Desperate Remedies (1993)
A campy melodrama set in the mythical colonial seaport of Hope sometime during the 19th century where Dorothea, an elegant beautiful merchant, lives with her assistant. Dorothea hires a handsome penniless immigrant to seduce her opium-addicted sister away from her sinister paramour.
Primary Title
- Desperate Remedies
Date Broadcast
- Saturday 22 December 2007
Release Year
- 1993
Start Time
- 21 : 00
Finish Time
- 22 : 40
Duration
- 100:00
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- A campy melodrama set in the mythical colonial seaport of Hope sometime during the 19th century where Dorothea, an elegant beautiful merchant, lives with her assistant. Dorothea hires a handsome penniless immigrant to seduce her opium-addicted sister away from her sinister paramour.
Classification
- AO
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Feature films--New Zealand
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
- Musical
Contributors
- Stewart Main (Director)
- Stewart Main (Writer)
- Peter Wells (Director)
- Peter Wells (Writer)
- Jennifer Ward-Lealand (Actor)
- Kevin Smith (Actor)
- Lisa Chappell (Actor)
- Cliff Curtis (Actor)
- Michael Hurst (Actor)
- Kiri Mills (Actor)
- Bridget Armstrong (Actor)
- Timothy Raby (Actor)
- Helen Steemson (Actor)
- Geeling Ching (Actor)
- James Wallace (Producer)
- Peter Scholes (Composer)
- Leon Narbey (Cinematographer)
- David Coulson (Editor)
- Michael Kane (Production Designer)
- Glenis Foster (Costume Designer)
- James Wallace Productions (Production Unit)
- New Zealand Film Commission (Funder)
- NZ On Air (Funder)
- Avalon NFU (Funder)
Subjects
- Feature films--New Zealand