| Spooked | |
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| Directed by | Geoff Murphy |
| Written by | Geoff Murphy |
| Starring | Cliff Curtis Ian Mune Christopher Hobbs Peter Elliot |
| Edited by | Michael J. Horton |
| Music by | John Charles |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | New Zealand Film Commission |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,000,000 |
| Box office | $31,460 |
Spooked is a 2004 New Zealand film directed byGeoff Murphy and loosely based onIan Wishart's novelThe Paradise Conspiracy, which itself is based onactual events inNew Zealand. Partly funded by theNew Zealand Film Commission,Spooked had its first screenings in the market at the2004 Cannes Film Festival where it was first reviewed.[1] The film performed poorly at the box office after some negative reviewsdespite its cast of prominentNew Zealand actors.[2]
Investigative journalist Mort Whitman (Cliff Curtis) is onto the story of his lifetime, the most important story in the nation. It was huge, involving a big payoff from a multinational bank to a second-hand computer dealer Kevin Jones (Christopher Hobbs). Tracing the days leading up to Kevin's suspicious death, Mort reveals Kevin's increasing paranoia and erratic behaviour through the eyes of his best mate Jimmy Blick (John Leigh) and girlfriend Ruby Elder (Miriama Smith). What dangerous secrets had he stumbled upon? Did the forces - private security, police, SIS or CIA - that increasingly menaced his life, kill him? Or did he simply drink too much and crash his car? Mort is determined to get to the bottom of it if it kills him.
| Actor | Role |
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| Cliff Curtis | Mort Whitman |
| Christopher Hobbs | Kevin Jones |
| Ian Mune | Dave Johnson |
| Miriama Smith | Ruby Elder |
| Peter Elliot | Randy Fox |
| Alison Bruce | Sheila Miller |
| Mark Ferguson | Bill Roberts |
| Kevin J. Wilson | Mike Taylor |
| Geoff Dolan | Simmonds |
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