Shipwrecked (1984 film)

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Shipwrecked
Directed byBill Bennett
Written byBill Bennett
Produced byBill Bennett
Release date
  • 1984 (1984)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Shipwrecked is a 1984 Australian film about a lone sailor, Bill Belcher, crossing the Tasman Sea in a race who became shipwrecked. [1] [2]

The film won the Sydney Film Festival award for best documentary. [3]

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References

  1. "Bill Bennett". Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. 11 April 1996.
  2. "'Shipwrecked' leads new series of ABC documentaries". The Canberra Times . Vol. 59, no. 17, 921. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 22 October 1984. p. 1 (TV and RADIO). Retrieved 2 January 2025 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "the good times". The Canberra Times . Vol. 60, no. 18, 251. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 September 1985. p. 3 (a supplement to The Canberra Times). Retrieved 2 January 2025 via National Library of Australia.