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Perfectly Frank - The Life of a New Zealand Writer

Television (Full Length) – 1998

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Biographer Michael King takes us through the life of pioneering writer Frank Sargeson: from puritanical parents to self-discovery in London, through to decades encouraging an emerging tide of New Zealand writers. The documentary’s most priceless moments are the tales told when four of those writers return to Sargeson’s fabled fibrolite bach, in Takapuna. Kevin Ireland calls it an “oasis, this marvellous place where books ruled supreme”. Sargeson’s purposefuly minimalistic writing style, the doco argues, helped NZ literature find its own voice.

Key Cast & Crew

William Grieve

Producer

Bruce Morrison

Producer

Bruce Sheridan

Writer, Director

Karl Urban

Voice of Sargeson

Paolo Rotondo

Actor

Hamish McFarlane

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Morrison Grieve

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Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

Acknowledgements

Made with funding from NZ On Air

Based on Frank Sargeson:A Life by Michael King. The works of Frank Sargeson are used with the permission of the Sargeson Trust.

Music

Original music by Greg Johnson.

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