Forgotten Silver (1995) (TV)

Directors:

Costa Botes
Peter Jackson

Writers:

Costa Botes (written by) &
Peter Jackson (written by)

Release Date:

3 October 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Forgotten Silver is a mockumentary which details the prodigious life of "lost" filmmaker Colin McKenzie...

Plot Keywords:

New Zealand | Mockumentary | Film In Film | Mock Documentary | Film Making

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Jeffrey Thomas	...	Narrator (voice)
Costa Botes	...	Himself - Film Maker
Marguerite Hurst	...	Herself
Peter Jackson	...	Himself
Leonard Maltin	...	Himself - Film Historian
Johnny Morris	...	Himself - Film Archivist (as Jonathon Morris)
Sam Neill	...	Himself - Actor / Director
John O'Shea	...	Himself
Lindsay Shelton	...	Himself
Harvey Weinstein	...	Himself - Miramax Films
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stevan Eldred-Grigg	...	Himself (scenes deleted)
Beatrice Ashton	...	Hannah McKenzie (uncredited)
Peter Corrigan	...	Stan the Man (uncredited)
John Girdlestone	...	One of the Gloomer's Brothers (in picture) (uncredited)
Julie Holmes	...	Market girl Extra (uncredited)
Charlie McClellan	...	Soldier firing machine gun in Gallipolli (uncredited)
Sarah McLeod	...	May Belle (uncredited)
George Port	...	Undertermined role (uncredited)
Thomas Robins	...	Colin McKenzie (uncredited)
Richard Shirtcliffe	...	Brooke McKenzie (uncredited)
Richard Taylor	...	First Aviator (uncredited)
Gallina Thurshead	...	Undertermined role (uncredited)
Davina Whitehouse	...	Herself (uncredited)

Directed by
Costa Botes
Peter Jackson

Writing credits
Costa Botes		(written by) &
Peter Jackson		(written by)

Produced by
Caterina De Nave	....	executive producer
Peter Jackson	....	executive producer
Sue Rogers	....	producer
Jamie Selkirk	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Duncan Davidson
David Donaldson
Plan 9
Steve Roche
Janet Roddick

Cinematography by
Alun Bollinger
Gerry Vasbenter

Film Editing by
Eric De Beus
Michael Horton

Production Design by
John Girdlestone

Production Management
Anna Cahill	....	unit manager
Ross Chambers	....	post-production supervisor
Jan Haynes	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bryce Campbell	....	second assistant director
Martin Walsh	....	first assistant director (as Marty Walsh)

Art Department
Troy Stephens	....	scenic artist

Sound Department
Phillipe Berrero	....	sound recordist: US
Ross A. Chambers	....	executive post-production supervisor
Sam Negri	....	sound
Ken Saville	....	sound operator

Visual Effects by
Matt Aitken	....	digital effects
Nick Booth	....	researcher
Frank Wegerhoff	....	digital effects artist

Stunts
Peter Hassall	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Rachel Anderson	....	clapper loader
Conrad Bollinger	....	lighting trainee
Adrian Hebron	....	lighting assistant
Terry Joosten	....	grip
Dean McCarroll	....	assistant camera
Gerald Morse	....	gaffer
Sean O'Donnell	....	additional photographer
Mike Rathbone	....	additional photographer
Nancy Schreiber	....	camera operator: USA
Nancy Schreiber	....	director of photography: additional photography
Nancy Schreiber	....	lighting: USA
Gerry Vasbenter	....	focus puller

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bev Hinchey	....	costume researcher

