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A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.
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- 26 wins & 16 nominations
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- TriviaActor Wayne Hapi who played "Ariki" had no previous acting experience before his debut in 'The Dark Horse', however as an ex gang-member he did have direct experience with the film's content. Wayne applied for an audition via email after Casting Director Yvette Reid placed a job listing at WINZ "seeking Maori Men aged 50-65yrs, tattoos and criminal records welcome!". Wayne was honoured with a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 2014 New Zealand Film awards.
- GoofsIn a chess lesson, Genesis identifies the square c4 as "the Spanish square" and b5 as "the Italian square." These are the squares to which white moves the king's bishop on the third move of the Giuoco Piano, or Italian Game, and the Ruy Lopez, or Spanish Game, respectively; he's got them backward.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Talking Dead: Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
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Simply The Best
Could not wait to see this Movie, and there was no disappointment absolutely loved it.
An awesome authentic movie portrayed from a true story, it shows that no matter what life may throw at you, if you have a passion for something, such as Genesis Potini had with his love for the game of Chess, it can make you "saner" and more "knowledgable" than what we class the normal person standing next to you.
It's a happening thing here in NZ, gangs are a way of life and poverty is hitting hard in many areas with these tough economic times and high unemployment.
So to the Producers, Cast & Crew, thank you for an Awesome, Epic movie Absolutely loved it !!!!!A Clear 10/10
An awesome authentic movie portrayed from a true story, it shows that no matter what life may throw at you, if you have a passion for something, such as Genesis Potini had with his love for the game of Chess, it can make you "saner" and more "knowledgable" than what we class the normal person standing next to you.
It's a happening thing here in NZ, gangs are a way of life and poverty is hitting hard in many areas with these tough economic times and high unemployment.
So to the Producers, Cast & Crew, thank you for an Awesome, Epic movie Absolutely loved it !!!!!A Clear 10/10
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- Aug 28, 2014
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Box office
- Budget
- NZ$3,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $67,533
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,152
- Apr 3, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $1,862,114
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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