Clare Crowhurst, Donald Crowhurst, Jean Badin, Santiago Franchessie, Simon Crowhurst
"Deep Water" is the stunning 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...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 18, 2007
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November 27, 2009a fascinating documentary on the first nonstop singlehanded sailing race around the world, the sunday times golden globe race held in 1968-69, before gps and most satellite communications. the race was open to all comers regardless of experience. what started as a grand adventu...( read more)
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November 22, 2009Documentary about first solo, non-stop boat race around the world. I expected a more mechanic how-they-did-it approach to the film, but instead it ended up focusing on the psychological toll it took on the sailors. It ended with a haunted chill.
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July 14, 2008"It is indifferent... it's there waiting for you to make one slip up."
Those words (paraphrased) are perhaps the best sum up of the nature of the ocean I have ever heard muttered. Its furies are boundless, not least of which, her loneliness. Those words come from the mesmerizi...( read more) -
November 6, 2007A superb film. A documentary, by it's very nature, can only be as good as the story it has to tell, and this one's a cracker. "Deep Water" raises the bar higher than the likes of "Touching the Void" by it's sheer wealth of contemporary footage and audio material. Donald Crowhurst...( read more)
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January 14, 2009Very creepy and engrossing. Deep Water will give you much to think about: your life, being pushed to the edge and the terrible consequences of coincidence.
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October 3, 2008This is harrowing story about a man, a desperate man who makes choices and decisions that is further amplified by the isolation of the wide open sea. It's the 1969 Sunday Times Golden Globe race, a solo race around the world in a yacht. Donald Crowhurst is the underdog in this ra...( read more)
Critic Reviews
September 21, 2007
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
August 30, 2007
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
An enthralling documentary about an Englishman named Donald Crowhurst who, in 1968, set off on a solitary, nonstop circumnavigation of the globe. full review
August 23, 2007
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
A true-life tale of inadvertent self-destruction, Deep Water's generic title belies its haunting incisiveness. full review
August 20, 2007
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
Deep Water confirms all the mythical terrors that lurk in our dreams of the sea, and the best person to watch it with would be Melville. full review
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