by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Based on a novel by Colin Theile, the Australian Blue Fin stars Hardy Kruger as a taciturn tuna boat captain. Kruger's son, played by Greg Rowe, can't do anything to please his demanding dad. Hoping to prove his worth, Rowe puts his life-and sometimes other lives-on the line. A big box-office hit in Australia, Blue Fin failed to make a dent in the US. Perhaps it would have fared better had it been released after the internationally popular Aussie film Man From Snowy River.
characteristics
- Disaster
- Catastrophe
- Sea
- Shipwreck
- Survival
- Survivor
- Son
- High-seas
- Coming-of-age
- Father
- Generation-gap
- Rescue
