Summary 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. View more details
Directed : Bruce Beresford Carl Schultz
Written : Sonia Borg Colin Thiele
Stars : Hardy Krüger John Jarratt Greg Rowe Liddy Clark
Genres : Adventure Drama Family
Release date : Nov 15, 1978
Countries of origin : Australia
Official sites : South Australian Film Corporation
Language : English
Filming locations : Far West Coast, South Australia, Australia
Production companies : The South Australian Film Corporation McElroy & McElroy
Summary 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. View more details
Genres : Adventure Drama Family
Release date : Nov 15, 1978
Countries of origin : Australia
Official sites : South Australian Film Corporation
Language : English
Filming locations : Far West Coast, South Australia, Australia
Production companies : The South Australian Film Corporation McElroy & McElroy
