Directed by Bill Colleran, Louis De Rochemont
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Flicker Alley)
Norwegian teenage boys are selected for a year-long voyage across the Atlantic in a schooner. After learning the ropes on their sailing ship, they spend their shore time exploring the local culture of Portugal and the Caribbean. There is plenty of singing and folk dancing on display, perhaps a little too much: by the last calypso song in Trinidad I was hoping for a change of pace. After the intermission, they sail up the east coast of the US to New York City. One of the best scenes takes place during an excursion to Philadelphia with a ride on a fire truck which makes excellent use of the widescreen format as it tears through the narrow downtown streets. Later, the cameras are placed on the bow of a navy submarine for more spectacular widescreen shots. Although it feels like an attraction at the Norway pavilion in EPCOT, it's still great fun, especially on large screen home set-ups.
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