: Movie
Rebels seize control of the hotel where a Marine sniper and his wife are staying. Can he save the day?
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Couples Retreat
Title: Couples Retreat
Character: Briggs
Released: September 19, 2009
Type: Movie
Four couples, all friends, descend on a tropical island resort. Though one husband and wife are there to work on their marriage, the others just want to enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon find, however, that paradise comes at a price: Participation in couples therapy sessions is mandatory. What started out as a cut-rate vacation turns into an examination of the common problems many face.
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The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake
Title: The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake
Character: Don Sandovate
Released: January 17, 2009
Type: Movie
Sir Francis Drake goes on a quest to find the legendary Tree of Life, battling the Spanish Armada, sea monsters, sorceress and his bitter nemesis Captain Don Sandovate on the way.
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Rain of the Children
Title: Rain of the Children
Character: Rua
Released: September 25, 2008
Type: Movie
In Rain of the Children, Ward further explores the subject of his earlier film, In Spring One Plants Alone when, as a young film student he travelled to the Ureweras and documented the lives of an elderly Māori woman (Puhi) and her schizophrenic son (Niki).
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River Queen
Title: River Queen
Character: Te Kai Po
Released: September 12, 2005
Type: Movie
An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between British and Maori during the British colonization of New Zealand.
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Title: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Character: Commander Cody
Released: May 17, 2005
Type: Movie
The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power -- and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
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The Beautiful Country
Title: The Beautiful Country
Character: Snakehead
Released: March 13, 2004
Type: Movie
After reuniting with his mother in Ho Chi Minh City, a family tragedy causes Binh to flee from Viet Nam to America. Landing in New York, Binh begins a road trip to Texas, where his American father is said to live.
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Renegade
Title: Renegade
Character: Runi
Released: February 9, 2004
Type: Movie
U.S Marshal Mike Donovan has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the Americans and the natives who had temporarily adopted and taken care of him. The evil actions of a white sorcerer lead him to confront the villain in the Sacred Mountains, and, through shamanic rituals conquer his fears and uncover a suppressed memory he would much rather deny.
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From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Title: From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Character: Self / Jango Fett
Released: November 12, 2002
Type: Movie
For Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), there were to be many more visual effects than in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). This documentary shows many VFX meetings between George Lucas and ILM. Many of these meetings focus around the creation of a completely digital Yoda, used for the first time in the Star Wars films.
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Title: Mataku
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: October 3, 2002
Type: TV
Anthology of contemporary one-off dramas, adapted from the unique and mystical world of Maori supernatural legends. In these tales of the unexpected, set in New Zealand, ordinary characters encounter mysterious phenomena of Maori mythology.
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Title: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Character: Jango Fett / Clone Troopers
Released: May 15, 2002
Type: Movie
Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could change the galaxy forever.
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Ihaka: Blunt Instrument
Title: Ihaka: Blunt Instrument
Character: Tito Ihaka
Released: October 9, 2001
Type: Movie
His rough tactics in his native Auckland get Maori detective Tito Ihaka sent to Sydney while the scandal blows over. There he's teamed with urbane police media officer Kirsty Finn to review the unsolved murder of a supermodel. Their investigation lands them in political hot water, and when Ihaka's inquiries lead to a murder and further complaints, he thinks he's solved the case. But all he's done is create a ruthless and powerful enemy.
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Crooked Earth
Title: Crooked Earth
Character: Will Bastion
Released: August 23, 2001
Type: Movie
Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.
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Vertical Limit
Title: Vertical Limit
Character: Major Rasul
Released: December 8, 2000
Type: Movie
Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.
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From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
Title: From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
Character: The Hangman
Released: October 31, 1999
Type: Movie
Narrowly escaping death, outlaw Johnny Madrid goes on the run with the hangman's sensuous daughter Esmeralda by his side.
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What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
Title: What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
Character: Jake Heke
Released: May 27, 1999
Type: Movie
Five years have passed and Jake has turned his back on his family. He's still up to his usual tricks in McClutchy's Bar, unaware, as he downs his latest opponent, that his eldest son, Nig, has died in a gang fight. The uncomfortable family reunion at Nig's funeral sparks a confrontation with second son, Sonny, and sets Jake and Sonny on a downward spiral.
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Six Days Seven Nights
Title: Six Days Seven Nights
Character: Jager
Released: June 12, 1998
Type: Movie
In the South Pacific island of Makatea, career-driven magazine editor Robin Monroe is on a week-long vacation getaway with her boyfriend, Frank Martin. An emergency work assignment in neighboring Tahiti requires Robin to hire the cantankerous pilot Quinn Harris who had flown them to Makatea on a small transport plane. While flying, a powerful storm forces Quinn to make an emergency landing on a nearby deserted island. The dissimilar pair avoid each other at first, until they're forced to team up to escape from the island -- and some pirates who want their heads.
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Speed 2: Cruise Control
Title: Speed 2: Cruise Control
Character: Juliano
Released: June 13, 1997
Type: Movie
A disgruntled former employee hijacks the Seabourn Legend cruise liner. Set on a fixed course, without any means of communication and at the mercy of the hijacker, it's up to the one cop on vacation, and his soon to be fiancé (hopefully) Annie, to regain control of it before it kills the passengers and causes an environmental disaster. Insurmountable and daunting tasks awaits them on their perilous journey throughout the ship trying to fend off the hijacker and save the passengers.
