We hit the red carpet for Shihad's Beautiful Machine movie premiere.
It was a star-studded affair at the New Zealand premiere of the documentary about arguably New Zealand's most famous rock band.
Shihad: Beautiful Machine hits cinemas today, and many turned out at Wellington's Embassy cinema last night to meet the band and see the film about their 24-year career.
Among the guests were Bret McKenzie, The Hobbit's Andy Serkis and Hurricanes players Victor Vito and Conrad Smith.
"They're my favourite New Zealand band," said Smith.
"I went to see them live a few times and they are great live performers. I'm excited to see the film."
The band arrived with award-winning director Sam Peacocke and all agreed it wasn't just for fans.
The documentary covers their highs and lows from being teenagers in Wellington to their disastrous name change and beyond.
"It's a very New Zealand documentary. We just happen to be the subjects," said lead singer Jon Toogood.
"It's just a movie about Kiwis."
It's been four years in the making and producer Grant Roa revealed that although he'd watched it 37 times already, he was excited to see it in a "full house".
"It's a film about four boys going on their OE together, who got together as teenagers and decided to travel the world and that was done through music."
Roa brushed aside claims of a behind the scenes spat between the producers and the director.
"You're always going to have some disagreements.
"Sam is exceptionally talented."
He said having conceived of the idea of the documentary he and the other producer, Laurence Alexander, had "boundaries we had put in place that we wanted to work within".
"Both Graeme [Tuckett] and Sam [Peacocke] nurtured that as much as they could. And like creatives, they tried to push the boundaries. That's what you do. That's the story. So as a producer you just tap it back into place now and again."
- © Fairfax NZ News
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