Forgotten Silver
Starz / Anchor Bay (1996)
Comedy, Documentary
In Collection
#4873
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Seen ItYes
5709624008106
IMDB   7.6
0 hr 53 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Costa Botes Himself - Film Maker
Peter Jackson Himself
Leonard Maltin Himself - Film Historian
Johnny Morris Himself - Film Archivist
Sam Neill Himself - Actor / Director
Harvey Weinstein Himself - Miramax Films
Marguerite Hurst
John O'Shea
Lindsay Shelton Himself
Beatrice Ashton Hannah McKenzie
Jeffrey Thomas
Thomas Robins
Peter Corrigan
Director
Peter Jackson
Costa Botes
Producer Peter Jackson
Sue Rogers
Writer Peter Jackson
Costa Botes


Forgotten Silver is a mockumentary which details the prodigious life of "lost" filmmaker Colin McKenzie and his incredible advances that were lost to history...until now. This supergenius filmmaker, posthumously inducted into the pantheon of cinema greats, made incredible advances in filmmaking technology, supposedly making a talkie in 1908 and using color film in 1911, but madness and poverty and the usual industry tolls drove him into obscurity. Written by karina

The film deals with the career of a supposedly forgotten pioneer of international cinema, Colin McKenzie, who was allegedly born in rural New Zealand in 1888. Written by Vanessa Der Klawer

Peter Jackson discovers that his elderly neighbor is the widow of Colin MacKenzie, undoubtedly cinema's most unsung auteur. Despite pioneering film effects like sound, color, and tracking shots, his monumental bad luck rendered him completely forgotten. Jackson takes it upon himself to discover the set of his biblical epic Salome, and see that this forgotten genius is given his rightful kudos. Written by rmlohner
Edition Details
Packaging Keep Case
Subtitles Swedish; Finnish; Norwegian; Danish
Audio Tracks Stereo [English]
No. of Disks/Tapes 1