Show of Hands


Show of Hands

Synopsis

Show of Hands is an off-beat love story centered on a car yard in an everyday suburb, where an endurance competition with a difference is being staged. The competition requires entrants to place a hand on a new Land Rover Discovery and keep it there. The winner of the car will be the person who keeps their hand continuously on it the longest. The world record for such a competition is over five days.
 
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About the Film

Show of Hands was filmed in New Plymouth, New Zealand, during November and December of 2007. Originally set in urban Lower Hutt, Wellington where the World Record contest was actually won, a chance cup of coffee with Venture Taranaki Film representative Peter Avery, changed all of this. He offered an array of incentives and infrastructure support from Venture Taranaki and the New Plymouth District Council to film in New Plymouth. Although at first filming in New Plymouth didn’t make sense, the impressive benefits and willingness to accommodate our filming needs outweighed any negatives.
 
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Key Credits

Director
Anthony McCarten
Writer
Anthony McCarten
Original Writer
Anthony McCarten
Producer
Angela Littlejohn
Executive Producer
Trevor Haysom
Production Company
Great Southern Films
Sales Agent
NZ Film

Cast

Melanie Lynskey
Jess
Craig Hall
Tom
Steve Lovatt
Hatch

Credits

Editor
John Gilbert
Director of Photography
John Cavill
Music
Don McGlashan
Sound Designer
Tim Prebble
Casting
Miranda Rivers & Liz Mullane
Production Design
Tim Barlow
Costume Designer
Amanda Neale
Makeup Designer
Linda Wall
 
Status
In Release
Genre
Drama
Technical Info
Film Duration: 99 Minutes
Screen Ratio: 2:25.1
35mm
Colour