Can’t say I wasn’t pulling for Pirates. The Rings did racket it up, but don’t think everyone in New Zealand made it on stage. Whale Ridder, a real New Zealand film had Keisha Castle-Hughes there up for Best Actress. She wasn’t near pretentious enough to win.
She may not have banked the Oscar, but she landed a role in the third Star Wars prequel as the Queen of Naboo. And Whale Ridder is a classic example of a great show that lacks enough explosions and mortal combat to win any awards. Take it from a film major who saw this film in NZ, it’s worth the rent.
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