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The Haunting of Barney Palmer (1987)
Directed by Yvonne Mackay
Family, Mystery, Fantasy · 54m
The Haunting of Barney Palmer is a fantasy film for children about a young boy who is haunted by his great uncle. Young Barney fears that he has inherited the Scholar family curse; a suite of 80s-era effects ramp up the supernatural suspense. The film was a co-production between PBS (United States) and Wellington's Gibson Group, which resulted in Ned Beatty (Deliverance, Network) being cast. It was written by Margaret Mahy, based on her Carnegie Award-winning novel The Haunting, and an early fruitful collaboration between her and director Yvonne Mackay.
Cast
Ned Beatty
Cole Scholar
A
Alexis Banas
Barney Palmer
E
Eleanor Gibson
Tabitha Palmer
M
Meredith Braun
Troy Palmer
Michelle Leuthart
Claire Palmer
Andy Anderson
John Palmer
B
Bernard Kearns
Ben Scholar
Yvonne Lawley
Great Grandmother Scholar
Patrick Smyth
Alberic Scholar
L
Leon Banas
Young Cole
S
Stephen Judd
Young Barnaby
Crew
- Director
- Yvonne Mackay
- Writer
- Margaret Mahy
- Editor
- John Gilbert
- Producer
- Dave Gibson
Details
- Release date
- 1987-03-28
- Runtime
- 54m
- Genres
- Family, Mystery, Fantasy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- New Zealand
- Production
- The Gibson Group