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Blue Fin

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

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.

1h 28m1978PGTMDb 6.4

English

Crew and Cast

Storyline

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.

  • South Australian Film Corporation

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Info

Status
Released
Released
1 December 1978
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
PG
TMDB score
6.4 / 10 (7 votes)

Production

Director
Carl Schultz
Studios
South Australian Film Corporation
Countries
Australia

Box Office

Budget
$750.0
Revenue
$703.0
Profit
$47.0 loss
Return
0.9×

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English