Music Department
Duncan Davidson	....	musician: celtic flute

Other crew
Sheryl Adie	....	field worker
Karl Anton	....	archaeological advisor
Beatrice Ashton	....	generous assistance with research
Wynter Blathwayt	....	title designer
Nick Booth	....	production runner
Nick Booth	....	researcher
Chris Coad	....	restoration: archive stills
Peter Corrigan	....	generous assistance with research
James Delany	....	field worker
Kareen Donaldson	....	field worker
Kerry Dunne	....	archaeological advisor
Caroline Girdlestone	....	field worker
Kevin Godkin	....	military advisor
Billy Gordon	....	field worker
Vance Hartwell	....	puppeteer
Peter Hassall	....	military advisor
Gillie Hastie	....	field worker
Mike Heffernan	....	archaeological advisor
Jo Hiles	....	production coordinator
Trent Hiles	....	unit assistant
Coralie Hoskins	....	field worker
Clint Ingram	....	military advisor
Steve Ingram	....	military advisor
Linda Klein-Nixon	....	production accountant
Shirley Langdon	....	assistant: Bev Hinchey
Shannon McIntosh	....	coordinator: USA
Sarah McLeod	....	generous assistance with research
Johno Morton	....	archaeological advisor
Ed Mulholand	....	archaeological advisor
Liz Mullane	....	genealogical researcher
George Port	....	generous assistance with research
Darryl Richards	....	military advisor
Thomas Robins	....	generous assistance with research
Richard Shirtcliffe	....	generous assistance with research
Jeanne Stuart	....	production assistant
Gallina Thurshead	....	generous assistance with research
Giovanni Tomillo	....	military advisor
Chris Ulusele	....	field worker
Bryan Wakelin	....	archaeological advisor (as Brian Wakelin)
Fran Walsh	....	script consultant (as Frances Walsh)
Fran Walsh	....	script supervisor (as Frances Walsh)
Andy Wickens	....	laboratory technician
Norman Willerton	....	archaeological advisor
Tony Woolf	....	military advisor (as Tony Wolf)

Thanks
Ray Ahepine-Mercer	....	thanks
Jan Beiringa	....	thanks
Luit Beiringa	....	thanks
Jim Booth	....	thanks
Rachael Bullock	....	thanks (as Rachel Bullock)
David Dascoigne	....	thanks
Andrew Downes	....	thanks
Peter Edwards	....	thanks
Stevan Eldred-Grigg	....	thanks
Patrick Fenlon	....	thanks
Bill Gosden	....	thanks
Marguerite Hurst	....	special thanks
Lynne Jones	....	thanks
Raybon Kan	....	thanks
David Lewis	....	thanks
Denise Liddle	....	thanks
Fiona Malcolm	....	thanks
Leonard Maltin	....	special thanks
Johnny Morris	....	special thanks
Sam Neill	....	special thanks
Michael Nicholson	....	thanks
John O'Shea	....	special thanks
Gordon Ogilvy	....	acknowledgment: archive stills courtesy of
Janet Paul	....	thanks
Gaylene Preston	....	thanks
Rei Rakatau	....	thanks
Christian Rivers	....	thanks
Geoff Rodliffe	....	acknowledgment: archive stills courtesy of
Lindsay Shelton	....	special thanks
Norman Taylor	....	thanks
Leung Chan Tong	....	thanks
Pierre Vinet	....	thanks
Ian Wards	....	thanks
Harvey Weinstein	....	special thanks
Lena Wilson-Stewart	....	acknowledgment: archive stills courtesy of

Production Companies

• New Zealand Film Commission
• New Zealand On Air
• WingNut Films

Distributors

• First Run Features (video)
• RCV Film Distribution (1997) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Mondo Films (France)
• RCV Film Distribution (Belgium)
• RCV Film Distribution (Luxembourg)
• Zeitgeist Films (1997) (USA)

Special Effects

• Weta Digital

Also Known As:

"Colin McKenzie" - Japan (English title)
"Den glömda silverskatten" - Sweden (TV title)
"Forgotten Silver" - France
"Kein Oscar für Mr. McKenzie" - Germany
"La verdadera historia del cine" - Spain
"Unohdetut kuvat" - Finland

Runtime:

53 min | USA:70 min (DVD)

Country:

New Zealand

Language:

English | Cantonese

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Certification:

Finland:K-7 | France:U | Iceland:Unrated | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

New Zealand

Company:

New Zealand Film Commission

Trivia:

The interview with Sam Neill was taken during the filming of Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill (1995).

Goofs:

Continuity: Also relating to the close-up: there are many in the footage from "The Worrior Season" which was made before "Solome" where Colin supposedly invents it.

Movie Connections:

Features The Suburbanite (1904)

Fabulous hoax

Peter Jackson and Costa Boeates decided to make this great mockumentary about a man called Colin McKenzie, a man who invented such things as color film, audio film and above all, made the first full length feature movie.

Apparently it was quite a successful hoax in New Zealand, people really did buy it. And I really can't blame them, as most of the fabricated film material really looks like almost hundred years old, almost destroyed film.

And there are some very convincing famous film people, like Sam Neil, telling their knowledge of this McKenzie.

Even the tone of the film isn't actually very funny, even thought there are some things in it that are so absurd, that they make you laugh.

Over all well made mockumentary.