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A documentary about the disastrous 1968 round-the-world yacht race.A documentary about the disastrous 1968 round-the-world yacht race.A documentary about the disastrous 1968 round-the-world yacht race.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 2 nominations
Tilda Swinton
- Self - Narrator
- (voice)
Donald Crowhurst
- Self - Golden Globe Race Competitor
- (archive footage)
Santiago Franchessi
- Self - Former Coastguard, Rio Salado
- (as Santiago Franchessie)
Jean Badin
- Bernard Moitessier
- (voice)
Stanley Best
- Self - Donald Crowhurst's Financier
- (archive footage)
Chay Blyth
- Self - Golden Globe Race Competitor
- (credit only)
Alex Carozzo
- Self - Golden Globe Race Competitor
- (archive footage)
Francis Chichester
- Self - July 1967, Francis Chichester Knighted
- (archive footage)
Loïck Fougeron
- Self - Golden Globe Race Competitor
- (credit only)
Rodney Hallworth
- Self - Donald Crowhurst's Public Relations Officer
- (archive footage)
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- TriviaThe movie The Mercy (2018) focuses on the story and race of Donald Crowhurst (played by Colin Firth)
- Quotes
Self - Crowhurst's Closest Friend: I think doubt started to set in... when reality started to set in. And that reality wasn't quite as perfect as the idea. This is why ideas are dangerous.
- ConnectionsEdited into Independent Lens: Deep Water (2008)
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If extreme activities (and I don't mean the Hollywood ones like UFC & X-Games) and the people who pursue them interest you then seek this doc out.
This is one of those truth-is-stranger-than-fiction tales of Donald Crowhurts's obsession to prove himself against great odds. Those odds were stacked by Mother Nature, the media and his own mind. It is also about a time lost to us --although it was only 40 years ago.
The filmmakers have done a great job in gathering a wide range of material to tell his story and the story of the great race that consumed him.
I couldn't help but to think about Timothy Treadwell and the Apollo astronauts in the 2 great docs GRIZZLY MAN and IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON while experiencing --you don't simply "watch"-- this story.
If you live in a big city buy it or rent it. It is worth the effort to find. I had to travel 100 miles to L.A. to buy it and I am glad I did.
This is one of those truth-is-stranger-than-fiction tales of Donald Crowhurts's obsession to prove himself against great odds. Those odds were stacked by Mother Nature, the media and his own mind. It is also about a time lost to us --although it was only 40 years ago.
The filmmakers have done a great job in gathering a wide range of material to tell his story and the story of the great race that consumed him.
I couldn't help but to think about Timothy Treadwell and the Apollo astronauts in the 2 great docs GRIZZLY MAN and IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON while experiencing --you don't simply "watch"-- this story.
If you live in a big city buy it or rent it. It is worth the effort to find. I had to travel 100 miles to L.A. to buy it and I am glad I did.
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- Mar 17, 2008
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $271,143
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $22,632
- Aug 26, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $742,576
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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