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Whipping Boy
Title: Whipping Boy
Character: Carrigan
Released: November 11, 1996
Type: Movie
A female lawyer heads a government taskforce investigating a suspected paedophile racket in Sydney. Based on the novel by Gabrielle Lord.
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Little White Lies
Title: Little White Lies
Character: Tim
Released: October 14, 1996
Type: Movie
The public facade and private life of an aspiring politician and his wife. This film reveals the little white lies that lead to revenge, blackmail and a fight for life.
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
Title: The Island of Dr. Moreau
Character: Azazello
Released: August 23, 1996
Type: Movie
A shipwrecked sailor stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA—with horrific results.
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Barb Wire
Title: Barb Wire
Character: Axel Hood
Released: May 2, 1996
Type: Movie
A sexy nightclub owner, Barb Wire moonlights as a mercenary in Steel Harbor, one of the last free zones in the now fascist United States. When scientist Cora Devonshire wanders into Barb's establishment, she gets roped into a top-secret government plot involving biological weapons. Soon Barb is reunited with her old flame Axel Hood, who is now Cora's husband and a guerrilla fighter, resulting in plenty of tense action.
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Once Were Warriors
Title: Once Were Warriors
Character: Jake Heke
Released: September 2, 1994
Type: Movie
A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.
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Title: Shortland Street
Character: Hone Ropata
Released: May 25, 1992
Type: TV
A fast-paced serial drama in an urban setting, this show explores the lives and loves of the patients and staff of a modern metropolitan hospital and contains a heady mix of medical crisis, human drama, comedy, romance and suspense. Follow the lives and loves of the residents of Ferndale, in New Zealand's longest-running drama.
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The Grasscutter
Title: The Grasscutter
Character: Detective Sergeant Harris
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
An Ulster Volunteer Force vigilante, turned police informer, is sent by the British government to New Zealand to start a new life, leaving behind his eldest son. Although his wife and two young boys are also in New Zealand, they are no longer together, and he has a new love interest. After some eight years his past catches up with him when former comrades show up, intent on extracting revenge. After two nearly successful attempts by them (in Dunedin), the action moves to a final confrontation and shootout in the hills above Queenstown.
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Never Say Die
Title: Never Say Die
Character: Alf Winters
Released: December 9, 1988
Type: Movie
Investigative journalist Alf Winters (Morrison), meets his American girlfriend, Melissa Jones (Eilbacher), at Auckland airport. As they park outside Alf's house, it explodes. It is soon apparent that persons unknown want them dead, but the police are either skeptical or in the pay of those responsible. They play hide and seek around New Zealand with the stalkers, all the while coping with car chases, plane crashes, bullets and explosions.
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Mauri
Title: Mauri
Character: Young Cop
Released: July 21, 1988
Type: Movie
Rewi Rapana returns to the small country town of Te Mata after his family has left the district. His arrival rekindles old tensions as well as renewing family ties. He is seeking an identity and a permanent place to call home yet desperately hiding a secret from his past. Oddly enough there is one person with whom he finds peace of mind. She is an old woman known as Kara. A special relationship develops between Rewi, Kara and Kara’s great granddaughter Awatea.
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Other Halves
Title: Other Halves
Character: Tony
Released: October 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A Polynesian street-kid and a much older middle-class housewife are both incarcerated in the same mental hospital - she for attempted suicide and he for habitual crime. A friendship grows between them such that she offers him a place to stay upon his release. However, difficulties arise with his continued criminal activities and dependence on her for support - then his gang moves in with them. The film is based upon Sue McCauley's award winning autobiographical novel.
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Escape and Capture
Title: Escape and Capture
Character: Rangi
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
An adventure story for children in eight parts, filmed on location in New Zealand. In the third episode, the escaped criminals attempt to flee in a rowing-boat. The children chase them in a motor boat; however, their plans backfire when the villains come aboard.
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Terror in the Caves
Title: Terror in the Caves
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes
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Jet Boat
Title: Jet Boat
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes
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Rangi's Catch
Title: Rangi's Catch
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Four children on a remote sheep station in New Zealand hear of the escape of two convicts, and realise that the crooks are responsible for burgling their house.
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Packed in the Boot
Title: Packed in the Boot
Character: Rangi
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes. 5 of 8: The escaped criminals drive away from Wellington in a stolen car. However, Johnny and Rangi are hidden in the boot.
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Caught at Sea
Title: Caught at Sea
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
An adventure story for children in eight parts, filmed on location in New Zealand. In the fourth episode, the escaped criminals travel on a ferry to Wellington in order to retrieve money from a bank robbery, with the children in pursuit.
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The Mysterious Campers
Title: The Mysterious Campers
Character: Rangi
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
An adventure story for children set in New Zealand and told in eight sequential episodes. 1 of 8: Two mysterious men arrive in the remote area known as Marlborough Sound. They steal clothes, food and petrol from a farm.
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Escaped Convicts
Title: Escaped Convicts
Character: Rangi
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
An adventure story for children in eight parts, filmed on location in New Zealand. In the second episode, the children who live around Marlborough Sound rescue a sheep stranded on a cliff ledge. Meanwhile, two escaped criminals steal food and make their plans.
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Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2
Title: Occupation Rainfall: Chapter 2
Character: Peter Bartlett
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Continuing on from Occupation Rainfall, Earth's survivors must face the final onslaught of the Alien invaders and band together to save the planet from impending destruction.