Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

Timing: 1:41 (101 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

Release date

2016-03-31

Country

New Zealand, United Kingdom

Production

Defender Films, Piki Films, Curious Films

Genre

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Budget

$2 500 000

Revenue

$22 835 917

Website

http://wilderpeople.film

Director

Taika Waititi

Actors

Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Oscar Kightley, Stan Walker, Mike Minogue, Cohen Holloway, Rhys Darby
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Taika Waititi, Leanne Saunders, Matt Noonan, Carthew Neal, Charlie McClellan, James Wallace

Operator

Lachlan Milne

Composer

Lukasz Pawel Buda

Artist

Audition

Stu Turner

Editing

Yana Gorskaya, Tom Eagles, Luke Haigh
All team (21)

• All the leading news presenters shown in the film were, at the time of filming, actually working as news anchors on New Zealand television.
• Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne was chosen for the role of Kahu from among 150 girls aged 12-15 who came to the auditions. She came to the audition at the insistence of her friends.
• Ricky wrote a haiku stating that he hates Kingi. This refers to a character from Taika Waititi's comedy-drama 'Boy' (2010).
• In one episode, Ricky says that all of this reminds him of 'The Lord of the Rings'. Peter Jackson also filmed this film trilogy (2001-2003) in New Zealand.
• Uncle Hec appears in the film as an uneducated man. The actor who played this role, Sam Neill, holds a bachelor's degree in English literature.
• During the birthday scene, the actors and film crew did 10 takes of performing the song 'Happy Birthday' in chorus before realizing they didn't have the rights to use it. Therefore, the actors spontaneously came up with the song 'Happy Birthday, Ricky Baker'.
• Director Taika Waititi appears in a cameo role in the film.
• One of the chase sequences is an exact, frame-by-frame copy of a Toyota Hilux car commercial that aired on New Zealand television in the 1980s.
• Ricky wrote a haiku saying he hates Kingi. This refers to a character from Taika Waititi's comedy-drama "Boy" (2010).
• In one episode, Rickky says that all of this reminds him of "The Lord of the Rings." Peter Jackson also filmed this film trilogy (2001-2003) in New Zealand.
• During the birthday scene, the actors and film crew made 10 takes of performing the song "Happy Birthday to You" in chorus before realizing they didn't have the rights to use it. Therefore, the actors spontaneously came up with the song "Happy Birthday, Rickky Baker."