The Lounge Bar

[connaught5]

Does anyone know where the organ music from the juke box comes from?

[Ke1sem]

Past and future collapsed in one place. Stubborn woman, the owner without luck, and the chicken singer.

[BlackoutArchive]

I do and always will love this. Brilliant.

[kriztuhfuh82]

in the credits... sfx by peter jackson i wonder

[mcabromb]

@kriztuhfuh82 And my Axe.

[afrotea]

this is great!!

[GANGSTAELPASO]

ISILDUR!

[GreatBigSlide]

My mind has officially been blown

[xcummyxmuffinsx]

"Awesome" does not cover the brilliance of this video. Figures it had to be a classic which surpassed most modern creations.

[ROYALPOPSTAR]

so awesome!

[deadmaufan]

wow



[sorianocj]

What a timeless short film! I really enjoyed that. Thanks for posting it.

[laurielounge]

Check out the credits. Note the Special Effects (Sfx) credit.

[simonpeterhutchinson]

f5 to skip ad's thank god

[FCAhound]

I spent years tracking this down (its a bonus track on a euro dvd of Harry Sinclairs "topless women" feature) only to find it was dubbed into german! So thanks for posting it. A cunning piece of filmaking, plus of course, Don's haunting song.

Terrific stuff

[patriciomorganti]

Ha! An early classic by Don McGlashan and Harry Sinclair. Hadn't seen this in ages.

Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, Mutton Birds, Seven Sisters, Bellbirds ... still going strong in 2010 am pleased to report.

[c0ngo]

Both 'Songs Fron the Front Lawn' and 'More Songs From the Front Lawn' are still available from records stores in New Zealand. Try Slow Boat Records in Wellington or Everman Records in Nelson.

[damienfah3y]

so so like this one :).

[EasySimpleName]

You can find the song online, you know.

Just google "The front lawn mp3 the lounge bar", or something to that effect, and you'll find it eventually.

[Conrade90]

It's Impossible to get the song, only this remains.... and probably a pensioner somewhere in NZ has a CD deep in a lost cupboard.

[Meonomm]

Where I can download the main song?

please help))

[pauaplanet]

It's on a CD called "Songs from the Front Lawn". If you can't find it, let me know.

[CasualMaggot]

I loved the song when it went up. And the video was lynch like, so i can't say i hate it .)

[Jazzbob889]

great!

[carlos1234567898765]

go new zealand!!!

[Truckermatt182]

genious! i saw it at the Benicassim part of the futureshorts tour. is there anywhere where i can find any of the other videos from that festival with subtitles?...

[paulmercy]

I saw this on some obscure cable channel late one night in the early '90s and never forgot it. I wrote down the few lyrics I could recall in the hope that they would help me find it again someday. I used to try to describe it to friends - who thought I was just nuts! It's even better than I remember.

This is such a treat. Thank you.

~8^D

[thomaasee]

the song was most appropriate.

[SLAVIKandDIMON]

1 bottle 2 forget. 1 bottle 2 remember.

[invisibletime]

cool really great

[Kizzyisgod]

Reminds me of something that David Lynch would do. And the expressions everyone has is really in that style I loves it!!!!

[polarnorth]

Very very very well done.

[MUZiiQUE]

omg that were sad

[tomlikescake]

bleeding heck, that were a bit good.

[Mullahgrrl]

That were indeed!

[WithinTimeandSpace]

Now THAT's a short film!

[SpacedTime]

Too right!

'The jobs yours' cracked me up.

[temperimagination]

what goes around comes around...

[CaptChrisT]

wow that was really great

[symbolsim]

brilliant yet sad

[hunPETERxXx]

wow that was really strange... however great job!

[THH26]

what can I say ... brilliant work

[extraordinariation]

what?!

[moyga]

Brilliant!

[capnjasbo]

Peter Jackson did the SFX for this film?! Ha! Makes sense. His older films were all ghetto New Zealand ones like this. Check out "Dead Alive"

[Kukkatohtori]

This was the most brilliant thing I've seen in a while! Absolutely brilliant!

[mikejoproductions]

I thought it would break!

[xXBboyiceXx]

DAMN that sucks to be the Mr. Henley sigh.

Love the twist =) good job

[darknemesis]

Very good, I like a lot. Great song :F

[TheRighteousFist]

Aww. That was SO sad.

[ChocolateOfTheOrient]

what an excellent short

[shavingtrout]

Clever.

Are they still shooting 4:3 in the southern hemisphere? Otherwise very cinematic.

[StrawbsShadow]

It was '89 what do you expect.

[Kukkatohtori]

This was 20 years ago. :)

[pml08usaf]

Wonderful

[tookiepretzel]

wow really good

[person2954]

what the name of the original song in the beginning

[mikejoproductions]

yeahhh what is it!!!???

[lolman89]

in the end i was just like: wow fuck...what heppens next :D the biggest wow effect i've ever had :D awesome i like it^^

[person2954]

yup that happened to me too

[photographe06]

Wow - excellent. I was holding my head at the end. Perfect composition in the story.

[ohdngsonkendra]

haha it was good, but what did he fall off of? and how does someones face face fall off? lmao

[lalakid3]

The threw him off the warf

[quicklyintothevoid]

lol.

doesn't really have any central message or theme but it still worked :D

nice

[brendorcrooked]

Search for "the Front Lawn" on here if you want to see more by these guys.

[srgiosr]

I really like this one, the history, the music, the place, the actors were perfect. It's just perfect

[timotesh]

really really nice :)

[satanisback]

Absolutely Brilliant!

[BryceOfByrden]

Neat

[hellracer0]

really nice! is this a real song or what?

[fragmentmondayxx]

That was interesting..

[CaptainJoob]

love it!

[thenewleighfolkscene]

Funny film! Has anyone else noticed Peter Jackson's name on credits? It was shot in wellington so it has to be mr LOTRs himself! I think it says he did the sound effects

[beatya1]

cool!

[willyslittum]

blam blam blam

[LaurabellChestnut]

where can i get this song, i love it, its got such a great sound. the video is confusing, but very cool

[poypoypoyp]

thats confusing!!!

[josen19]

i didnt get the ending

[slantedxfloors]

is there anywhere you can get the song? its really catchy.

[muuuungo]

its a romantic tradegy - she always liked him but in the end ends up killing him :(

[iamalsovijay]

where to get the song?

[xcadet]

I'll be the first to say... I didn't get it.

[dasvokal]

Thats rly rly nice.

Pretty confusing...

[SatanicDoomElf]

I love that song. Whoever you guys are, dont ever stop making these films.

[purplepeace123]

that just made my brain explode, it was so awesome. Great style, great filming, great idea, just FANTASTIC!!

[izzyluvspandas]

Thats fantastic! wow.

[TraeShawn74]

I LOVE THIS!!!

[Andrexthor]

She's got nice legs mmmmm

[abdullahraj]

jesus... masterpiece

[lynnedjones]

WOW! Fab! Wish I had made that!

[krisikov]

Absolutely brilliant! The director wove time and space together to create this beautiful modern fairy tale situated in a lounge bar.

[fullofxlove]

=) pretty entertaining

[BOOMCATBOXMAN]

notice Peter Jackson's name in the credits

[IvanTheGreat92]

quite sad actually...

[caplin]

weird ending.. but it's interesting..