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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
- There are a total of 20 general entries.
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
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"I wanna feed.". The movie itself has very little sexual matter but this comment is very funny.
| When Grace asks Toot "Why is everything so black?", what is his response? | Once Were Warriors
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"Maybe 'cos we're all bloody Maoris.". Another great one liner from a movie with many. Grace, played by Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, has good on screen chemistry with Toot(Shannon Williams).
| Mavis, played by Mere Boynton, tells Beth the morning after her beating "You know the rule girl?". What is the rule that Mavis is talking about? | Once Were Warriors
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"Keep your mouth shut and your legs open.". Best one liner of the movie, and there were many. This quote was made the morning after Jake had his fight with Beth. Mavis was just trying to cheer Beth up.
| When Jake sees Beth in the morning after he has bashed her, what does he tell her to do? | Once Were Warriors
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Go clean herself up.. His exact phrase is "Woman you look awful, go clean yourself up".
A poofter. When he walks up the stairs one of the other boys says "There goes Nig Heke's brother, looks like a poofter to me bro". Boogie is played by Taungaroa Emile.
No. Beth, played by Rena Owen, does not cook bacon either and boy does she get it for not cooking them. Silly Bully, played by Cliff Curtis, causes his first bit of mayhem.
| In the fight scene with the monster at the pub, what is the first move Jake uses? | Once Were Warriors
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A headbutt. This is the start to probably the best fight scene ever. Jake, played by Temuera Morrison ends up belting the lights out of the big thug.
| What does Jake tell the barman to go easy on when he orders for the ladies? | Once Were Warriors
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Ice cream. Jake orders milkshakes for Nig and his gang mates when they come to the pub.
| In the final scene of the film, which character says, "Our people once were warriors"? | Once Were Warriors
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Beth. In this powerful closing speech Beth says, "Our people, once were warriors, but not like you Jake, they were people with mana, pride, people with spirit. If my spirit can survive living with you for eighteen years, then I can survive anything. Maybe you taught me that." She then gets into the car with her children, Jake hurling abuse at her. In this final moment we see the strength of Beth as she takes her children 'home' (back to her people's ancestral land), leaving Jake a frustrated, angry, and ultimately lonely, man.
| The notion that rejuvenation of Maori culture offers potential salvation for Maoris in today's society is a strong theme of the film. Which character demonstrates his or her own personal journey along this route by singing in Maori at Grace's funeral? | Once Were Warriors
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Boogey. All of these people are there by Grace's coffin, but it is Boogey who sings a Maori mourning song. During his stay at the boys' home he was schooled in Maori traditions and this scene, among others in the film, shows us how Boogey has internalised his cultural identity. Unlike Nig, who wears tattoos to celebrate his Maori heritage, Boogey tells us that he wears his 'on the inside'.
She wrote it down in her book of stories.. Almost every time we see Grace during the film she has an exercise book in her hands, and we hear a few of the stories she writes in it. The family consider her writing her special gift and it is certainly her escape. Although most of the stories in the book are fictitious, she also writes about her rape at the hand of Uncle Bully. After the funeral, Beth is mending the book that Jake had torn up earlier in the film, and she finds Grace's account of the rape.
| During one party at the Heke house, Jake tells Grace to give Uncle Bully a kiss goodnight, but she refuses. Why? | Once Were Warriors
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He had raped her.. At an earlier party we see Grace obey the instruction to give Uncle Bully a kiss and later that night he comes into her bedroom and rapes her. Although she doesn't tell anyone about this, her mother notices a dramatic change in her daughter's behaviour. Following the rape, Grace absolutely refuses to kiss Uncle Bully and Jake becomes furious. He throws Grace to the floor and rips up the exercise book in which she writes stories.
| After Boogey is committed to the boys' home, the family hires a care to go and visit him. Why don't they get there? | Once Were Warriors
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Jake gets drunk and won't give Beth the keys.. Although Jake has a win on the horses and comes up with the money to hire a car, they never make it to see Boogey. The family spends the day driving around and have a fabulous time - a rare occurrence for the Heke family. Things start going wrong when Jake visits the pub for 'just one beer'. Predictably, one turns into an afternoon of drinking. Beth tries, unsuccessfully to get the keys off Jake so that the rest of the family can go without him, but in the end they get a taxi home, leaving Jake at the pub. In the evening, Beth rings Boogey to apologise and protects him from the truth by telling him that they had a car accident.
| The day after the first party we see, Boogey is due in court. Why does Beth not show up at the courthouse? | Once Were Warriors
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Her face is bruised and swollen because Jake beat her up.. Distressed by her argument with Nig, Beth stands up to Jake when he tells her to cook more food for the guests, and Jake flies off the handle. He beats her savagely in what is a truly stomach-turning depiction of domestic violence. Although Beth had promised Boogey she would accompany him, her face is such a mess that she knows that her appearance would work against Boogey in court. Unfortunately, the court places Boogey in the custody of social welfare.
| Jake brings home a crowd of people from the pub, and during the party Nig finds his mother in the kitchen and asks for money. She asks him what he needs money for when everything he could want is right there. What objection does Nig raise? | Once Were Warriors
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His father is there.. Beth tells Nig there's plenty of booze and food, but Nig objects to staying home because of his father. Although Beth understands the fraught relationship between Jake and Nig, the discussion between her and Nig quickly escalates into an argument and she slaps him. Nig's growing sense of alienation from his family is clear. He storms off and we assume that he joins members of the gang into which we subsequently see him being inducted. His induction requires that he take a fairly brutal beating from the gang members, after which he is told, "Now you can meet your new family."
| During the opening credits we see Boogey, the second eldest son, being arrested. Later, the police bring him home and tell Beth, "He's been keeping bad company." How does Beth reply? | Once Were Warriors
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"Was that before or after you picked him up?". Beth's reply and the attitude she takes towards the police throughout this scene are indicative not only of the hostility she feels towards the police, but also of her desire to protect her children. In particular, this is true of Boogey; as we hear her say in a later scene, she doesn't think Boogey is strong like the others.
| Jake arrives home with a huge bundle of seafood but then announces that he has lost his job. Beth is furious and asks him how they will ever afford which thing that they have been saving for? | Once Were Warriors
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Their own home. In this scene Beth and Jake switch abruptly from hugging and kissing to arguing, which is emblematic of their relationship. Although Jake presents losing his job as good news, Beth disagrees. When she raises the issue of saving for a house Jake replies, "We got a house, and the government ain't gonna kick us out. The rent's cheap." Beth insists that she wants the family to have their own house, but Jake tells her to forget about it. As well as revealing a great deal about the relationship between Jake and Beth, this scene includes an exchange between Jake and his oldest son Nig which alerts us to the deep smouldering anger between them.
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