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Winners & Losers: A Great Day

Television (Full Length) – 1976

Frank Sargeson’s tale of two men and a boat is adapted for this episode of Winners & Losers. Fred (played by radio actor William Smith) sets off for a spot of fishing with recent acquaintance Ken (theatre veteran David Weatherley). As the pair head out across the harbour, Ken doesn't seem all that receptive to Fred's friendly interrogation. The episode marked only the second time that Ian Mune had directed solo for the screen. Storms, a leaky dinghy and Mune's near drowning while acting as a stand-in made this one of the most challenging shoots of the Winners series.

Our first day is drowned in bucketing rain. So are our second, third and fourth. By the end of the first week, we have shot about five minutes, including all our interiors. From now on we have to have good weather, because we've got nowhere else to go.
– Ian Mune recalls directing A Great Day, in his 2010 book Mune - An Autobiography

Produced by

Aardvark-Mune Productions

Acknowledgements

Winners & Losers series produced in association with the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, Television One, the Department of Education and the National Film Unit


Restoration by Park Road Post Production made possible through funding from the NZ Lottery Grants Board and NZ On Air, with support from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision


Thank you to the filmmakers and the Ministry of Education for allowing NZ On Screen to reformat and reproduce this title on this website

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