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The Hollow Men

10.0Jul 7, 20081h 36mDocumentary

Directed by Alister Barry

Written by Nicky Hager, Russell Campbell, Abi King-Jones, Nicky Hager, Alister Barry

The 'stolen' insider emails that informed Nicky Hager's best-selling account of National's 2005 election campaign return in Alister Barry's (Someone Else's Country) new film - just in time to caution us against campaigning politicians in 2008. Addressing each other like schoolboy Machiavellis, party leader Don Brash and his advisors spelled out how they'd copy the big boys in Australia and the US in order to win the votes of people who'd never support the kind of policies such men are widely presumed to represent. The dividing and conquering began at Orewa.

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Cast

Nick Blake

Nick Blake

Narrator (voice)

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Donald Brash

Self

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John Key

Self

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Bill English

Self

Vaughan Slinn

Vaughan Slinn

Bryan Sinclair (voice)

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Julie Thorns

Diane Foreman (voice)

Sam Snedden

Sam Snedden

Matthew Hooton (voice)

Bruce Phillips

Bruce Phillips

Peter Keenan (voice)

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Russell Campbell

Don Brash (voice)

Mick Rose

Mick Rose

Murray McCully (voice)

Matthew Chamberlain

Matthew Chamberlain

Richard Long (voice)/Roderick Deane (voice)

Phil Peleton

Phil Peleton

Crosby/Textor (voice)/ Crosby/Textor Focus Group Leader

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