South Pacific Pictures

In 1930s New Zealand, Geoff Crome is 12 years old and looking forward to an idyllic seaside summer. He makes friends with a strange and troubling character called Firpo, who seems to be able to perform heroic deeds and achieve the impossible. When Firpo reveals to Geoff his secret ambition of winning the Olympic Games, Geoff does everything he can to help Firpo win, including risking his father's disapproval and the ridicule of the local community.

As Geoff comes to realise that the frail and skinny Firpo isn't the mythical man of his dreams and fantasies, but a wounded, sick and vulnerable human being, he leaves the golden weather of his childhood behind him.

AWARDS

1992 New Zealand Film Awards:
Best Film
Best Director
Best Male Performance
Best Cinematography
Best Contribution to Design
Best Production Design
Best Film Score

1992 Youth In Film Award (USA):
Outstanding Foreign Family Film
Best Young Actor in a Foreign Film

CREDITS

CAST

STEPHEN FULFORD, STEPHEN PAPPS, PAUL GITTINS, GABRIELLE HAMMOND

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DON REYNOLDS
PRODUCERS CHRISTINA MILLIGAN, IAN MUNE
DIRECTOR IAN MUNE
SCREENPLAY BY IAN MUNE, BRUCE MASON
FROM THE ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY BY BRUCE MASON

Produced By South Pacific Pictures And The New Zealand Film Commission In Association With Nz On Air And Television New Zealand Released By Everard Films And Endeavour Entertainment

PROD CHRISTINA MILLIGAN
DIR/WRITER IAN MUNE
PROD MGR JAN HAYNES
PROD CO-ORD NAOMI BURKE
PROD SEC ANNE NICOLLE
PROD ACCT SALLY CAMPBELL
SPP CO-ORD SHARRON JACKSON
LOC MGR SALLY SHARRATT
UNIT MGR JOHN WILSON
OFFICE RUNNER PHILIP IVEY
SET RUNNER LOUISE MARINOVICH
1ST ASST DIR JESSICA HOBBS
2ND ASST DIR CHARLIE HASKELL
3RD ASST DIR DEAN MAXTED
CONTINUITY ROWENA YALLAND
DOP ALUN BOLLINGER
CAM OP JOHN MAHAFFIE
FOCUS PULLER PETER MCCAFFREY
CLAPPER LOADER ROB MARSH
STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER KEN GEORGE
KEY GRIP HARRY HARRISON
ASST GRIP SONNY PARR
GAFFER BIND CRAWFORD
BEST BOY SOL BOLLINGER
ELECTRICIAN/GENNIE OP NEIL TAYLOR
LIGHTING/GRIP TRAINEE ERINA FON
SND REC DICK READE
BOOM OP MYK FARMER
PROD DES RON HIGHFIELD
ART DEPT MGR KATE HIGHFIELD
ART DIR ROB OUTTERSIDE
PROPS BUYER VIV KERNICK
BUYER/DRESSER MERYL CRONIN
S/BY PROPS PHIL TARATOA
ASST S/BY PROPS KIRSTY GRIFFIN
ART DEPT RUNNER CAMERON FEAST
CONSTRUCTION BRYAN WAKELIN
CARPENTERS ERNST KOMEN, BOB DOLMAN, JACK SLAVEN, MATT GORDON
PAINTER MARY REYNOLDS
COST DES BARBARA DARRAGH
W/R MISTRESS PAULINE BOWKETT
PATTERN CUTTER BRETT GARTON
COST S/BY SUE GANDY
W/R TRAINEE PIA EMERY
MAKEUP MARJORY HAMLIN
MAKEUP ASST GAIL WILSON
HORSE WRANGLERS LINDSEY FELTON, STACEY FELTON
STUNT CO-ORD PETER BELL
NURSE AKLD JANE WILKINSON
NURSE W'WORTH JANE DOBSON, JANE BLACKBURN
PUBLICIST SUE MAY
CASTING DIR DI ROWAN
TUTOR/CHAPERONE PAT QUIRKE
CATERING IAN HUNTER
POST PROD SUP JOHANNES KONIGSTORFER
ED MICHAEL HORTON
ASST ED KIRSTEN MUXLOW
EDITING ASST ANDREA TOWERS
COMPOSER STEPHEN MCCURDY
BEACH SECURITY STEVE BEDFORD
CAST STEPHEN FULFORD, DAVID TAYLOR, PAUL GITTINS, GABRIELLE HAMMOND, MARK GREATBATCH, RAY HENWOOD, STEVE MACDOWELL, FRANCIE GRAY, ANDREA KELLAND, ALEX MARSHALL, ANDREW BINNS, ROSS MCKELLAR, TRICIA PHILLIPS, ALISTAIR BROWNING, PETER STEVENS, JO DERRILL, BILL JOHNSON, STEPHEN PAPPS, ALISTAIR DOUGLAS, LUCY LAWLESS, GEOFF ROSS, GREG JOHNSON, ALISON BRUCE, SHIRLEY DUKE, ROBERT HORWOOD, TIM RABY, GEORGINA MUNROE, LEILA FORD, CHRISTIAN TEUTONBERG, FRANCIS BELL, DAVID TELFORD, IAN MUNE, ANGUS COOPER, KATE MILES

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