Blue Fin
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Blue Fin is a 1978 family movie that stars Hardy Krüger
, Greg Rowe
and Elspeth Ballantyne
. It is based on an Australia
n novel
written by Colin Thiele
and published in 1969.
. He's thin and long-faced, like the fish he's named after. At school he's no good at sport and, at home, his father scorns him. Snook joins his father and fellow crewmen on a tuna-fishing expedition, when disaster strikes. It is up to Snook to save himself and his father from a desperate situation.
Hardy Krüger
Hardy Krüger is a German actor. He is thought of as one of the greatest German actors of the 1960s. He was born in Wedding, Berlin, German Reich...
, Greg Rowe
Greg Rowe
Greg Rowe was a child actor starring in Australian films such as Storm Boy and Blue Fin , both based on novels by Colin Thiele. His last film was Freedom , directed by Academy Awards Nominee Scott Hicks. He now lives with his wife and two children in Toronto, Canada.- External links :...
and Elspeth Ballantyne
Elspeth Ballantyne
Elspeth Ballantyne is an Australian actress, born in Adelaide. Having started her career as a laboratory Technician, she then attended the prestigious drama school, the National Institute for Dramatic Arts...
. It is based on an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
written by Colin Thiele
Colin Thiele
Colin Milton Thiele, AC was an Australian author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning children's fiction, most notably the novels Storm Boy, Blue Fin, the Sun on the Stubble series, and February Dragon.- Biography :Thiele was born in Eudunda in South Australia to a Barossa German...
and published in 1969.
Plot
Twelve-year-old Steve Pascoe is nicknamed 'Snook' by everyone in Streaky BayStreaky Bay, South Australia
Streaky Bay is a coastal town on the western side of the Eyre Peninsula, in South Australia just off the Flinders Highway 303 km north west of Port Lincoln and 727 km by road from Adelaide...
. He's thin and long-faced, like the fish he's named after. At school he's no good at sport and, at home, his father scorns him. Snook joins his father and fellow crewmen on a tuna-fishing expedition, when disaster strikes. It is up to Snook to save himself and his father from a desperate situation.
Cast
- Hardy KrügerHardy KrügerHardy Krüger is a German actor. He is thought of as one of the greatest German actors of the 1960s. He was born in Wedding, Berlin, German Reich...
... Bill Pascoe - Greg RoweGreg RoweGreg Rowe was a child actor starring in Australian films such as Storm Boy and Blue Fin , both based on novels by Colin Thiele. His last film was Freedom , directed by Academy Awards Nominee Scott Hicks. He now lives with his wife and two children in Toronto, Canada.- External links :...
... Steve "Snook" Pascoe - Liddy ClarkLiddy ClarkElizabeth Anne Clark is an Australian actor and former Australian Labor Party politician.-Acting career:...
... Ruth Pascoe - Elspeth BallantyneElspeth BallantyneElspeth Ballantyne is an Australian actress, born in Adelaide. Having started her career as a laboratory Technician, she then attended the prestigious drama school, the National Institute for Dramatic Arts...
... Mrs. Pascow