The Maintenance of Silence
1985, English. Directed by William Keddell.
On November 18 1982, a 22-year old Aucklander, Neil Roberts, daubed a washroom wall with the graffiti slogan: ‘WE HAVE MAINTAINED A SILENCE CLOSELY RESEMBLING STUPIDITY’. He then placed a bomb outside the State Security Computer Centre at Whanganui where files are kept on all citizens. The bomb blew him to pieces.
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- 0h 22m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 16 July 1985
- Country
- New Zealand
- Written by
- William Keddell
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The Maintenance of Silence runs 22 minutes (0h 22m).
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The Maintenance of Silence isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 July 1985. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Maintenance of Silence?
The Maintenance of Silence (1985) was directed by William Keddell and stars Tony Drumm, Ray Castle, Mike Sloan.