The Devil Dared Me To

The Devil Dared Me To is a New Zealand film written by and starring Chris Stapp and Matt Heath. The film revolves around a fictional stuntman, Randy Cambell, who aspires to be the greatest living New Zealander in that profession. The character was first developed as the stuntman in Stapp and Heath's Back Of The Y Masterpiece Television.

The Devil Dared Me To
Directed byChris Stapp
Produced byMatt Heath, Karl Zohrab
Written byChris Stapp
Matt Heath
StarringChris Stapp
Matt Heath
Bonnie Soper
Dominic Bowden
Music byPeter Hobbs
Release date
  • 11 October 2007 (2007-10-11)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish

Stapp told the New Zealand Listener: "Our aim is to make the greatest New Zealand film since Goodbye Pork Pie".[1]

The film was released in theaters across New Zealand on 11 October 2007. The film grossed $93,950 after four days on 35 screens to rank sixth on the week's box office top 20; after seven days, it had earned $127,320, and earned another $52,000 over Labour Weekend.[2]

NZFC support

In May 2006 Devil Limited Ltd received a total of $859,314 from the New Zealand Film Commission to produce the film. This included full blow-up from HD acquisition and sound-post to digital-dolby 35mm in support the films NZ multi-plex release strategy.[3]

Release

'The Devil Dared Me To' had its world premiere at SXSW and screened at over 20 International Film Festivals. It has sold to Wild Bunch for the United Kingdom, Vivendi for the United States and Boll AG for rest of world.

'The Devil Dared Me To' is rated R16 in New Zealand for sex scenes, violence, drug use and offensive language.

Cast
  • Chris Stapp as Randy Cambell
  • Matt Heath as Dick Johansonson
  • Bonnie Soper as Tracy 'Tragedy' Jones
  • Andrew Beattie as Spanner's Dad
  • Phil Brough as Spanners Watson
  • Ria Vandervis as Cindy Cockburn
  • Dominic Bowden as Sheldon Snake
  • Zach Baker as Kid Randy
  • Nicholas Houltham as Kid Spanners
  • Floyd Alexander-Hunt as Kid Tracy
  • Ross Harper as Uncle Norm

References
  1. "Upfront: Chris Stapp and Matt Heath". The New Zealand Listener.
  2. OnFilm
  3. NZFC, .


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