> don't hold me to the fine details here, but the film > THE NAVIGATOR, which i believe is from the late '80s and > new zealand, turns entirely on the task of building a tunnel > through the earth and time, from the middle ages to the present, > in order to save the protagonist community from the > bubonic plague Here are some basic details re: The Navigator. THE NAVIGATOR: a medieval odyssey Canberra, A.C.T., Australia: Ronin Films, 1989 Director: Vincent Ward Producers: John Maynard, Gary Hannam Abstract: A young boy in medieval Cumbria has a vision that his mining community can only survive the plague if they place a spire on a distant cathedral before dawn. They dig down an old mine-shaft to the other side of the world, emerging in present-day Auckland (New Zealand) Ronin Films P.O. Box 1005 Civic Square, A.C.T. 2608 Australia Hilary McLachlan University of Queensland [log in to unmask]