Avengers of the Reef
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Director Chris McCullough Music director John Sangster Duration Country Australia | 6/10 IMDb Genre Family, Adventure Screenplay Anne Brooksbank Writer Anne Brooksbank Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 21 October 1973 Initial release October 21, 1973 (Australia) Cast Garry McDonald (Updikes Aide), Judy Morris (Airline Hostess), Noel Ferrier (Updike), Richard Lupino , Tim Eliott (Kemp)Similar movies Newsfront (1978), Black Robe (1991), Rebel (1985), Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005), Bride of the Wind (2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Avengers of the Reef is a 1973 Australian children's film.
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Plot
Scientists Bill Stewart goes to Fiji with his son Tim to investigate the appearance of the Crown of Thorns starfish in the reefs off the island. It turns out a mining syndicate set up by Updike is deliberately seeding the reefs with the star fish to enable them to mine the reef area. Updike hires an assassin, Kemp, to kill Stewart. He fails but Tim thinks he has succeeded and runs away to an island village pursued by Kemp. Tim makes friends with a Fijian boy Sai and is eventually reunited with his father.
Cast
Production
The film was jointly financed by actor-producer Noel Ferrier and the Australian Film Development Corporation. Shooting began in Fiji in September 1972 mainly on the island of Taveuni. Filming was delayed by several weeks due to a major cyclone hitting.
Release
Anne Brooksbank won an Australian Writers Guild Award for her screenplay.
References
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