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Sep 11, 1997
53 min
Full-HD

Forgotten Silver (1997)

The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.

Category

Comedy TV Movie

Country

New Zealand

Companies

WingNut Films New Zealand Film Commission NZ on Air

Jeffrey Thomas

Narrator (voice)

Peter Jackson

Self

Costa Botes

Self

Beatrice Ashton

Hannah McKenzie

Leonard Maltin

Self

Harvey Weinstein

Self

Sam Neill

Self

Johnny Morris

Self

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