Deep water [videorecording DVD] / IFC Films ; Pathé Productions, the UK Film Council and FilmFour present ; an APT Films and Stir Fried Films production ; in association with Darlow Smithson Productions ; directed by Louise Osmond, Jerry Rothwell ; produced by Al Morrow, Jonny Persey, John Smithson.
Format:
[videorecording DVD] /
Publisher:
Distributed by Genius Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally produced in 2006. Special features: The sailor's story: interviews with the sailors involved in the race; the family's boat: interviews with the Crowhurst family; the journalists story: interviews with the journalists who reported on the race; the abandoned boat: an interactive guide to Crowhurst's boat. Narrated by Tilda Swinton.
Summary:
True story of the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, and the psychological toll it took on its competitors. Sponsored by the Sunday Times of London, the much-ballyhooed event attracted a field of nine, including amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who set out to circumnavigate the globe in late 1968. Battling treacherous seas and his own demons, Crowhurst almost immediately comes apart as he faces the isolation of nine months on the high seas.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.