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Sleeping Dogs (Region B) Spelling Entertainment academics Calum Waddell and MikelAdapted from C. K. Stead s novel Smith s Dream, Sleeping Dogs almost single handedly kickstarted the New Zealand New Wave, demonstrating that homegrown feature films could resonate with both local and international audiences, and launching the big screen careers of director Roger Donaldson (No Way Out, Species) and Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, Possession). Neill in his first lead role in a feature plays Smith, a man escaping the break up of his marriage