Errol Flynn was nothing if not an adventurer - movies were a chapter in his life rather than being the real deal and even at the height of his fame he was prone to go off and do something else: report on the Spanish Civil War, write a novel, run around with Castro, donate his boat for a biology expedition. The latter is the subject of this sort doco, directed by Flynn himself and released by Warners.
It starts with a long haired Flynn, looking in pretty good shape, being picked up by helicopter at his house in LA and flying to his boat the Zaca. He does a spot of whale watching first from the helicopter (falling in the water in what seems like a re-created scene). Then he sails down the US/Mexico coast, through Panama and into the Caribbean. Some views of fish and whales and islands - of more interest is seeing Flynn (who slurs in his voice over but on camera is fine), his then-wife-but-not-for-long Nora, his father, Howard Hill, John Deckard. This makes it fascinating. Flynn isn't in it nearly enough - a claim to be made about other films he was creatively involved in (Adventures of Captain Fabian, Assault of the Cuban Rebels Girls).
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