The Rainbow Warrior (film)
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The Rainbow Warrior, sometimes called The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, is a 1992 television film starring Sam Neill
and Jon Voight
.
ship Rainbow Warrior, which was bombed in Auckland harbour
on 10 July 1985, when it was preparing for a Pacific voyage to protest French nuclear testing. The film chronicles the police investigation to discover what happened to the ship and who was responsible.
Sam Neill
Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill, DCNZM, OBE is a New Zealand actor. He is well known for his starring role as paleontologist Dr Alan Grant in Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III....
and Jon Voight
Jon Voight
Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight is an American actor. He has received an Academy Award, out of four nominations, and three Golden Globe Awards, out of nine nominations. Voight is the father of actress Angelina Jolie....
.
Plot summary
Film is based on the true story of the GreenpeaceGreenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
ship Rainbow Warrior, which was bombed in Auckland harbour
Waitemata Harbour
The quite famous Waitemata Harbour is the main access by sea to Auckland, New Zealand. For this reason it is often referred to as Auckland Harbour, despite the fact that it is only one of two harbours surrounding the city, and is crossed by the Auckland Harbour Bridge. The Waitemata forms the north...
on 10 July 1985, when it was preparing for a Pacific voyage to protest French nuclear testing. The film chronicles the police investigation to discover what happened to the ship and who was responsible.
Cast
- Jon VoightJon VoightJonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight is an American actor. He has received an Academy Award, out of four nominations, and three Golden Globe Awards, out of nine nominations. Voight is the father of actress Angelina Jolie....
as Peter WillcoxPeter WillcoxPeter Willcox is a Greenpeace activist best known for being captain of the ship the Rainbow Warrior when it was bombed by French agents.-Early years:... - Sam NeillSam NeillNigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill, DCNZM, OBE is a New Zealand actor. He is well known for his starring role as paleontologist Dr Alan Grant in Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III....
as Alan Galbraith - Bruno LawrenceBruno LawrenceBruno Lawrence was a New Zealand musician and actor.Initially notable as founder of 1970s musical and theatrical "Blerta", he had well-regarded roles in several major films, and starred on the 1990s Australian satirical TV series Frontline.-Biography:Born David Charles Lawrence in Worthing, West...
- Kerry FoxKerry FoxKerry Fox is a New Zealand actress. She came to prominence playing author Janet Frame in the movie An Angel at My Table directed by Jane Campion, which gained her a Best Actress Award from the New Zealand Film and Television Awards....
as Andrea Joyce - John CallenJohn CallenJohn Callen is a New Zealand character actor, voiceover artist and director. He has performed in movies, including The Rainbow Warrior, and TV shows, including The Tribe, and lent his voice to Power Rangers Jungle Fury. He was selected to play Óin, son of Gróin in the much anticipated The Hobbit...
- Stacey Pickren
- Michael Mizrahi
- Tony BarryTony BarryTony Barry is an Australian actor who has performed in 55 feature films and 45 television series, across a four-decade career.-Filmography:He is known for his roles in the 2008 film Australia, Return to Snowy River, Never Say Die, the 1988 film Surfer and The Coca-Cola Kid.After acting in...
- Peter HambletonPeter HambletonPeter Hambleton is a New Zealand stage, film and television actor, and stage director. Well known in the Wellington theatre scene, he has played ornithologist Walter Buller in the 2006 play Dr Buller's Birds and Charles Darwin in the 2009 play Collapsing Creation. He has been cast as the Dwarf...
as Maury Whitham - Greg Johnson as Bert White
- Stephen O'Rourke as Eddie
- Stig Eldred as Steve Sawyer
- Lucy LawlessLucy LawlessLucy Lawless, MNZM is a New Zealander actress and singer best known for playing the title character of the internationally successful television series Xena: Warrior Princess....
as Jane Redmond - Dale Stevens as Amy
- Alison BruceAlison BruceAlison Bruce is a New Zealand television and movie actress, best known for her role as Queen Melosa in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess.- Filmography :-Awards:...
as Leslie Holbrook - Mark FergusonMark FergusonMark Ferguson is a New Zealand-based Australian actor and television presenter.-Biography:Ferguson was born in Sydney, Australia, in family of Scottish ancestry . He attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art and graduated in 1981...
as Det. Neil Morris - Nigel Harbrow as Fernando PereiraFernando PereiraFernando Pereira was a freelance Dutch photographer, of Portuguese origin, who drowned when French intelligence used two underwater mines to sink the ship Rainbow Warrior, owned by the environmental organisation Greenpeace on July 10, 1985 .The bombing of the boat had been designed to make the ship...
- Bert Van Dijk as Bruno Ullman
- Joanna Briant as Det. Robin Borrie
- Clinton Ulyatt as Const. Adam Kelly
- Donogh Rees as Lab supervisor
- Bruce PhillipsBruce PhillipsBruce Phillips is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the VFL.A fullback, in 1950 Phillips won St Kilda's best and fairest award and finished equal 3rd in the Brownlow Medal count...
as Dr. Nicolas Legrange - Bruce AllpressBruce AllpressBruce Allpress is a New Zealand actor. He has been in many television dramas and also presenting on television and radio productions. In the mid-1980s, he was a regular on The Billy T. James Show, as well as featuring alongside Tommy Lee Jones in the pirate adventure film Nate and Hayes...
as Hec Crene - Ken BlackburnKen Blackburn (actor)Ken Blackburn, ONZM is a New Zealand actor and writer. He has worked in film, television, radio and theatre in the UK, New Zealand, and Australia since the 1970s....
as Gerard Curry - Te Whatanui Skipwith as Rongelap man
- Martyn SandersonMartyn SandersonMartyn Sanderson was a New Zealand actor, filmmaker and poet.Sanderson was one of the founders of Downstage Theatre in 1964 in Wellington, with a vision of a small professional company performing challenging works in an intimate venue...
as Uncle Emile - Gerard Sanna as Andre Florian
- Patrice LeGrand as Antoine Riverol
- Simon PrastSimon PrastSimon Prast is a director and actor from Auckland, New Zealand. Prast was the founder of the Auckland Theatre Company and director of the first Auckland Festival AK03.-Early life:...
as Louis Deschamps - Stephane Tyrode as Pierre Duval
- Serge Renault as Ouvea crewman #2
- Michael Cassin as Ouevea crewman #1
- Peter Hayden as Captain
- Jane Holland as Bartender
- John Sumner as Judge
- Grant Bridger as Police specialist
- Eru Potaka Dewes as Maori speaker
- Nicholas Rogers as Logger #1
- Lawrence Wharerau as Logger #2
- Nigel Godfrey as Yachtsman
- Peter Nicoll as Watchman #1
- Tim Cronin as Watchman #2
- Fritz Wollner as Greenpeace man
- Rachel Watkins as Newman's clerk
- Ruth Dudding as French reporter
- Nancy Schroder as Airline representative
- Stephen HallStephen HallStephen Charles Hall is an Australian actor and writer.-Television:Halls' career in televisions includes both acting and production duties...
as French naval officer - Tony Hurst as Police diver
- Shannon Gray as Secretary