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Angel Mine is a 1978 New Zealand fantasy fiction film.

Synopsis

Angel Mine is advertised as a drug for automatically solving marital problems. A young Auckland middle class suburban couple become entangled in this surrealistic world switching between reality and fantasy while attempting to model their lives on media advertising in a world of black leather and punk music.

Cast

• Derek Ward as The Man
• Jennifer Redford as The Woman
• Myra De Groot as Nun
• Michael Wilson

Reviews

• 1978 The Press "Caution: viewing may be damaging".
• 1994 Cinema Papers New Zealand Supplement.
• 2001 Festival/Awards: NZ Drifting Clouds Film Festival.

References

1. Martin, Helen; Edwards, Sam (1997). "New Zealand film, 1912-1996". Trove. Auckland ; Melbourne ; Oxford :Oxford University Press. Retrieved 13 January 2023. ISBN 0-19-558336-1
2. ^ "Angel Mine". NZ On Screen. New Zealand Film Commission. 1978. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
3. "Angel Mine (1978)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
4. "Celebrating 40 years of New Zealand film: Angel Mine (1978)". The New Zealand Herald. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
5. "Angel Mine". British Film Institute. 1978. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
6. Blyth, David (2008), "Angel mine", Trove, New Zealand Film Commission , retrieved 15 January 2023
7. "N.Z. film gets punk-cult warning". Papers Past. The Press. 25 November 1978. p. 2. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
8. Murray, Scott (April 1994). "A Short History of Film in New Zealand 1977-1994". (Issuu p 51). No. 97–98. Cinema Papers New Zealand Supplement. p. 5. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
9. "Angel Mine". New Zealand Film Commission. 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

External links

• Angel Mine at IMDb

• 1978 films
• 1970s New Zealand films
• Films shot in New Zealand
• Films set in New Zealand
• Films directed by David Blyth