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Scarfies (released as Crime 101 in the United States) is a 1999 New Zealand black comedy film set in the southern university city of Dunedin.The film's original title comes from the local nickname for university students, scarfie, so called because of the traditional blue and gold scarves worn by students during the city's cool winters in support of the Otago Rugby Football Union.
Scarfies: Directed by Robert Sarkies. With Willa O'Neill, Neill Rea, Ashleigh Seagar, Taika Waititi. Five kiwi flatmates find something growing in their basement much to their delight, but when the rightful owner comes knocking and finds that they have appropriated the goods things start to go awry.
- (1.2K)
- Action, Comedy, Thriller
- Robert Sarkies
- 1999-08-05
That was the question asked by Robert Sarkie’s 1999 film “Scarfies,” the movie that put Dunedin and its notorious student culture on the big screen for the first time. It also kickstarted the careers of dozens of kiwi filmmakers, including the current toast of Hollywood, Taika Waititi. For years, “Scarfies” was the defining cultural ...
Scarfies - Five Dunedin students find themselves in a free squat, and a dark place, after taking a criminal captive in their basement. The debut feature from Rob Sarkies starts as a comic tribute to Otago student days, then turns into a psychological thriller. Outside of the two Warriors movies, Scarfies was the most successful Kiwi release of the 1990s on its home turf. It scooped six awards ...
In Scarfies, five Dunedin students find themselves in a free squat - and a dark place - after taking a criminal captive in their basement. The debut feature from Robert Sarkies starts as a comic tribute to Otago student days, then turns into a psychological thriller. Outside of the two Warriors movies, Scarfies was the most successful Kiwi release of the 90s on home turf. It went on to scoop ...
Jul 20, 2019 · Feature film Scarfies, directed by Robert Sarkies and including rain, rugby, drug dealing and torture, was released on July 22, 1999. Although it did well, looking back, Sarkies said he was "ultra-nervous" about the film's opening night. Scarfies became famous for its depiction of student culture in Dunedin. PHOTO: OTAGO DAILY TIMES.
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Scarfies (released as Crime 101 in the United States) is a 1999 New Zealand black comedy film set in the southern university city of Dunedin.The film's original title comes from the local nickname for university students, scarfie, so called because of the traditional blue and gold scarves worn by students during the city's cool winters in support of the Otago Rugby Football Union.
