About
A young boy is afflicted by apocalyptic visions in medieval Cumbria. Believing he is divinely inspired to save his village from the Black Death, he persuades a group of men to follow him into a tunnel. They dig deep into the earth and emerge ... in Auckland, New Zealand, 1987. Following portents, the time travelers must negotiate the terrors of a strange new world, (motorways, nuclear submarines) — while seeking to save their own. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes, it scooped the gongs at the 1988 AFI and 1989 NZ Film & TV Awards.
Key Cast & Crew
KL
Kely Lyons
Writer
GS
Geoffrey Simpson
Cinematographer
JS
John Scott
Editor
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On The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey set at Lake Harris from left: Greg Stitt (1st AD), Vincent Ward (Director), Geoff Simpson (Director of Photography), and Nick Mayo (Focus Puller).
Photographer: Geoff Short. Kindly provided by Onfilm.
Vincent Ward in front of the movie poster for The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey.
Photographer: Don Roy. Kindly provided by The Dominion Post.
Bruce Lyons as Connor and Hamish McFarlane as Griffin in The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey.
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Hamish McFarlane as Griffin in The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
Marshall Napier (Searle), Hamish McFarlane (Griffin), Paul Livingstone (Martin), Noel Appleby (Ulf) and Chris Haywood (Arno) in a scene from The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey.
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Hamish McFarlane as Griffin in a scene from The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
Hamish McFarlane as Griffin and Bruce Lyons as Connor in a scene from The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey.
Kindly provided by Onfilm.
Paul Livingstone as Martin and Jay Lavea Laga'aia as Jay in a scene from The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey.
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Ulf (Noel Appleby) encounters a strange creature, in a scene from The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey.
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On location filming The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey. Marshall Napier as Searle (wearing funnel) and Ace the horse get final directions for the scene.
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Hamish McFarlane as Griffin in The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey.
Kindly provided by The Dominion Post.
Marshall Napier as Searle in a scene from The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
The official film poster for The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
Hamish McFarlane as Griffin in a scene from The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey.
Kindly provided by Onfilm.
Hamish McFarlane in a scene from The Navigator:A Medieval Odyssey.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.
