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The Wrecking Season

  • 2004
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
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Documentary

Nick Darke, who comes from a long line of beachcombers ("wreckers", to use the Cornish term), traces the origins of all the items that he has discovered during one stormy winter while beachc... Read allNick Darke, who comes from a long line of beachcombers ("wreckers", to use the Cornish term), traces the origins of all the items that he has discovered during one stormy winter while beachcombing along the coast of Cornwall near his home. Some of the objects have come from as fa... Read allNick Darke, who comes from a long line of beachcombers ("wreckers", to use the Cornish term), traces the origins of all the items that he has discovered during one stormy winter while beachcombing along the coast of Cornwall near his home. Some of the objects have come from as far away as Labrador or the Amazon Basin.

  • Director
    • Jane Darke
  • Writer
    • Nick Darke
  • Stars
    • Nick Darke
    • Gerald Brenton
    • Warwick Cowling
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
    16
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jane Darke
    • Writer
      • Nick Darke
    • Stars
      • Nick Darke
      • Gerald Brenton
      • Warwick Cowling
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    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Nick Darke
    • Self - Presenter…
    Gerald Brenton
    • Self - Wrecker
    Warwick Cowling
    • Self - Wrecker
    Paul Tonkin
    Paul Tonkin
    • Self - Wrecker
    Catherine Maclean
    • Self - Wrecker
    Paul Gainey
    • Self - Wrecker
    • (as Dr. Paul Gainey)
    Ed Schliffke
    • Self - Wrecker
    Arthur Smith
    • Self - Fisherman
    Brian Bate
    • Self - Fisherman
    Kevin Mello
    • Self - Fisherman
    Mike England
    • Self - Fisherman
    Jerry Tucker
    • Self - Fisherman
    Jim Roberts
    • Self - Marine Biologist
    Curtis Ebbesmeyer
    • Self - Oceanographer
    • (as Dr. Curt Ebbesmeyer)
    Richard Crow
    • Self - Timber Expert
    Gregory MacEachern
    • Self - OCRE Offshore
    Stella Turk
    • Self - Strandline Recorder
    Ruth Grey
    • Self - Reader of Email
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    • Quotes
      • [Nick has found a strange flat silver disc about the size of a dinner plate and is asking local people to try to identify it. Most people have no idea, but Ed Schliffke sounds as if he knows exactly what it is]
      • Nick Darke: I've been asking everyone what this is.
      • Ed Schliffke - Wrecker: Do you know?
      • Nick Darke: I honestly don't know. I haven't got a clue.
      • Ed Schliffke - Wrecker: [sounding very knowledgeable] Right. These are quite old - about ten years old - they don't make them any more now. And what it is... there's a special chemical solution that used to be in there. It's not in there now - it's leaked out somewhere. And what it is... when it goes down to a certain depth, it activates. And if you look at this here, the little criss-cross thing, on the end that's broken off, it's got a little pincher. And it activates that, grabs the fish, comes up, puts it on there and cooks it.
      • [chuckling as he reveals that he's been making it all up]
      • Ed Schliffke - Wrecker: I don't bloody know!
      • Nick Darke: [laughs uproariously, realizing that he's been very gullible]
      • Ed Schliffke - Wrecker: I've never seen anything like it in my life.

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    • Release date
      • June 21, 2004 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Cornwall, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Boatshed Films
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