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Daybreak Pacific Ltd is a New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 film and television company. It produces low-budget films and programmes for the local and international market, often in association with other production or financing companies. It also known as Daybreak Pictures.

It is managed by brothers Grant Bradley and Dale G Bradley, who produce and direct much of the work.

Chunuk Bair (1992)

Chunuk Bair
Chunuk Bair (film)
Chunuk Bair is a 1992 New Zealand film based on the play Once on Chunuk Bair by Maurice Shadbolt.Set in 1915, the film tells of the Wellington Regiment, part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force present at Gallipoli during World War I...

is a film, based on Maurice Shadbolt's
Maurice Shadbolt
Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt CBE was a New Zealand writer and playwright. He was born in Auckland, and educated at Te Kuiti High School, Avondale College and Auckland University College...

 play Once on Chunuk Bair. Set during the Gallipoli
Gallipoli
The Gallipoli peninsula is located in Turkish Thrace , the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles straits to the east. Gallipoli derives its name from the Greek "Καλλίπολις" , meaning "Beautiful City"...

 campaign of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, it follows the fortunes of one regiment attempting to hold Chunuk Bair
Battle of Chunuk Bair
The Battle of Chunuk Bair was a World War I battle fought between the Ottoman defenders and troops of New Zealand and Britain. Allied units that made the summit of Chunuk Bair early a.m...

. It stars Robert Powell
Robert Powell
Robert Powell is an English television and film actor, probably most famous for his title role in Jesus of Nazareth and as the fictional secret agent Richard Hannay...

.

Ozzie (2001)

A family film about an Australian koala. Starring Joan Collins
Joan Collins
Joan Henrietta Collins, OBE , is an English actress, author, and columnist. Born in Paddington and raised in Maida Vale, Collins grew up during the Second World War. At the age of nine, she made her stage debut in A Doll's House and after attending school, she was classically trained as an actress...

 and Rachel Hunter
Rachel Hunter
Rachel Hunter is a New Zealand born American model, actress and reality TV show host who now resides in the U.S. She is best known for her appearance in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues and her longtime marriage to singer Rod Stewart, which ended in 2006...

.

Cast

  • Spencer Breslin
    Spencer Breslin
    Spencer Breslin is an American teen actor and musician.-Early life:Breslin was born in New York City, the son of Kim, a personal manager, and Michael Breslin, a telecommunications expert...

     - Justin Morton
  • Joan Collins
    Joan Collins
    Joan Henrietta Collins, OBE , is an English actress, author, and columnist. Born in Paddington and raised in Maida Vale, Collins grew up during the Second World War. At the age of nine, she made her stage debut in A Doll's House and after attending school, she was classically trained as an actress...

     - Max Happy
  • Rachel Hunter
    Rachel Hunter
    Rachel Hunter is a New Zealand born American model, actress and reality TV show host who now resides in the U.S. She is best known for her appearance in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues and her longtime marriage to singer Rod Stewart, which ended in 2006...

     - Beth Morton
  • Ralf Moeller
    Ralf Moeller
    Ralf Rudolf Möller is a German and American actor and former competitive bodybuilder. He is best known for his roles of Brick Bardo in Cyborg, Kjartan in The Viking Sagas, the title character in the television show Conan the Adventurer, Hagen in Gladiator, Thorak in The Scorpion King and Ulfar in...

     - Tank Emerson
  • Peter Rowley - Buzz Maroni
  • Bruce Allpress
    Bruce Allpress
    Bruce Allpress is a New Zealand actor. He has been in many television dramas and also presenting on television and radio productions. In the mid-1980s, he was a regular on The Billy T. James Show, as well as featuring alongside Tommy Lee Jones in the pirate adventure film Nate and Hayes...

     - Charlie Foster
  • Anton Tennet
    Anton Tennet
    Anton Tennet is an actor from New Zealand. He is known for his roles in New Zealand/Australian TV shows and movies, and is the older brother of Olivia Tennet, an actress, and Emma Tennet, a dancer.- Filmography :-Theatre:...

     - Darryl
  • Steven Riley - Ngundi
  • Beryl TeWiata - Secretary
  • Daniel Millaire - Maitre'D

Treasure Island Kids (2004)

A film trilogy comprising: The Battle of Treasure Island, The Monster of Treasure Island and The Mystery of Treasure Island. Starring Beth Allen
Beth Allen
Elizabeth "Beth" Allen has been acting since an early age and has appeared in several small productions and commercials since 1993. Her first major role was in Cloud 9's The Legend of William Tell in 1998, in which she played Princess Vara...

 Nicko Vella and directed by Michael Hurst
Michael Hurst
Michael Eric Hurst, ONZM is a New Zealand actor, director and writer, mostly on stage and television. He is probably best known internationally for playing Iolaus in the television programs Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and companion series Xena: Warrior Princess...

 and Gavin Scott.

Other productions

  • Hot Shotz (children's television mini-series)
  • Chill Factor
  • God's Outlaw
  • Repeat Performance
  • Lost Valley
  • Wild Blue
  • No One Can Hear You (2001)
  • Kid's World (2001)
  • Route 9 (2001)
  • Cupid's Prey (2002)
  • Hope Ranch (2002)
  • Terror Peak (2002)
  • Vector File (2002)
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