The Hollow Men (2008)

The Hollow Men

07/07/2008

Documentary

The 'stolen' insider emails that informed Nicky Hager's best-selling account of National's 2005 election campaign return in Alister Barry's (Someone Else's Country) new film - just in time to caution us against campaigning politicians in 2008. Addressing each other like schoolboy Machiavellis, party leader Don Brash and his advisors spelled out how they'd copy the big boys in Australia and the US in order to win the votes of people who'd never support the kind of policies such men are widely presumed to represent. The dividing and conquering began at Orewa.

Cast

Nick Blake

Narrator (voice)

Donald Brash

Self

John Key

Self

Bill English

Self

Vaughan Slinn

Bryan Sinclair (voice)

Julie Thorns

Diane Foreman (voice)

Sam Snedden

Matthew Hooton (voice)

Bruce Phillips

Peter Keenan (voice)

Russell Campbell

Don Brash (voice)

Mick Rose

Murray McCully (voice)

Matthew Chamberlain

Richard Long (voice)/Roderick Deane (voice)

Phil Peleton

Crosby/Textor (voice)/ Crosby/Textor Focus Group Leader

John Bach

Michael Bassett (voice)

Cohen Holloway

John Ansell (voice)

Abi King-Jones

Anita Ferguson (voice)

Rachel Weaver

Women's Focus Group Leader

Chris Brooks

Doorman

Melanie McLuskie

Restaurant Waitress

Danika Morris-Brown

Banquet Waitress

Rob Jerram

Rollscreen Man

Simon Haren

Newspaper Deliverer

Ray Heenan

NZ First Leaflet Deliverer

Patrick Keenan

Exclusive Brethren Leaflet Deliverer

David Grant

Diner

Russell Campbell

Diner

Mandy Hager

Train Passenger

Paul Ashby

Autocue Operator

Julia Hager

Pedestrian

Elsie Jolliffe

Pedestrian

Wang-Sook Lee

Focus Group Member

Bonnie Warssold

Focus Group Member

Kathy Dudding

Focus Group Member

Ana Blake-Kelly

Focus Group Member

Rebecca Pohlmann

Focus Group Member

Sarah Stevenson

Focus Group Member

Margaret Smith

Focus Group Member

Lin Murphy

Focus Group Member

Danny McManamon

Focus Group Member

Nick Bond

Focus Group Member

Samantha Woodhouse

Focus Group Member

Freddy Fullmer

Focus Group Member

Olive Margaret Smith

Focus Group Member

Samantha Woodward

Focus Group Member

Nick Blake

Narrator (voice)

Donald Brash

Self

John Key

Self

Bill English

Self

Vaughan Slinn

Bryan Sinclair (voice)

Julie Thorns

Diane Foreman (voice)

Sam Snedden

Matthew Hooton (voice)

Bruce Phillips

Peter Keenan (voice)

Russell Campbell

Don Brash (voice)

Mick Rose

Murray McCully (voice)

Matthew Chamberlain

Richard Long (voice)/Roderick Deane (voice)

Phil Peleton

Crosby/Textor (voice)/ Crosby/Textor Focus Group Leader

John Bach

Michael Bassett (voice)

Cohen Holloway

John Ansell (voice)

Abi King-Jones

Anita Ferguson (voice)

Rachel Weaver

Women's Focus Group Leader

Chris Brooks

Doorman

Melanie McLuskie

Restaurant Waitress

Danika Morris-Brown

Banquet Waitress

Rob Jerram

Rollscreen Man

Simon Haren

Newspaper Deliverer

Ray Heenan

NZ First Leaflet Deliverer

Patrick Keenan

Exclusive Brethren Leaflet Deliverer

David Grant

Diner

Russell Campbell

Diner

Mandy Hager

Train Passenger

Paul Ashby

Autocue Operator

Julia Hager

Pedestrian

Elsie Jolliffe

Pedestrian

Wang-Sook Lee

Focus Group Member

Bonnie Warssold

Focus Group Member

Kathy Dudding

Focus Group Member

Ana Blake-Kelly

Focus Group Member

Rebecca Pohlmann

Focus Group Member

Sarah Stevenson

Focus Group Member

Margaret Smith

Focus Group Member

Lin Murphy

Focus Group Member

Danny McManamon

Focus Group Member

Nick Bond

Focus Group Member

Samantha Woodhouse

Focus Group Member

Freddy Fullmer

Focus Group Member

Olive Margaret Smith

Focus Group Member

Samantha Woodward

Focus Group Member