UTU [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
by Geoff Murphy
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Director: Geoff MurphyPrimary Contributor: Anzac Wallace
Primary Contributor: Bruno Lawrence
Primary Contributor: Faenza Reuben
Primary Contributor: Ilona Rodgers
Primary Contributor: John Bach
Primary Contributor: Kelly Johnson
Primary Contributor: Merata Mita
Primary Contributor: Tania Bristowe
Primary Contributor: Tim Elliott
Primary Contributor: Wi Kuki Kaa
Commentary: CategoryArthouse
Commentary: CategoryAustralia
Commentary: Festival Fantasporto Awards
Commentary: film movie Foreign
Commentary: film movie New Zealand
DVD: Region Code 4.0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Director's Cut, Import, PAL, Widescreen
Running Time: 120 minutes
Studio: Magna Pacific
Product features:
- THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
Movie Reviews of UTU [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
Movie Review: "The Spirits Of My People Command Me, I Must Kill The White Man For What He Has Done"
Summary: 4 Stars
Note: This DVD cannot be viewed in the America's without a multi-region player.
Based on a true account of the Maori uprising of 1870, 'Utu' posits the often asked and all important question "Who are the savages amongst us?" In this particular case is it the native Maori of New Zealand who dared defy British occupation and rule, or was it English arrogance and total lack of concern for the native culture that brought about the eventual end of British Colonialism in the area?
Brutal, violent, uncompromising, yet at the same time it contains moments of unexpected humor. Another great film in a long line of movies to come out of Australia and New Zealand. Unforgetable performances by Anzac Wallace as the rebellious Te Wheke and Bruno Lawrence as the white settler obsessed with avenging his wife's death.
Some lessons are never learned. Savages come in all forms, colors and disguises.
Summary of UTU [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ),WIDESCREEN, SPECIAL FEATURES: Scene Access, Uncut,SYNOPSIS: In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Maori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal leads him to seek utu (revenge). The settler Williamson in turn seeks revenge after Te Wheke attacks his homestead. Meanwhile Wiremu, an officer for the British, seems to think that resistance is futile.-Utu is the Maori word for "Retribution," which sums up the chief motivating factor of this New Zealand-produced drama. Set in the 1870s, the film details the exigencies of British Colonial rule. A Maori scout Anzac Wallace stumbles across a native village that has been destroyed in a British raid. Since it is the scout's own village, he deserts the British army, the better to seek "utu." Leading a vigilante force consisting of his fellow Maoris, Wallace kills as many British settlers as he can get his hands on. The feverish conviction of Wallace's crusade is in stark contrast to the attitudes of the British, who seem more concerned with material possessions than with human beings. Popular "down under" star Bruno Lawrence is cast as a vengeance-driven settler who makes it his personal mission in life to end Wallace's reign of terror. The most expensive New Zealand-filmed project to date, Utu was an enormous success upon its first domestic release; the American version runs some 15 minutes shorter than the original.SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Fantasporto Awards,
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