The End of the Golden Weather (1991).
To mark the 40th anniversary of the New Zealand Film Commission, NZ On Screen brings us the stories behind some of our most notable local films.
Set over a Christmas beach holiday in 1935, The End of the Golden Weather chronicles the friendship between a teenage boy and the wild-limbed
Firpo, dreamer and social outcast. Writer/director Ian Mune spent more than 15 years "massaging" Bruce Mason's classic solo play into a movie, before assembling a dream team to bring it to the screen.
Here actor Greg Johnson remembers preparing for the film – his first role – by watching rehearsals.
You can watch the original trailer for The End of the Golden Weather here.
