Forgotten Silver ( Colin McKenzie )

Forgotten Silver (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Colin McKenzie
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Fantasporto Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
54 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Production Notes
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1995 and produced in:
New Zealand ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Costa Botes
Peter Jackson

Written By:
Costa Botes
Peter Jackson

Actors:
Jeffrey Thomas ..... Narrator
Costa Botes ..... Himself - Film Maker
Marguerite Hurst ..... Herself
Peter Jackson ..... Himself
Leonard Maltin ..... Himself - Film Historian
Johnny Morris ..... Himself - Film Archivist
Sam Neill ..... Himself - Actor / Director
John O'Shea ..... Himself
Lindsay Shelton ..... Himself
Harvey Weinstein ..... Himself - Miramax Films
Stevan Eldred-Grigg ..... Himself (scenes deleted)

Synopsis:

Originally presented to an unsuspecting New Zealand public as the real deal, Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson's masterful mocumentary initially proved so convincing that unsuspecting viewers bought it hook, line, and sinker. A remarkably detailed look at the life of early filmmaker Colin McKenzie (Thomas Robins), the film traces the life of the young innovator as he makes incredible advances in the realm of cinema years before they are generally though to have occurred. From McKenzie's creation of the first 'talkie' in 1908 (the first true sound feature is generally considered to be 1927's The Jazz Singer) to his creation of the first color film three short years later (which is generally considered to be 1922's The Toll of the Sea), the discovery of the remarkable advances made by him would forever change the face of film history. With Jackson himself providing commentary on the importance of the recent 'discovery' of McKenzie's lost epic

A genius of cinema to rival Griffith and Chaplin, Colin McKenzie used bicycle chains to fashion his first camera and, for his gigantic biblical project, erected an immense lost city of Jerusalem in the bush of western New Zealand. But McKenzie exists only in Peter Jackson and Costa Botes's wonderful spoof, which manages simultaneously to position its hero in the path of great events while sending up its subject, film history, with informed skill, great affection and mischievous glee.

Forgotten Silver is a mockumentary which details the prodigious life of 'lost' filmmaker Colin McKenzie and his incredible advances that were lost to history...until now. This supergenius filmmaker, posthumously inducted into the pantheon of cinema greats, made incredible advances in filmmaking technology, supposedly making a talkie in 1908 and using color film in 1911, but madness and poverty and the usual industry tolls drove him into obscurity.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 21 December, 2010.

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