Movie
Abandoned
Overview
In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.
Details
- Release date
- 2016-03-02
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Making Movies
- Country
- New Zealand
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Dominic Purcell as Jim
- Peter Feeney as John
- Owen Black as Rick
- Siobhan Marshall as Martha
- Serena Cotton as Heather
- Rachel Nash as Karen
- Seamus Stalker as Darren
- Isla Thompson as Hayley
- Jack Walley as Gordon
- Mark Ruka as Shane
- Minouk van Der Valde as Raewyn
- Daniel Watterson as Journalist
Crew
- John Laing - Director
- Stephanie Johnson - Writer
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