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The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey

1988
Australia Feature
Directed by
Vincent Ward
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Synopsis

Cumberland, 1348. The plague is spreading in medieval England. The remote village of little Griffin is also threatened. But the 9-year-old boy has a recurring dream that holds the key to a tiny hope of survival: a lake with a coffin floating on it. A white church with an iron cross. A falling glove. A falling silhouette. A torch tumble through a dark shaft into infinity. With his brother he recognizes in it a prophecy to escape the Black Death. So they embark with a few men on a journey to a distant cathedral, where they want to set up an iron cross as an offering to God. Her path leads them through a deep and dark mine shaft into an unknown land and completely outlandish time - into the present-day New Zealand of the 1980s.

Key facts

Cast Chris Haywood, Bruce Lyons, Hamish McFarlane, Marshall Napier
Original language English
Production companies ARENAFILM (AUSTRALIE), Eagle Pictures
Home video distributors Trylon Video (United States)
Awards Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award, AACTA Award for Best Film, AACTA Award for Best Cinematography, AACTA Award for Best Costume Design, AACTA Award for Best Direction, AACTA Award for Best Editing
Setting Cumbria
Filming locations New Zealand

Crew

Screenplay Geoff Chapple, Kely Lyons, Vincent Ward
Producer John Maynard
Cinematography Geoffrey Simpson
Editing John Scott
Music Davood A. Tabrizi

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Titles
Translated title The Navigator : A Medieval Odyssey English, Québec
VHS home video title The Navigator: A Time-Travel Adventure English
VHS & home video releases
VHS Trylon Video (cat. no. TRA 004) 1989, United States, slipcase
Soundtracks
Vinyl LP The Navigator (Original Motion Picture Score) - Davood Tabrizi (1988) 2 releases, 1989: Jarra Hill Records, Silva Screen
CD The Navigator (Original Motion Picture Score) - Davood Tabrizi (1988) 4 releases, 1988-1989: DRG Records, Jarra Hill Records, Silva Screen
Cassette The Navigator (Original Motion Picture Score) - Davood Tabrizi (1988) 1 release, 1989: Jarra Hill Records
Versions & editions
Original version (English)
Home video VHS United States 1989 TRA 004
Full credits
Director Vincent Ward
Cast Chris Haywood, Bruce Lyons, Hamish McFarlane, Marshall Napier
Screenplay Geoff Chapple, Kely Lyons, Vincent Ward
Producer John Maynard
Cinematography Geoffrey Simpson
Editing John Scott
Music Davood A. Tabrizi
Production design Mike Becroft
Identifiers & sources
Wikidata Q928963
IMDb tt0095709
TMDB 34637
CQ 17766

Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)

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