
Phone
1974-07-07 · 18 min · ★ 10.0
A primer on proper phone manners produced for the New Zealand Post Office.
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- Directors
- Sam Neill
- Production companies
- New Zealand National Film Unit
- Countries
- New Zealand
- Status
- Released
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John Banas
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