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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. Directed by Carl Schultz. Starring Hardy Krüger, Greg Rowe, Liddy Clark in the lead roles.
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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. Directed by Carl Schultz. Starring Hardy Krüger, Greg Rowe, Liddy Clark in the lead roles.
Budget 750 USD
Box Office Collection 703 USD
About 800 boys were interviewed by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) to play the lead role of Snook aka Steve Pascoe . Of these, twenty-five were screen tested. The role ended up going to then child actor Greg Rowe who had about two years earlier headlined the SAFC's earlier critically acclaimed family film Storm Boy (1976).
Hardy Krüger once said of being cast in this film: "The three most important things about a movie are the script, the script, and the script. They chased me to the wilds of Canada to show me this script. I took it home and read it overnight, and decided I wanted to do it. I had seen an Australian film at a Western film festival at Cannes. My film 'Potato Fritz' [Montana Trap (1976)] was in it and I was hoping it would win. But the film that won was Mad Dog Morgan (1976). That made me aware that Australia could make good films. Then when they showed me Storm Boy (1976) in Los Angeles that clinched it".
Actor Max Cullen received a 'special guest appearance' credit. His closing credits billing reads: ''With special guest appearance of Max Cullen as the Pensioner.''
Publicity and promotional materials for this picture frequently stated that this film was: "From the makers of Storm Boy (1976)".
The movie was made with the assistance of the Seven Network, Adelaide radio station 5KA ("The Life Station") and the Australian Film Commission.
