Open Water the MOVIE...

[aujax]

I've been hearing great things about this new independent thriller "Open Water" about a married diving couple that get's left behind on a dive trip. It got great reviews at Sundance and should be screening around the country soon. Anyone get a chance to see an advanced screening?

 

[got4boyz]

http://members.streetwise.com/openwater/

This is a link to a trailer for the movie Open Water based on a true story about a couple who are left behind by their dive boat.

Does anyone have any idea on when and where this happened?

 

[chrpai]

yawn

I'm not sure how you could make a 2 hour movie out of that.

 

[TTSkipper]

There are 2 official site for the movie is http://openwaterfilm.com/ and
http://www.openwatermovie.com/
there is more info at IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374102

And you are right chrpai, the move is only 79 minutes acording to IMDB. I figure it takes 20 minutes to setup the story about who the people are and getting on the boat, 10-20 minutes of diving, the rest must be them lost and the captain finally realizing they were gone 24 hours later.

 

[got4boyz]

My first thought was "The scenery could sure get old fast!" LOL

Thanks for the additional links TTSKipper.

 

[bwerb]

Yawn...all the great diving stories and they pick this?

 

[TTSkipper]

I just found another official website and added it above. Apparently one is by the makers of the film and one is the distributors (Lion's Gate). I read the reviews ont eh Lion's Gate site and found out that because this was an indy film adn they had no money rather than get a mechanical shark they went 18 miles off the bahamas and put chum in the water to bring up real sharks. The 2 people in the water were regular actors without insurance and wore chainmail under there wetsuits. The girl got bitten on her hand the 1st day of shooting by a barracuda and kept filming.

I am not sure if it is pretty cool that the guy who wrote/directed the movie did it this way or just stupid.

 

[CA Diver]

I do not know for sure but there were two American divers left behind by an Australia dive operation on the Great Barrier reef in January of 1998. The link below gives a prettry good overview of the incident.

The Loss of Two Divers at Sea - Great Barrier Reef

This situation also occurred in Florida in September 2003. That is probably too recent for Hollywood to make a movie.

Keys Diver lost

I would hate to be in that position! This is one movie I definitely not take my wife to see.

 

[DeputyDan]

Don't let my kids Mom see this either................

 

[dutch-scuba-kid]

yawn

I'm not sure how you could make a 2 hour movie out of that.

I agree. 2 divers just floating around... I also saw the trailer. They don't seem like the best actors out there either...
Still wanna see it though. hehe

Ramón.