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Sleeping Dogs

  • 1977
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 47min
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Sleeping Dogs (1977)
AcciónDramaThriller

Agrega una trama en tu idiomaA New Zealand man recently estranged from his family gets unwittingly caught up in a revolution.A New Zealand man recently estranged from his family gets unwittingly caught up in a revolution.A New Zealand man recently estranged from his family gets unwittingly caught up in a revolution.

  • Dirección
    • Roger Donaldson
  • Guionistas
    • Christian K. Stead
    • Ian Mune
    • Arthur Baysting
  • Elenco
    • Sam Neill
    • Nevan Rowe
    • Ian Mune
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    • Dirección
      • Roger Donaldson
    • Guionistas
      • Christian K. Stead
      • Ian Mune
      • Arthur Baysting
    • Elenco
      • Sam Neill
      • Nevan Rowe
      • Ian Mune
    • 20Opiniones de los usuarios
    • 16Opiniones de los críticos
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      • 1 nominación en total

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    Sam Neill
    Sam Neill
    • Smith
    Nevan Rowe
    Nevan Rowe
    • Gloria
    Ian Mune
    Ian Mune
    • Bullen
    Warren Oates
    Warren Oates
    • Col. Willoughby
    Ian Watkin
    • Dudley
    Clyde Scott
    • Jesperson
    Donna Akersten
    • Mary
    William Johnson
    • Cousins
    • (as Bill Johnson)
    Don Selwyn
    • Taupiri
    Davina Whitehouse
    Davina Whitehouse
    • Elsie
    Melissa Donaldson
    • Melissa
    Dougal Stevenson
    • News Reader
    Bernard Kearns
    • Prime Minister
    Raf Irving
    • Reporter
    Cass Donaldson
    • Cass
    Tommy Tinirau
    • Old Maori Man
    Snuffles
    • Dog
    Roger Oakley
    Roger Oakley
    • Assassin Leader
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      • Roger Donaldson
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      • Ian Mune
      • Arthur Baysting
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    Tamaal

    Nearly Famous

    As far as I'm aware, Sam Neill's first film - and what a start!

    Starring a Kiwi, directed by a Kiwi and packed to the gunwales with Kiwi talent, this is definitely no Hollywood hyperbole extravaganza.Its sole concession to the 'star power' syndrome is the presence of Warren Oates ("Dillinger") as an armed subversive type (I didn't dare to use the dreaded 'T' word!).

    The film is under the very capable guidance of the now-also-well-known Roger Donaldson, who was also responsible for another powerful home-grown effort, "Smash Palace". Impressionable youngsters like Peter Jackson may have seen this and decided their futures.

    Like Jackson's LOTR trilogy, "Sleeping Dogs" is filmed on location in New Zealand. As such, the sets and scenery give a fair idea of life in provincial and metropolitan NZ in the mid-70's (but there's no stunning vistas of the majestic Southern Alps here, I'm afraid).

    "Sleeping Dogs" is an adaptation of a story by New Zealand author C.K.Stead and pits an increasingly autocratic government of the near-future against a group of resistance fighters. Smith (Neill), very recently separated from a cheating wife, pretty much accidentally and quite reluctantly, gets involved with this group.

    One scene in the movie was (and still is) something of a talking point here in NZ because it seemed, in hindsight, so chillingly prescient - life imitating art.

    In the scene, a large group of protesters have clashed violently with unyielding, merciless, baton-wielding riot police; blood is flowing, injures are rife.

    Some five years after the film had been released, in 1981, the then-internationally-banned Springbok rugby team from South Africa were allowed to tour here, despite clamorous local and global opposition.

    New Zealand experienced the horrors and scarring of civil division. Wherever the Springboks played and also in the capital, Wellington, violence erupted. And it seemed to many of us at the time that the scenes that Donaldson had shot many years ago were now being replayed almost nightly on the news. Spooky.
    7yarbles-2

    Good Springboard for Director and Actor

    This film is a chilling view of how New Zealand could be if ruled by a totalitarian oppressive Government, like so many other countries around the world. It focuses primarily on one character named Smith (played by the now famous Sam Neil). The direction is excellect thanks to the talents of Roger Donaldson (Dantes Peak). But if you read those names and expect a big budget, action-packed, thriller your out of luck, it was made back in 1977 when they were starving artists. This may not appeal to those unfamiliar with New Zealand, but its worth a look if you like well scripted well acted emotional movies
    7tomgillespie2002

    Like George Orwell, only far more strange

    With Sleeping Dogs, director Roger Donaldson near enough single-handedly cemented New Zealand's place on the cinematic map. It was, at the time, the biggest box-office hit the country had seen, and also boasted what is only the second big-screen appearance by Sam Neill. With Ozplotation in full swing just across the water, Sleeping Dogs kicked off a New Wave in New Zealand, with the likes of Donaldson's Smash Palace and Vincent Ward's Vigil following in the subsequent years. The film is odd and off-kilter, but never less than fascinating. Donaldson clearly looked at Adolf Hitler's own rise to power in post-World War I Germany for inspiration, as he depicts a New Zealand of the near future falling foul of a rising dictatorship who are eager to hunt down anybody they believe could belong to a growing band of freedom fighters. It all starts with television reports of fuel strikes across the country, and quickly spirals out of control from there.

