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2009 Festival programme.
Dean Spanley
Thursday 12th February 7:30 PM - Theatre By The Lake
Director:Toa Fraser
Cert:U Year: 2008 Length:100mins
Country:New Zealand / UK,
Peter O'Toole's late renaissance continues as his character Fisk becomes the emotional centre of this quixotic adaptation of a 1936 novella. Sam Neill plays the eponymous Spanley,a believer in reincarnation whose tales bring renewed life to the bereaved and melancholy Fisk.
Critics
“A genuine and surprising pleasure.”
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