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ocean endurance champion sailed to fame by Ted Turner in the mid-seventies, was used as the trial horse sailed by Will Parker in preparation for the America's Cup. The boat had been a finalist in the 1964 Defender selection series but lost the selection to
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was just six seconds back of Dennis Conner's boat when Dickson made his only major mistake of the summer, striking the buoy while rounding the final mark. He was obliged to re-round, ending all hope of catching Stars & Stripes
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introduced a new sail they called the 'gennaker', an enormous asymmetrical hybrid that pulled Australia IV even with the leading
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Australia were translated into film and presented as events occurring to the characters in the movie, including the following:
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The protests and media briefings occurred multiple times throughout the regatta, and at times were quite contentious.
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grossed $ 96,798 at the box office in Australia. The movie flopped at the US box office.
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races and uses them as a backdrop for both an action/adventure and a romantic storyline.
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also lent his voice to the simulated television coverage of all Cup races in the film.
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Jack Neville spearing the "Whomper" was taken from the Defender Semifinals, when
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The soundtrack is available on CD from BSX Records. The score was composed by
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Will Parker striking the buoy while rounding the final mark was taken from
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Many of the film's port scenes were filmed on location in and around
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in the middle of the third and final challenger rounds robins.
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yachts that participated in Cup races were used in the movie.
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Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office
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When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah
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Sailors prospective from Scuttlebutt on the movie production
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The boat collision occurred in the Defender series, when
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in the Chicago Sun-Times BY ROGER EBERT - September 1992
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in the Washington Post by Desson Howe - September 1992
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Carroll Ballard
Mac Gudgeon
Rudy Wurlitzer
Tom Luddy
Matthew Modine
Jennifer Grey
Stellan SkarsgÄrd
Rebecca Miller
Cliff Robertson
Jack Thompson
John Toll
Basil Poledouris
American Zoetrope
TriStar Pictures
Carroll Ballard
Matthew Modine
Jennifer Grey
Cliff Robertson
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