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Released 12 years ago.
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Against the Sun
2014 1h 39m EN
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7.0TMDB Β· 226
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Synopsis
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A WWII pilot, bombardier, and radioman find themselves adrift on a lifeboat without food or water after being forced to ditch their plane during a scouting mission.
βSome stories are better left unspoiled.β
Cast
Tom Felton
Tony Pastula
Garret Dillahunt
Harold Dixon
Jake Abel
Gene Aldrich
Nadia Parra
Frances
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Brian Falk
- Writers
- Mark David Keegan, Brian Falk
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Brian Falk, shot by Petr Cikhart. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Sean Albertson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Tom Felton and Garret Dillahunt and Jake Abel carry the top of the cast.
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IMDB entry: tt2557276 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Brian Falk directs. Petr Cikhart behind the camera. Sean Albertson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 12 years ago.
- 2Directed by Brian Falk, shot by Petr Cikhart. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Editor Sean Albertson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 4Tom Felton and Garret Dillahunt and Jake Abel carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt2557276 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Petr Cikhart
- Editing
- Sean Albertson
- Costume design
- Mark Peterson
- Makeup / hair
- Cary Ayers
- VFX supervisor
- Bob Munroe
- Sound
- Kirk Lynds
- Runtime
- 99 min Β· 1h 39m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG
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Community reviews
What people are saying
- Renoβ 8/10
Yes, another castaway film, but not a bad one either. A castaway film based on the true event of the US navy airmen who crash landed their plane and lost in the sea during the WWII. The story is set when the US response to the Pearl Harbor attack was underway. But three men are unfortunate to end at a vast pacific ocean. The film tells their survival story without food, water and medical attention until they plan to sail to the nearest island. There are many awesome films were in the recent times with this theme, so it looks like people are already tired of it. But I enjoyed it, I never get bored of listening to the true adventure stories like this. You know it is a low budget film with a minimal cast, but production quality was excellent. The amazing effort by all the three, especially towards the final act with their diet to match with the real event. Draco Malfoy, the bad boy from the 'Harry Potter' film series was very interesting. I never noticed him as close as in this one, because he never did a big role until now. So I hope he makes some fine roles in his future projects. In the B movies, this is really a top notch product. There are only minor flaws, and the scenes repeated from other similar films, because these things are very common in the castaway situation. So you can't blame the film for being so cliche, but you can try to appreciate the attempt. By the way, it's got a small twist at the end. It was the editing magic, otherwise if the story was told in a straight line from the beginning to the end, there would have been nothing but a usual tale. Now, do you think I would recommend it to you, definitely I do. 7/10
Production companies
Who made it
- TH
The American Film Company
US
Key crew
- ProducerBrian Falk
- ProducerMark Moran
- Art DirectionTony Perez
- Costume DesignMark Peterson
- Art Department CoordinatorKelly Asuncion
- EditorSean Albertson
- MusicPaul Mills
- CastingJ.C. Cantu
- Script SupervisorKari Montgomery
- Visual Effects CoordinatorBeau Parsons
- Visual Effects SupervisorBob Munroe
- Visual Effects SupervisorDarren Cranford
- Makeup ArtistCary Ayers
- Visual Effects SupervisorJohn P. Mesa
- Visual Effects ProducerLincoln Kupchak
- CG SupervisorAhmed Shehata
- Visual Effects EditorJoshua Spivack
- Makeup Department HeadAutumn Butler
- Visual Effects CoordinatorKaren McGregor
- Visual Effects ProducerPeter Denomme
- Visual Effects EditorKyle Cribar
- Special Effects CoordinatorFrank Iudica
- Sound Re-Recording MixerKirk Lynds
- Special Effects SupervisorBrendon O'Dell
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- world war ii
- survival
- lifeboat
- bombardier
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Theatrical2014-11-22PG
Also known as
International titles
- Ghosts of the PacificUS
- Perdidos en el PacΓficoMX
- Perdidos en el PacΓficoES
- Verdammt zum ΓberlebenDE
- ε€ηζ±ηδΈεζ₯CN
- Γ DerivaBR
