[1] Queen City Rocker was bought by Larry Parr a budding Auckland film producer in 1981 and shot in 1985.
It was directed by Bruce Morrison, and starred Matthew Hunter, Mark Pilisi and Kim Willoughby.
The original story focused on the friendship between two buddies in actual warring gangs of that time in Auckland.
It is understood the Auckland Street gangs "The Boot Boys" and the "King Cobras" were the inspiration behind this story.
The original story made statement to the paradox of friendship, where both youths were technically enemies, caught in amongst the lower socioeconomic times athwart with violence, in a racially charged environment, aligning with different gangs.