Carry Me Back (film)

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Carry Me Back
Directed byJohn Reid
Written byKeith Aberdein
Joy Cowley
Produced byGraeme Cowley
Starring Grant Tilly
Kelly Johnson
Dorothy McKegg
CinematographyGraeme Cowley
Production
company
Kiwi Film Productions
Release date
1982
Running time
102 minutes
Country New Zealand
LanguageEnglish

Carry Me Back is a 1982 New Zealand comedy film directed by John Reid. [1] [2]

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Synopsis

When two brothers take their father to a rugby game, he dies in their hotel. To satisfy a clause in the will, they need to smuggle his body back to their farm and make it appear that he died there, otherwise they won't inherit the property. [3] [2]

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References

  1. "Carry Me Back". NZ On Screen . Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Carry Me Back". British Film Institute. 1982. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. "Carry Me Back". New Zealand Film Commission . Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. "Cinema of Unease". NZ On Screen . Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision . Retrieved 5 August 2014.