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A young thirty-something couple goes on holiday to the Caribbean. One of the fun activities available to them is scuba diving off a reef several miles out. Due to a faulty head count taken by the dive boat crew, the couple is left behind in the open ocean. They find themselves drifting endlessly for hours on end, facing dehydration, saltwater sickness, jellyfish stings, and sharks! Although a boat and a large ship pass by within the couple's view, neither sees them, and they are not discovered missing until the following morning when a member of the dive boat crew discovers their gear on the boat, and their hotel manager discovers they never returned to their room. Frantically a search is mounted by plane, boat, and helicopter, looking for the missing couple.
Movie Tagline:
Drifting into theaters this summer.
Title: Open Water
Release Date: October 26, 2003
Runtime: 79 mins
Genre: Drama
All Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Languages: English
Country: USA
Colors: Color
Sound: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
IMDB Rating: 5.9
Buried.com Rating: 6.9 - (Rate This Horror Movie at Buried.com)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With O
MPAA Rating: R
MPAA Rating Reason:
Rated R for language and some nudity.
Director(s):
Chris Kentis
Cast:
Blanchard Ryan ...Susan
Daniel Travis ...Daniel
Saul Stein ...Seth
Michael E. Williamson ...Davis (as Michael Williamson)
Cristina Zenarro ...Linda (as Cristina Zenaro)
John Charles ...Junior (as Jon Charles)
Estelle Lau ...Estelle
Steve Lemme ...Scuba Diver
Remaining Cast:
Producer(s):
Estelle Lau
Laura Lau
Writer(s):
Chris Kentis
Composer(s):
Graeme Revell
Trailer(s):
Open Water Horror Film Trailer 1
Open Water Horror Film Trailer 2
Open Water Horror Film Trailer 3
Movie Soundtrack(s):
"Isa Lei"
"Hill & Gully Rider"
"Lakonmet Dance"
"The Glad Reunion Day"
"Pump Me Up"
"Jesus Promised Me A Home Over There"
"I Ain't Got Long"
"Ni Sa Bula"
"Yendisare Aimando"
More Movie Taglines:
- Drifting into theaters this summer.
- Who will save you?
- Don't get left behind
- Inspired by true events.
Movie Quote(s):
- Daniel: Other people go on vacation and spend their days just laying around. We have a story we're going to be telling for the rest of our lives.
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Susan: Daniel, where's the boat? Daniel: That's a good question. [looks around] Daniel: I guess it's one of those. Susan: You gotta be kidding me. Daniel: It better be one of those. Susan: Well which one do you think? Daniel: I don't know.
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Susan: [surfacing from the water] Where's the boat. Daniel. Where's the boat?
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Susan: We're stuck in the middle of the ocean!
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Daniel: This can't be happening!
Movie Trivia:
- Blanchard Ryan is in fact deeply afraid of sharks and as a result Daniel Travis had to enter the shark infested waters first each day to assure her they were not in danger.
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The sharks used in this film were Caribbean Reef Sharks. The cast wore chain mesh under their diving suits for protection and though none of them was bitten by the sharks, Blanchard Ryan (Susan) was nipped by a barracuda on the first day of filming. In the movie, after Susan is bitten, her boyfriend says, "It was probably a barracuda seeing what you taste like."
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The two main characters are named after the actors who play them (Blanchard Ryan's full name is Susan Blanchard Ryan).
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This movie was financed by director Chris Kentis and his wife, producer Laura Lau, both avid scuba divers. The movie cost $130,000 to make and was later bought by Lion's Gate for $2.5 million after its screening at Sundance.
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This film is inspired by a true story about an American couple, Tom and Eileen Lonergan, who in 1998 went with a scuba group (Outer Edge Dive Company) to an area off the coast of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. They were accidentally left behind due to a faulty head count taken by the dive boat crew. There were 26 other divers and 5 crew members who failed to notice that the couple was not on the boat. It was not until two days later on January 27, 1998, that the pair was found to be missing after a bag containing their passports and belongings was found in the dive boat. A massive air and sea search took place over the following three days, but failed to find them. The couple was never found.
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Keywords:
Boat, Shark, Ocean, Diving, Scuba Diving ...[more]
Keywords All:
Helicopter, Search, Stranded, Water, Jellyfish, Hotel Room, First Part, Trapped In The Sea, Isolation, Argument, Death, Minimal Cast, Tragic Ending, Female Nudity, Loss Of Husband, Underwater, Lost At Sea, Scene During End Credits, Lost, Camera, Survival, Missing Person, Man Against Nature, Nude Wearing Glasses, Diving Equipment, Character Says I Love You, Vomit, Psycho Thriller, Vacation, Nudity, Low Budget Film, Husband Wife Relationship, Shark Attack, Based On True Story, Independent Film, Actor Shares First Name With Character
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Rating: 6.9 out of 10.0 - 50 votes cast total
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