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Abandoned

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Abandoned
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TV movie Abandoned follows the true story that swept New Zealand in 1989 — the extraordinary survival of four men after a trimaran capsized in the Pacific Ocean's treacherous swirls. The cast includes Peter Feeney, who plays self-assured skipper John Glennie, and Australian Dominic Purcell. This excerpt — the first 12 minutes — sees the men board the Rose-Noëlle for a cruisy trip to Tonga, before struggling to see eye to eye after a freak wave turns their world upside down for 119 days. Their...

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Video
Date created
2015
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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/abandoned-2015
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james nalepka / jim nalepka / john glennie / rick hellriegel / phil hofman / new zealand on air / boat / capsize / rose noëlle / true story / storm / survival / shark / 1989 / nz on air / flooding / sail / tonga / waikawa / adapt / trimaran / shipwreck / pacific ocean / picton / little waterfall bay / trapped / starvation / wave / great barrier island / danger / death / drowning

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