
Real Life(1979)
A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".



Jeffrey Thomas
Narrator (voice)

Peter Jackson
Self

Costa Botes
Self
Beatrice Ashton
Hannah McKenzie

Leonard Maltin
Self

Harvey Weinstein
Self

Sam Neill
Self
Johnny Morris
Self
John O'Shea
Self

Sarah McLeod
May Belle (uncredited)
Forgotten Silver is a comedy, tv movie film released in 1997 exploring themes of new zealand, interview, satire, spanish civil war (1936-39), mockumentary, descent into madness. Directed by Costa Botes, it stars Jeffrey Thomas, Peter Jackson, Costa Botes. The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.
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