Acme Sausage Company

Date: 1970 - 1979

Reference: Eph-D-CINEMA-1970s

Description: Includes: 1972: Marx Brothers in "Room service" plus "Tank busters" filmed in Wellington by Acme Sausage Co. Far out! Plus "A stone in the bush" starring Mick Jagger and others, filmed on locateion during the making of "Ned Kelly" [October 1972] 1973: "The traitors"; a film on revolution, power, corruption and betrayal, directed by Grupo Cine de la Base; a Tricontinental Film Center release [1973] (No NZ content) 1974: "Shadze Ehtejab" (Prince Ehtejab), starring J Mashayekhi, F Khorvash, N Kasraii. A film by B Farmanara based on a novel by H Golshiri. A Telfilm production [1974] (No NZ content) 1976: Every year has its special film ... "Storm boy" ... Air New Zealand presents "Pouihi ... a legend of New Zealand". Filmed in Panavision, directed by Geoff Dixon, cinematographer John Blick. Written & produced by Paul Ricketts; original music by John Charles [1976-1977] 1977: Australia brought you Bazza Mckenzie and Alvin Purple; now New Zealand brings you "Wild man" starring Bruno Lawrence ... Plus! "Dagg day afternoon" featuring Fred Dagg in his big screen debut. Great New Zealand entertainment, directed by Geoff Murphy; produced by John Barnett. "Off the edge". Their search led them into New Zealand's treacherous mountain wilderness never to return the same. Starring Jeff Campbell and Blair Trenholme. Produced and directed by Michael Firth; edited by Michael Economou. Pentacle Films Ltd MCMLXXVI. Gold medal winner best feature documentary, Virgin Islands Film Festival. [1977] (Two copies) 1978: In their town she was an outsider. "Skin deep" starring Derryn Cooper, Ken Blackburn, Grant Tilly, Alan Jervis, with Glenis Levestam, Heather Lindsay, Bill Johnson, Arthur Wright. Screenplay Piers Davies, Roger Horrocks, Geoff Steven. Produced by John Maynard; directed by Geoff Steven [1978] "A state of siege", based on the novel by Janet Frame. Directed by Vincent Ward; produced by Timothy White. This film was produced with assistance from the New Zealand Film Commission and Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council.[1978]. (Reproduces original lithograph by Kathe Kollwitz) (2 copies) 1979: Vincent Ward's "A State of Siege", starring Anne Flannery. Produced by Timothy White. Photography by Alun Bollinger. Gold medal winner at 1978 Miami Film Festival; Winner of Golden Hugo at Chicago. [1979]. Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 3 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying around 520 x 432 mm. Provenance: Purchases and donations from various sources. Non-New Zealand posters donated by Janet Horncy, Wellington, in 1999.

Date: 1983

From: Clyde Quay School Parents' Collective : records

Reference: MS-Papers-8940-5

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1971 - 1972

From: [Programmes and other ephemera for popular music events, bands and singers. 1970-1974]

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-Popular-1972-01

Description: A small poster advertising a performance by BLERTA shows an illustration of a smiling cartoon dog head above an inset picture of a bus parked behind a tree. The backgound shows clouds and stars, and the names of the performers. Estimated to date from the beginning or end of the 1971-1972 tour. Tony Littlejohn left the group in early 1972. Other Titles - Electric; Beaver Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on flier.. Physical Description: Photocopy, with felt pen additions, 336 x 207 mm.