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Blue Water: The Movie Hollywood Wanted to Sink

Blue Water: The Movie Hollywood Wanted to Sink

Update: 2025-10-06

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A Maritimes movie is suppressed by Hollywood as it tries to kill off the Canadian film industry ... featuring a surprising appearance by a young Joey Smallwood!

This story appears in the new book 'Backyard History: Mysterious Stories From Atlantic Canada's Past' which is available at backyardhistory.ca

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Blue Water: The Movie Hollywood Wanted to Sink

Blue Water: The Movie Hollywood Wanted to Sink

Andrew MacLean