BACK FROM THE DEAD - THE SAGA OF THE ROSE NOELLE

Year: 1997
Reference: F30197
Media type: Moving image

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Year: 1997
Reference: F30197
Media type: Moving image

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Series: AGAINST THE ODDS
Place of production: New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories: Television
Duration: 1:26:00
Broadcast Date: 01/04/1997
Production company: Greenstone Pictures
Credits: John Glennie: Russell Shipman
Jim Nalepka: John Kempt
Phil Hofman: Steve Wright
Rick Hellriegel: Christime Hodge
Director: Mark Beesley
Writers: Mark Beesley
Writers: Mark Everton
Researcher: Mark McNeill
Interviewer: Mark McNeill
Executive Producer: Geoff Steven
Producer: John Harris
Producer: Mark Everton
Production Manager: Tania Stiles
Production Manager: Cathy White
Art Director: John Williams
Director of Photography: Nic Finlayson
Sound: Craig Perry
Music: Keith Ballantyne
Narrator: Frank Whitten

On June 1, 1989, a 40ft trimaran named the Rose Noelle left New Zealand bound for Tonga, but was soon caught up in a ferocious storm and flipped over. The four crew found themselves holed up in a narrow section of the hull floating above the waterline. This was to be their home for the next four months.

“This documentary tells the story of John Glennie and three other men who survived 119 days adrift at sea in an upturned trimaran. The Rose Noelle capsized in the Pacific Ocean and washed up four months later on Great Barrier Island in June 1989. Director Mark Beesley mixes raw interviews, 3D graphics and spare re-enactment to convey the physical and emotional ordeal.” www.nzonscreen.com, 21/05/2009