NZ On Screen – Tuesday Spotlight: Contact: They Shoot Commercials, don’t they?

This 1982 Contact episode takes viewers behind the scenes of one of New Zealand’s most ambitious commercials. The big-budget Crunchie bar ad, masterminded by Colenso Communications and commercials king Geoff Dixon, involved gruelling 12-hour days filming inside the Waitomo Caves. The production then moved to Ninety Mile Beach, where unpredictable weather wreaked havoc on sets and schedules.

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