The Hopes and Dreams of Gazza Snell

Name: New Zealand Film Commission
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THE HOPES & DREAMS OF GAZZA SNELL is a coming of age drama with a difference: it's the father who does the growing up. In equal measures charming and infuriating, Gazza Snell (William McInnes) is mad about karting –...

New Zealand Production

Feature 2010 Family, Drama 80.00 minutes

Meet Gazza Snell: entrepreneur, kart club president, and Man About Howick. His obsession with his teen boys’ karting careers has alienated his wife and pushed his family to the financial brink. And yet he smiles through it all, equal parts Charmer, Great Dad, and Frustrating Bastard. You probably know a guy just like him . . . Gazza's world is turned upside down when his boys collide on the track, forcing him to fight to keep his dreams afloat, and his family together. THE HOPES & DREAMS OF GAZZA SNELL is a father’s coming of age - about letting go and finding something much stronger to hold on to.