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UNDER THE MOUNTAIN

By Jonathan KING

NZ FILM - NEW ZEALAND FILM COMMISSION - as FIN

Science-fiction - Completed 2009

The director of comedy-horror hit Black Sheep joins forces with the Oscar-winning wizardry of Weta Workshop, to bring to life a story of teenage twins who must battle alien forces hidden deep beneath a ring of spectacular volcanoes.

- Year of production
- 2009
- Genres
- Science-fiction, Family
- Countries
- NEW ZEALAND
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 110 mn
- Director(s)
- Jonathan KING
- Writer(s)
- Jonathan KING, Matthew GRAINGER
- Cast
- Sam NEILL
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-895E-0000-O-0000-0000-2
- EIDR
- 10.5240/95DA-E169-1652-DC28-3F1D-G
- Producer(s)
- Richard FLETCHER (Liberty Films), Jonathan KING (Index Films), Matthew GRAINGER (Index Films)
- Synopsis
- When teenage twins Rachel and Theo investigate the creepy old house next door, they discover the Wilberforces: shape-shifting creatures that lurk beneath a ring of extinct volcanoes in a fantastic subterranean world. Guided by the mysterious Mr Jones, the twins must rekindle their unique powers to destroy this ancient evil – before it destroys them.
- Partners & financing
- An Index & Liberty Films production, backed by NZFC’s Film Fund 2, NZ on Air, Footprint Films, 120 dB Films, Fulcrum Media Finance Pty Limited and TVNZ