Strange Holiday (1970 film)

Strange Holiday
Directed by Mende Brown
Produced by Mende Brown
Written by Mende Brown
Based on novel Two Years' Vacation by Jules Verne
Starring Jaeme Hamilton
Music by Tommy Tycho
Cinematography Brendan Brown
Edited by G. Turney-Smith
Production
company
Mass-Brown Pictures
Artransa Park Films
Distributed by Seven Network
Release dates
28 August 1970
Running time
90 minutes (includes overnight Seven News Updates/long ad breaks)
Country Australia
Language English

Strange Holiday is a 1970 Australian Television film.

Plot

Ten boys and a dog are shipwrecked on an island in the Pacific. After a storm they discover another boat has been shipwrecked on the island. They make friends with two of the survivors, a nurse and ship's carpenter, but discover there are three other survivors who are ruthless mutineers. The children manage to outwit the mutineers, the carpenter builds them a boat and they sail home.

Cast

Production

The film was financed by an American company seeking product for the US TV market and Artransa Film Studios. Shooting began in April 1969 in the Atransa Studios at Sydney and up the coast nearby. Production soon followed on another feature Little Jungle Boy (1970).[1]

Reception

The movie returned a comfortable profit to its investors.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p249


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