Blue Fin

"High seas adventure from the makers of "Storm Boy"."

1978 1h 28m EN

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★6.4TMDB · 7

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Synopsis

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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.

“High seas adventure from the makers of "Storm Boy".”

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Cast

Hardy Krüger
Bill Pascoe
Greg Rowe
Steve 'Snook' Pascoe
Liddy Clark
Ruth Pascoe
John Jarratt
Sam Snell
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Stan
Alfred Bell
Geordie
Ralph Cotterill
Herbie
George Spartels
Con

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Carl Schultz
Writers: Sonia Borg
Languages: English
Countries: Australia

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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3 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 94% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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4 / 8

ERA

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48 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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5 / 8

WORLD

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Hardy Krüger and Greg Rowe and Liddy Clark carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "High seas adventure from the makers of "Storm Boy".".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0077249 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Carl Schultz directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Australia. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Earned back only 94% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
448 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
6Hardy Krüger and Greg Rowe and Liddy Clark carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "High seas adventure from the makers of "Storm Boy".".
8IMDB entry: tt0077249 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.