Company: Way Out West Pictures
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Section: DOCUMENTARY – GREAT CHAMPION
Discipline: Swimming
Director: Eric W. Helmick
Edting: Hunter James, Takoda Shane
Actors: Hunter James, Takoda Shane, Cydney Simpson, Brittany Charboneau
Photo: Eric W. Helmick, Takoda Shane
Soundtrack: The Host Club, Lucas King
Producer: Way Out West Pictures, Mafia Pasta Films
Co Producer: Rick Hermann, Rich & Marian Espenson
Running Time: 99 min
SYNOPSYS:
17-year-old Takoda “Tuck” Shane’s the peculiar fantasy of being a contract killer and gangster is thwarted when his suicidal father thrusts him and his family into a real-life adventure of inspiring those who suffer from depression. Selling everything they own, Tuck and his family embark on an incredible adventure – swimming Australia’s longest river, the River Murray, over 2400 km in length to bring awareness to public opinion to depression and suicide. Battling floods, heat, whirlpools, currents, sharks, snags and the worlds deadliest snakes, the team garnered national attention and became the first American’s to successfully swim the length of Australia’s greatest river.