World’s First Pavlova Western

August 16, 2010 Family, Films, JamieSelkirk, John Psathas, Kiwi, LoTR, Movie, NewZealand, Western, Weta 3 Comments

Many months ago, I was lucky to be involved in the shooting of a western film – more appropriately, the world’s first Pavlova Western. Most people will be familiar with the concept of a Spaghetti Western, but now Mike Wallis (my brother in law) and his fiancée Inge Rademeyer from Mi Films have extended that concept to New Zealand.

They are currently in post-production mode bringing all the pieces together, including an incredible music score from John Psathas (recently awarded Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his Athens Olympics work). Jamie Selkirk (who received an Academy Award for his work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy) has also come on board to give them financial support to put the film through the final stages at Weta’s Park Road Post Production studios.

And to top it all off, last week they appeared on TV One’s Close Up. Check out the following video –

[http://www.youtube.com/v/Bhx9NiG9uhs]

You can check their progress on the Facebook Pavlova Western group and the Pavlova Western blog.