Fresh
The details just get stranger and stranger.
Jason Anderson, Globe and Mail
Deep Water
2006 · 1h 32m · PG
Action, Adventure, Documentary, Drama
Directed by
Louise Osmond
,
Jerry Rothwell
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Deep Water
Overview
DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsman who enters the most daring nautical challenge ever – the very first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race.
Director and cast
- Louise Osmond Director
- Jerry Rothwell Director
- Tilda Swinton as Narrator
- Simon Russell Beale as Donald Crowhurst (voice)
- Jean Badin as Bernard Moitessier (voice)
- Donald Crowhurst as Himself (archive footage)
- Clare Crowhurst as Herself
- Simon Crowhurst as Himself
- Santiago Franchessie Cast
- Ted Hynds Cast
- Donald Kerr Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
As directed by Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell, the movie breezes along at a highly watchable clip, thanks to fluid, affecting intercutting of archival, black-and-white footage and present-day interviews.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
Some beautiful shots give unexpected texture to the film, such as an underwater capture of a boat from below, with prisms of light surrounding it. And its final image is a quiet heartbreaker.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
For this gripping and amazing documentary, such truth emerges not just from the facts, but also the poetry of men who redefine themselves in a risky race on small sailboats.
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
Fresh
Deep Water is a stunning documentary that not only beautifully elucidates a nearly forgotten incident but touches on crucial themes involving isolation, sanity, self-worth, impossible dreams, the nature of heroism and limits of human endurance.
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
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