My wife and I watched this at home on BluRay from our local library. The picture and sound are great and the surround sound makes you feel like you are in the middle of a storm.
The title sort of gives the plot away, the core story is survival during a long period in a disabled sailboat. There really isn't a lot fancy going on here, moviewise, but it is a well-made movie and knowing it really happened adds to the value of watching it.
Shailene Woodley as Tami Oldham and Sam Claflin as Richard Sharp were near the correct ages of 24 and 33 when the depicted story occurred. He was sailing all over the world when they met in Tahiti, she was just working herself along, traveling to random places, getting away from her upbringing in San Diego.
An older couple he knew needed to fly back to the states so they asked Richard to sail their larger boat to San Diego for them, he would get $10,000 for his efforts and a first class airfare back to his boat. He said OK but make that two first class tickets.
The two of them headed out, sailing happily together, until the weather turned bad. It was 1983, the systems for early warning of hurricanes was not as good as it is today.
Good movie of an interesting story of love and survival. The editing technique has the movie cutting often to several months earlier and then to the film's present.
The title sort of gives the plot away, the core story is survival during a long period in a disabled sailboat. There really isn't a lot fancy going on here, moviewise, but it is a well-made movie and knowing it really happened adds to the value of watching it.
Shailene Woodley as Tami Oldham and Sam Claflin as Richard Sharp were near the correct ages of 24 and 33 when the depicted story occurred. He was sailing all over the world when they met in Tahiti, she was just working herself along, traveling to random places, getting away from her upbringing in San Diego.
An older couple he knew needed to fly back to the states so they asked Richard to sail their larger boat to San Diego for them, he would get $10,000 for his efforts and a first class airfare back to his boat. He said OK but make that two first class tickets.
The two of them headed out, sailing happily together, until the weather turned bad. It was 1983, the systems for early warning of hurricanes was not as good as it is today.
Good movie of an interesting story of love and survival. The editing technique has the movie cutting often to several months earlier and then to the film's present.