A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.
- Awards
- 24 wins & 26 nominations
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- TriviaThe film was the first local feature to gross more than NZ$1 million in its opening weekend at the New Zealand box office.
- GoofsNo kiwi Hunter worth his salt would kill a pukeko for eating - they are notoriously bad eating birds, hence the cooking joke: boil a pukeko with a shoe and when the shoe is soft, throw away the bird and eat the shoe.
- Crazy creditsThe credits include sections headed "Wildercrew" and "Wildercast", with the latter including the subheading "Wilderdogs".
- SoundtracksMakutekahu
Written by Lukasz Pawel Buda (as L. Buda), Samuel Scott (as S. Scott), and Conrad Wedde (as C. Wedde)
Native Tongue Music Publishing
Arranged by Hamish McKeich
Performed by Pepe Becker, Anna Sedcole, Phillip Collins, and Robert Oliver
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I just saw "Hunt for the Wilderpeople" (2016) and it was absolutely wonderful. All the performances were good. I didn't hate the kid and Sam Neil was very good as Hector. There was a very believable bond between Ricky and Hector, and when they had the "get mad at each other and leave" scene, it didn't feel forced (partly because of the subject matter) and I loved that it didn't go on for too long. All the cinematography was fantastic. It was very funny and I love the kind of dark sense of humor that the movie had. I think this had a great soundtrack! and it's not just great songs that already existed and wasn't composed for the movie (though there was a lot in there), also the composed music is really good. It gives off a very mysterious feeling. All the characters were very likable, and not stereotypes (except "psycho sam"), and it was great. I wouldn't give it a 10/10 like some people are, because it has some problems. There was some stereotypes in the movie, (An example being "psycho sam" being the conspiracy theorist stereotype) I think there should have been some more time devoted to the relationship between Ricky and Bella, and I think the plot was kinda predictable. But, I still think this movie was very fun and enjoyable, and I'll definitly recommend it. i give this a 8/10
- morrismatalon
- Mar 8, 2018
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Language
- Also known as
- Yovvoyi odamlar izidan
- Filming locations
- Horopito, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand(car yard)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,205,468
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $78,439
- Jun 26, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $38,560,308
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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