Shipbuilder

1985 "What would drive a man to spend 10 years of his life building a ship in the middle of the prairie 17 miles (27 km) from the nearest body of water?"
6.5| 0h6m| en
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This film recreates the true story of Tom Sukanen, an eccentric Finnish immigrant who homesteaded in Saskatchewan in the 1920s and 1930s. Sukanen spent ten years building and moving overland a huge iron ship that was to carry him back to his native Finland. The ship never reached water.

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Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction
Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.