After a regional football final, TK Donovan’s sons find him dead in a hotel bed, his last will stuck in his pocket. This letter contains a tricky clause: the football club will be the sole inheritor of his farm should TK not be buried on his beloved land – and have died there! TK must die once more: on his farm! Director John Reid confidently and quirkily mixes motifs from “Weekend at Bernie’s”, early Hitchcock and the absurd charm of Polanski’s “Two Men and a Wardrobe” with hefty New Zealand humour.

Director: John Reid

Screenplay: Derek Morton Keith Aberdein John Reid

Cast: Grant Tilly Kelly Johnson Dorothy McKegg Derek Hardwick

Producer: Graeme Cowley

Orig. Titel: Carry Me Back
Section: Iceland Deluxe
Original language: English
Filmtype: Fiction Feature
Music: Tim Bridgewater, James Hall
DoP: Graeme Cowley
Set Designer: Jim Barr
Editor: Simon Reece, Michael Horton
Format: 35 mm

Printsource: The New Zealand Film, Archive, New Zealand, Tel: +64 4 384 7647 ext 829, email: steve.russell@nzfa.org.nz, www.filmarchive.org.nz

Production Company: Kiwi Films