

The Hollow Men
"The inside story of a National Party election campaign"
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
Vanguard Films
Key Crew
Cast

Nick Blake
Narrator (voice)
Donald Brash
Self
John Key
Self
Bill English
Self

Vaughan Slinn
Bryan Sinclair (voice)
Julie Thorns
Diane Foreman (voice)

Sam Snedden
Matthew Hooton (voice)

Bruce Phillips
Peter Keenan (voice)
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)
Abi King-Jones
Anita Ferguson (voice)
Rachel Weaver
Women's Focus Group Leader
Chris Brooks
Doorman
Melanie McLuskie
Restaurant Waitress
Danika Morris-Brown
Banquet Waitress
Rob Jerram
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