Movie Description
Lovelock
(1992)Overview
Jack Lovelock won New Zealand’s first Olympic athletics gold medal. He did so in spectacular fashion, winning the 1500 meters at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. In front of Hitler and 110,000 spectators, the famous ‘Lovelock kick’ unfurled into NZ’s sporting and collective consciousness: from Timaru to Oxford, to Berlin triumph. Yet Lovelock was an enigmatic achiever. In this short film, the race — the supremely judged apex of a sporting career — is contrasted with his mysterious and tragic death, in front of a train on the New York subway in 1949.
Featured Crew
- Director : David Robertson
- Producer : Bruce Sheridan
- Writer : Stuart Hoar
- Editor : Ken Sparks
- Cast : Crispin Balfour,Alistair Douglas,Andrew Couling,Peter Needham,Wolfgang Leonhardt
Cast
Jack Lovelock
Bill Thomas
Glenn Cunningham
First Official
Angry Official
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Facts
Original TitleLovelock
Status Released
Release Information
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1992-01-01
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 16m
Homepagehttps://www.nzonscreen.com/title/lovelock-1992
Production CompaniesStratford Productions,New Zealand Film Commission
