Project Detail

Turtle: The Incredible Journey

Synopsis

Turtle: The Incredible Journey is the true story of a little loggerhead turtle, as she follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary voyages in the natural world.

Born on a beach in Florida, she rides her life current, the Gulf Stream, up towards the Arctic and ultimately swims around the entire North Atlantic before returning to the beach where she was born. But the odds are stacked against her making it; just one in ten thousand turtles survive the 25-year journey.

Based on the true story of our loggerhead’s remarkable voyage, her epic journey is one of immense beauty – from swimming with great pods of humpback whales riding the Gulf Stream north to witnessing the greatest celebration of life in the Azores; but it is also a story of change as powerful forces are altering her ocean world.

When she finally returns to the shores of Florida, 25 years have passed. But will her beach still be there?

Turtle: The Incredible Journey has all the ingredients of a great epic; suspense, adventure and hope as finally, under a million stars, she returns to her beach to give birth to a new generation.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Features
Running time
80 mins
Format
HD
Director
Nick Stringer 1st Feature
Producer
Tradewind Pictures, Allegro Film
Co-Producer
Tradewind Pictures, Allegro Film
Editor
Richard Wilkinson, Sean Barton
Director of Photography
Rory Mc Guinness
Production Designer
Marine Film Design
Composer
Henning Lohner
Script by
Melanie Finn
Narrator
Miranda Richardson

Production Status

Production Company

Film and Music Entertainment

142 Charing Cross Road
London WC2H 0LB
UK

T +44 (0)20 7379 3973

Big Wave Productions

156 St. Pancras
Chichester
West Sussex, PO19 7SH
UK

T +44 (0)1243 532531

Sales Company

Sola Media GmbH

Filderhauptstrasse 49

D-70599 Stuttgart
Germany

T + 49 711 479 3666

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