Producer Mark Johnson said, "It's got universal themes-about being desperately afraid that you're ordinary, about being afraid as a young man that there's nothing exceptional about you-and I think that has great application in a universal way, but this is also a specifically Western Australian story". The Western Australian Government contributed $2.3 million in a bid to promote the state as a premier filming location. from Screen Australia to ScreenWest", Great Southern Development Commission and Autumn Productions. Financing was provided by "the Australian art councils and. Winton wrote the first screenplay with the final script by Gerard Lee, Baker and Winton. Johnson met Tim Winton in America where he was on a book tour and obtained an option on the book. The film is the feature directorial debut of Simon Baker, who also acted in the film and produced it with Mark Johnson and Australian Jamie Hilton. In the 1970s two teenage surfer boys, Pikelet and Loonie, growing up in a small town meet and form a connection with an older surfer named Sando, who challenges them to take greater and more dangerous risks. ( January 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) You can provide one by editing this article. This article needs an improved plot summary.
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