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UTU (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Fantasporto Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Scene Access
Uncut

Movie filmed in 1983 and produced in:
New Zealand ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Geoff Murphy

Written By:
Keith Aberdein
Geoff Murphy

Actors:
Anzac Wallace ..... Te Wheke
Bruno Lawrence ..... Williamson
Tim Elliott ..... Col. Elliot
Kelly Johnson ..... Lt. Scott
Wi Kuki Kaa ..... Wiremu
Tania Bristowe ..... Kura
Ilona Rodgers ..... Emily Williamson
Merata Mita ..... Matu
Faenza Reuben
Tom Poata ..... Puni
Martyn Sanderson ..... Vicar
John Bach ..... Belcher
Dick Puanaki ..... Eru
Sean Duffy ..... Cpl. Jones
Ian Watkin ..... Doorman

Synopsis:

In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Maori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal leads him to seek utu (revenge). The settler Williamson in turn seeks revenge after Te Wheke attacks his homestead. Meanwhile Wiremu, an officer for the British, seems to think that resistance is futile.-Utu is the Maori word for 'Retribution,' which sums up the chief motivating factor of this New Zealand-produced drama. Set in the 1870s, the film details the exigencies of British Colonial rule. A Maori scout Anzac Wallace stumbles across a native village that has been destroyed in a British raid. Since it is the scout's own village, he deserts the British army, the better to seek 'utu.' Leading a vigilante force consisting of his fellow Maoris, Wallace kills as many British settlers as he can get his hands on. The feverish conviction of Wallace's crusade is in stark contrast to the attitudes of the British, who seem more concerned with material possessions than with human beings. Popular 'down under' star Bruno Lawrence is cast as a vengeance-driven settler who makes it his personal mission in life to end Wallace's reign of terror. The most expensive New Zealand-filmed project to date, Utu was an enormous success upon its first domestic release; the American version runs some 15 minutes shorter than the original.

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