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Blue Fin (1978)
Directed by Carl Schultz
“High seas adventure from the makers of "Storm Boy".”
Drama, Family, Adventure · 1h 28m
Based on the children's novel by celebrated South Australian author 'Colin Thiele' , this is an emotional father and son story about tuna fishing of Southern Blue Fin tuna in South Australia's Port Lincoln fishing district. Accident prone son Snook is forever making mistakes much to the chagrin of his father Pascoe. But when tragedy strikes the fishing boat during a deep sea fishing trek in the Southern Ocean, the boy is called on to become a man in a rites of sea passage to reconcile is past mishaps and save both his father and the ship from certain disaster.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Carl Schultz
- Writer
- Sonia Borg
- Novel
- Colin Thiele
Details
- Release date
- 1978-12-01
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Drama, Family, Adventure
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Australia
- Production
- South Australian Film Corporation
- Budget
- $750
- Box office
- $703
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