    The report is being watched by Smith (Neill) as his children write him goodbye letters and his wife sobs in the kitchen. He is the victim of infidelity, so decides to pack up and live off the grid for a while, but not before his wife's new lover Bullen (Ian Mune) arrives before he has even left the house. He spots an island on the Coromandel peninsula, arranging with the Maori owners to live out there untroubled, even exchanging his expensive car for their rusty old boat. He fishes, listens to the radio, and befriends the locals nearby, but his idyllic existence is soon interrupted when the government goes into full crackdown mode, arresting anybody on suspicion of assisting the revolution. He is taken in by the police to be interrogated and tortured, and likely sentenced to death. Seeing no other alternative, Smith takes his chance and escapes his captors, fleeing to a quiet camping ground where he meets a nice local girl. Smith is no guerilla revolutionary and is quite happy to live in ignorant bliss, but when US Army Colonel Willoughby (Warren Oates) arrives with more on his mind than policing the country, it becomes clear that Smith's destiny lies with the uprising, whether he likes it or not.

    Donaldson deliberately holds back certain pieces of information to keep the goings-on away from Smith a mystery, making Sleeping Dogs a rather frustrating experience. But frustrating isn't always bad, and here the loose, drifting storyline gives the film a unique style and atmosphere. You're never quite sure where the story will go next, and when Warren Oates arrives with a smile and willingness to party, there's a disorientating sense of unease as the beads of sweat drip off his quivering moustache. Cinematographer Michael Seresin, who would go on to work on the likes of Midnight Express, Angel Heart and the third Harry Potter, captures the country beautifully, imbuing the scenery with a sense of beauty and peace one minute, and a sense of terror the next. It all sounds a bit George Orwell, but it really isn't. It's actually much stranger than that, and has a rich vein of humour throughout, usually stemming from Smith's frustration as he unwillingly grows into a revolutionary leader. In many ways, it mirrors Gary Bond's experience trapped in the small, violent town of Ted Kotcheff's masterpiece Wake in Fright, only with less booze, more humour, and some bizarre turns along the way.
    8Hey_Sweden

    "I got my eye on you, boy."

    A history-making New Zealand production (it was the first to obtain general release in the U.S.), "Sleeping Dogs" is a good, engaging story, based on a novel by Christian K. Stead. It takes place during a tumultuous time in NZ's history, when people were actively rebelling against the government. Sam Neill, in his starring debut, plays Smith, an apolitical man estranged from his family, who does NOT want to get involved. He'd rather live in seclusion on an off-shore island, but people and circumstances keep drawing him into the fray.

    Neill is typically solid as a rock, and you can understand his characters' frustration. He's surrounded by good Kiwi actors, including Ian Mune (who also co-wrote the screenplay) as the passionate Bullen, Nevan Rowe as Smiths' activist wife Gloria, Ian Watkin (you may remember him as Uncle Les in Peter Jacksons' "Braindead") as helpful bar owner Dudley, and Clyde Scott as government man Jesperson. Jesperson wants Smith to confess to being a revolutionary in exchange for better treatment, but Smith will have none of that.

    Of course, part of the hook of the story is watching Smith resist the inevitable, and wondering if or when he will give in.

    Gorgeous NZ scenery, an effective music score, and some good action scenes add to the overall entertainment value. Naturally, many American viewers may be drawn to this upon seeing that the iconic Warren Oates has a "guest star" role. It's a reasonably interesting role that benefits from his unique presence.

    This also announced the arrival of filmmaker Roger Donaldson in a big way. In the 80s, he moved to Hollywood when he turned out features like "The Bounty", "No Way Out", "Species", and "Dante's Peak". (His peer Geoff Murphy is credited with special FX; Murphy himself has directed such movies as "Utu", "The Quiet Earth", "Young Guns II", and "Under Siege 2: Dark Territory".)

    Overall, a compelling tale well told, that keeps the viewer attentive until its final scenes.

    Eight out of 10.
    6stekelmoll

    Solid if not spectacular

    Based on the novel Smith's Dream by academic C. K. Stead, Sleeping Dogs is set in a totalitarian New Zealand. Smith moves to the country to escape trouble but is framed by the state as a terrorist.The rest of the film involves his attempts to avoid arrest and his eventual fate.

    Released in 1977, the film possessed a poignancy for New Zealanders, who at the time viewed the then Muldoon National Government with some suspicion. A scene involving riot police in an Auckland street was a chilling portent of events during the 1981 Springbok rugby tour to New Zealand, and indeed on its release in the USA, some Americans confused the film's images with media reports of the tour protests.

    Notable for Sam Neill's role as Smith, the movie started a late 1970s revival in the New Zealand film industry, including movies such as The Scarecrow, Skin Deep, and Smash Palace.

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    • Trivia
      Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
    • Errores
      After Bullen crashes the red car, the front left headlight is alternately damaged/undamaged in subsequent shots.
    • Citas

      Col. Willoughby: [to Smith] I got my eye on you, boy. I got my eye on you really good.

    • Conexiones
      Featured in Cowboys of Culture (1990)
    • Bandas sonoras
      Going to Coromandel
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    Detalles

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 13 de julio de 1978 (Australia)
    • País de origen
      • Nueva Zelanda
    • Idiomas
      • Inglés
      • Maorí
    • También se conoce como
      • Schlafende Hunde
    • Locaciones de filmación
      • Coromandel Peninsula, Nueva Zelanda
    • Productoras
      • Aardvark Films
      • Broadbank Investments
      • New Zealand Film Commission
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      • NZD 450,000 (estimado)
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    • Tiempo de ejecución
      • 1h 47min(107 min)
    • Color
      • Color
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      • Mono
    • Relación de aspecto
      • 1.85 : 1

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