The Grasscutter

1988 New Zealand film
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time
102 minutesCountryNew ZealandLanguageEnglish

The Grasscutter is a 1988 film directed by Ian Mune and written by Roy Mitchell.

Synopsis

A landscape architect (Cooper) living in New Zealand finds that his past catches up with him. Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) loyalists from Northern Ireland have discovered the new identity he was given after becoming a "supergrass" and come after him, drastically increasing New Zealand's violent crime rate in the process.

Production

It was shot in the south of New Zealand, in Dunedin and Queenstown.

References

  • Martin, Helen and Edwards, Sam, New Zealand Film 1912-1996, Oxford, 1997. ISBN 0-19-558336-1

External links

  • The Grasscutter at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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Films directed by Ian Mune
  • Came a Hot Friday (1985)
  • Bridge to Nowhere (1986)
  • The Grasscutter (1990)
  • The End of Golden Weather (1991)
  • The Whole of the Moon (1997)
  • What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1999)
  • Life's a Riot (2009)
  • Billy T: Te Movie (2011)
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