Eagle vs Shark

Jun 15, 2007

1h 27m

★ 6.5

There's Someone For Everyone... Luckily Love Is Blind.

Overview

Love blossoms for Lily over double Meaty Boy burgers at mid-day when uber-computer nerd Jarrod comes in and leaves with free extra large fries. After gatecrashing Jarrod's party and proving her skills on the game console, Lily goes down to Jarrod's home town with him so he can settle an old score with a past school bully.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Whenua Films

Unison Films

New Zealand Film Commission

Eagle vs Shark Trailers

Cast

Lily

Loren Taylor

Jarrod

Jemaine Clement

Damon

Joel Tobeck

Jonah

Brian Sergent

Doug

Craig Hall

Nancy

Rachel House

Vinny

Morag Hills

Zane

Bernard Stewart

Gordon

Taika Waititi

Eric Elisi

David Fane

Mason

Cohen Holloway

Tracy

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