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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Ron L. Brinkerhoff (written by)
Release Date:
29 September 2006 (USA)
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Tagline:
When lives are on the line, sacrifice everything. more
Plot:
A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's "A" School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice. full summary | full synopsis
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Rescue
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Coast Guard
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Training
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Team
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Instructor
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Awards:
1 win
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4 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(16 articles)
I Fell in Love with "The Hurt Locker" and You Should Too! The Best Movie of the Summer!
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Kasabian 'not right-wing lad rock'
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(From Manny the Movie Guy. 25 July 2009, 10:36 AM, PDT)
Kasabian 'not right-wing lad rock'
(From digitalspy. 29 May 2009, 5:32 AM, PDT)
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Overall good movie but has some weak points
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kevin Costner | ... | Ben Randall |
 | Ashton Kutcher | ... | Jake Fischer |
 | Sela Ward | ... | Helen Randall |
 | Melissa Sagemiller | ... | Emily Thomas |
 | Clancy Brown | ... | Capt. William Hadley |
 | Omari Hardwick | ... | Carl Billings |
 | Alex Daniels | ... | Wild Bill |
 | Daniel J. Molthen | ... | Co-Pilot Wakefield (as Lcdr. Daniel J. Molthen USCG) |
| Andrew Schanno | ... | Pilot Mitchell (as Lt. Andrew Schanno USCG) |
 | Adam Pena | ... | Benjamin Reyes |
 | Joe Arquette | ... | Co-Pilot Antunez |
| Gary Billburg | ... | Julian Zankich (as PO1 Gary Billburg USCG) |
| Joshua Mitcheltree | ... | Mitcheltree (as PO2 Joshua Mitcheltree USCG) |
 | Rusty Tennant | ... | Mover #1 |
| James Barnes | ... | Doctor #1 |
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Runtime:
139 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:K-11 |
Ireland:12A |
Singapore:PG |
Netherlands:12 |
Germany:12 |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Malaysia:U |
Brazil:12 |
UK:12 (DVD rating) |
UK:12A (original rating) |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #41893) |
Australia:M |
Argentina:13 |
South Korea:12 |
New Zealand:M |
Sweden:11 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Iceland:12
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Following the series of hurricanes in the southern United States in 2005, production moved to Shreveport, Louisiana.
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Goofs:
Factual errors: Several times, we're told that Fischer was offered swimming scholarships by "all the Ivy League Schools." Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships. Also, the Ivies haven't had first rate swimming programs since Yale in the early sixties. An outstanding high school swimmer would be receiving scholarship offers from schools in conferences such as the SEC or Pac 10.
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Quotes:
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Capt. William Hadley: There is a legend of a man who lives beneath the sea. He is a fisher of men, the last hope of all those who have been left behind. Many survivors claim to have felt his gripping hands beneath them; pushing them up to the surface; whispering strength until help could arrive. But this, of course, is only a legend.
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Capt. William Hadley: There is a legend of a man who lives beneath the sea. He is a fisher of men, the last hope of all those who have been left behind. Many survivors claim to have felt his gripping hands beneath them; pushing them up to the surface; whispering strength until help could arrive. But this, of course, is only a legend.
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Movie Connections:
References Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
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Soundtrack:
Once Again
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FAQ
Is the training in the movie the same of that in real life?Did Ben Randall survive?
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I was fortunate enough to see this movie on pre-release last night and, though I wasn't expecting to, actually really enjoyed the movie for the most part. The rescues and sea effects were amazing to watch and definitely provided edge of the seat tense moments, probably all the more so knowing that there are guys who do this for a living. The weaker parts of the movie revolve largely around using stereotypical set scenes. I'm not going to spoil the movie but this really follows along the lines of An Officer and a Gentleman and those moments give it a little bit of a cheesy aftertaste.
Like I said over all this movie is pretty good and worth checking out as long as you can get past the clichés.