An old patriarch unites all members of his family for his birthday, but the group of people are full of personal and social problems.An old patriarch unites all members of his family for his birthday, but the group of people are full of personal and social problems.An old patriarch unites all members of his family for his birthday, but the group of people are full of personal and social problems.
- Amanda 'Billi' Rockwell
- (as Sinead Cusack)
- Kane Rockwell
- (as Dan Corkill)
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Levi Rockwell: Their whole life was the sea, the sea and their boats. So in celebrating their deaths- yes, you can say celebrating - they used both. The families of the great Viking would put the body of their loved one on a ship, cover it with straw, and then, as the sun was setting, cast it away into the water. They would light huge bonfires on the beach, and then the Vikings would light the tips of their arrows in the bonfire and shoot them at the ship. Ah, it must have been so beautiful, fire on the water. Legend has it that if the color of the setting sun and the color of the burning ship were the same then that Viking had lead a good life, and in the afterlife he would go to Viking heaven. All night long the Viking men, women, and children watched the ship with the body as it burned in the water. By dawn all that was left were ashes, complete obliteration, carried by the currents to the four corners of the earth, fresh and beautiful, and vanished completely, like a dream.
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- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $187,349
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $60,523
- Sep 4, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $187,349