The Dark Horse Full Movie Online-2016:
Director-James Napier Robertson
Writing-James Napier Robertson
Producer-Cliff Curtis.James Napier Robertson etc
CAst-Cliff Curtis,James Rolleston etc.
Actor-James Rolleston , Kirk Torrance , Xavier Horan ,
Miriama McDowell and newcomer Wayne Hapi.
Country-USA
Releasedate-4 Apr,2016
Languages-English
The Dark Horse Full Movie History-2016:
Once a heralded chess champion, Genesis has spent the last few years in and out of mental institutions, battling with severe bipolar disorder. After being released from the psychiatric ward for one more chance at life, he moves in with Ariki, his gang-patched and distant brother , and Ariki’s soon-to-be-patched teenage son, Mana .
Needing a purpose and a reason to get out of the gang house, Genesis joins a rough-as-guts local chess club, with the wild idea of coaching the motley crew of kids to the national chess championship. On the way, Gen must face the responsibility that comes with being a leader, navigate conflict within the gang world and try to survive the potentially devastating strife that breaks out between him and his brother over his nephew’s future.
The Dark Horse opened the 2014 New Zealand International Film Festival in Auckland and Wellington and will have its international premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival in September 2014.
The Dark Horse is a 2014 New Zealand drama film written and directed by James Napier Robertson and starring Cliff Curtis and James Rolleston. It won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Score at the 2014 New Zealand Film Awards, Best Film at the 2015 Seattle International Film Festival , 2015 San Francisco International Film Festival and 2015 Rotterdam International Film Festival , and was labeled by leading New Zealand critics as "One of the greatest New Zealand films ever made". It premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival , and was created by production company Four Knights Film. The film is being released theatrically in the U.S. by Broad Green Pictures on April 1, 2016
The film has won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Score at the 2014 New Zealand Film Awards, Audience Award for Best Film and the MovieZone Award at the 2015 Rotterdam International Film Festival, People's Choice Audience Award winner at the 2015 San Francisco Film Festival, Best Film at the 2015 Seattle Film Festival, Runner Up for Best Film at the 2015 Palm Springs Film Festival, the SIGNIS Commendation Award and Runner Up for Best Film at the 2015 Washington DC Film Fest, and Best Actor for Cliff Curtis at the 2015 Seattle Film Festival, Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards and Asia Pacific Awards
Upon its premiere as the Opening Night film of the New Zealand International Film Festival on 17 July 2014, The Dark Horse was called by the RNZ National Review "one of the greatest New Zealand films ever made". The film went on to become a New Zealand box office hit, grossing $2 million and receiving unanimously strong reviews. The New Zealand Herald rated it 5 stars, calling it "a great, deeply affecting movie", praising the "brave, assured and layered directing" and the "towering performance of Cliff Curtis". It was released theatrically in Australia on November 20, 2014. The Australian called it "outstanding ... a Kiwi – and largely Maori – work of the highest artistic
The character Curtis plays, Genesis, is inspired by real-life Gisborne speed chess player and coach Genesis Potini, who died in 2011. By teaching local youth to play chess, he hoped to give them a positive focus in life and dissuade them from getting involved in gangs and crime. Potini struggled with bipolar disorder, requiring frequent hospital stays. Potini had been the subject of a well received 2003 documentary film, Dark Horse. At the request of director James Napier Robertson, Curtis gained close to 60 pounds in weight and stayed in character for the entirety of the shoot to play Genesis. Curtis also studied chess with some of Potini's erstwhile friends, including FIDE Master Ewen Green.
The Dark Horse is based on the real-life story of Genesis Potini, a brilliant, New Zealand chess player who suffered from severe bipolar disorder. Despite the challenges that came his way, Potini pushed forward to find his purpose in life by passing on his knowledge of chess to the community.
