Spooked (film)

2004 New Zealand film

Spooked

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

New Zealand Film Commission

Distributed by| New Zealand Film Commission

Release date

* 2004 (2004)

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 by Geoff Murphy and loosely based on Ian Wishart's novel The Paradise Conspiracy, which itself is based on actual events in New Zealand. Partly funded by the New Zealand Film Commission, Spooked had its first screenings in the market at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival where it was first reviewed.[1] The film performed poorly at the box office after some negative reviews despite its cast of prominent New Zealand actors.[2]

## Plot[edit]

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.

## Cast[edit]

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 |
Geoff Dolan | Simmonds

## References[edit]

1. ^ Foundas, Scott (15 June 2004). "Reviews - Spooked". Variety Reviews. variety.com. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
2. ^ Beston, Anne (26 February 2005). "Audiences spooked as film flops". The New Zealand Herald. APN Holdings. Retrieved 7 August 2010.

## External links[edit]

* Spooked at IMDb

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Films directed by Geoff Murphy

Features|

* Wild Man (1977)
* Goodbye Pork Pie (1981)
* Utu (1983)
* The Quiet Earth (1985)
* Never Say Die (1988)
* Red King, White Knight (1989)
* Young Guns II (1990)
* Freejack (1992)
* Blind Side (1993)
* The Last Outlaw (1993)
* Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
* Don't Look Back (1996)
* Fortress 2: Re-Entry (1999)
* Race Against Time (2000)
* Spooked (2004)
* Tales of Mystery and Imagination (2009)

Shorts/Documentaries|

* Tank Busters (1969)
* Uenuku (1974)
* Dagg Day Afternoon (1977)
* Blerta Revisited (2001)

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