The Hollow Men (2008)

The inside story of a National Party election campaign

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.

Cast (43)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Nick Blake

Narrator (voice)

D

Donald Brash

Self

J

John Key

Self

B

Bill English

Self

Vaughan Slinn

Bryan Sinclair (voice)

J

Julie Thorns

Diane Foreman (voice)

Sam Snedden

Matthew Hooton (voice)

Bruce Phillips

Peter Keenan (voice)

R

Russell Campbell

Don Brash (voice)

Mick Rose

Murray McCully (voice)

Matthew Chamberlain

Richard Long (voice)/Roderick Deane (voice)

Phil Peleton

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

John Bach

Michael Bassett (voice)

Cohen Holloway

John Ansell (voice)

A

Abi King-Jones

Anita Ferguson (voice)

R

Rachel Weaver

Women's Focus Group Leader

C

Chris Brooks

Doorman

M

Melanie McLuskie

Restaurant Waitress

D

Danika Morris-Brown

Banquet Waitress

R

Rob Jerram

Rollscreen Man

S

Simon Haren

Newspaper Deliverer

R

Ray Heenan

NZ First Leaflet Deliverer

P

Patrick Keenan

Exclusive Brethren Leaflet Deliverer

D

David Grant

Diner

R

Russell Campbell

Diner

M

Mandy Hager

Train Passenger

P

Paul Ashby

Autocue Operator

J

Julia Hager

Pedestrian

E

Elsie Jolliffe

Pedestrian

W

Wang-Sook Lee

Focus Group Member

B

Bonnie Warssold

Focus Group Member

K

Kathy Dudding

Focus Group Member

A

Ana Blake-Kelly

Focus Group Member

R

Rebecca Pohlmann

Focus Group Member

S

Sarah Stevenson

Focus Group Member

M

Margaret Smith

Focus Group Member

L

Lin Murphy

Focus Group Member

D

Danny McManamon

Focus Group Member

N

Nick Bond

Focus Group Member

S

Samantha Woodhouse

Focus Group Member

F

Freddy Fullmer

Focus Group Member

O

Olive Margaret Smith

Focus Group Member

S

Samantha Woodward

Focus Group Member

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