Angel Mine

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Angel Mine
Directed by	David Blyth
Written by	David Blyth
Produced by	Warren Sellers David Blyth
Starring	Derek Ward Jennifer Redford Myra De Groot
Cinematography	John Earnshaw
Edited by	Philip Howe
Music by	Mark Nicholas Suburban Reptiles
Production companies	ILA Films New Zealand Film Commission
Distributed by	ILA Films Valhalla Films
Release date	1978 (1978)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	New Zealand
Language	English

Angel Mine is a 1978 New Zealand fantasy fiction film. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Synopsis

Angel Mine is advertised as a drug for automatically solving marital problems. A young Auckland middle class suburban couple become entangled in this surrealistic world switching between reality and fantasy while attempting to model their lives on media advertising in a world of black leather and punk music. ^{[2] [5] [6]}

Cast

• Derek Ward as The Man
• Jennifer Redford as The Woman
• Myra De Groot as Nun
• Michael Wilson

Reviews

• 1978 The Press "Caution: viewing may be damaging". ^[7]
• 1994 Cinema Papers New Zealand Supplement. ^[8]
• 2001 Festival/Awards: NZ Drifting Clouds Film Festival. ^[9]

References

1. Martin, Helen; Edwards, Sam (1997). "New Zealand film, 1912-1996". Trove . Auckland; Melbourne; Oxford :Oxford University Press . Retrieved 13 January 2023. ISBN   0-19-558336-1
2. "Angel Mine". NZ On Screen . New Zealand Film Commission. 1978. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
3. "Angel Mine (1978)". British Film Institute . Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
4. "Celebrating 40 years of New Zealand film: Angel Mine (1978)". The New Zealand Herald . 4 June 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
5. "Angel Mine". British Film Institute. 1978. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
6. Blyth, David (2008), "Angel mine", Trove , New Zealand Film Commission [distributor], retrieved 15 January 2023
7. "N.Z. film gets punk-cult warning". Papers Past . The Press. 25 November 1978. p. 2. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
8. Murray, Scott (April 1994). "A Short History of Film in New Zealand 1977-1994". (Issuu p 51). No. 97–98. Cinema Papers New Zealand Supplement. p. 5. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
9. "Angel Mine". New Zealand Film Commission. 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

External links

• Angel Mine at IMDb