Sailing movie starring Robert Redford

Montana Kev

“All is Lost,” a low-budget sailing movie starring Robert Redford, is now available on Pay Per view. It came out in November. It has received good reviews. Redford is soloing a Cal 39 through the Indian Ocean when all the things you imagine going wrong on a boat start going wrong, and keep going wrong. It’s being praised by the professional movie critics as “a triumph,” “a surprisingly successful stunt” and “one of the best movies of the year.”
But what do sailors think? We enjoyed it. I did want to yell at the screen a few times. If I ever wake up in a crunched hull in the middle of the Indian Ocean with water flooding in, guess I might make a few mistakes too. Here is a link to the trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk_R04LfUQU

Interview with Redford on the movie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC6MWtnRyMI

Captains Cat · Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 11:08 am Post subject:

Thanks MK, makes me want to run out and buy the best EPIRB I can find!

Charlie

Montana Kev · Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 11:37 am Post subject:

My biggest take away in his circumstance was to have a well equipped ditch bag. Not to give away too much, there were some items that we all know to have, he did not and paid a price for the over-site.

Kevin

anchorout · Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 12:51 pm Post subject: buffoon

I personally think it is one of the most idiotic movies that I have ever seen. Redford is a hazard to navigation. Hitting the container is, of course, unavoidable. But from that time on, he blunders from one bad decision to the next. I don't think he could pilot an air mattress across a wading pool. This is, of course, my personal opinion. I loved him in Jeremiah Johnson.

ssobol · Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 1:56 pm Post subject:

A more correct statement is "...the character Redford plays is a hazard to navigation...", unless of course you know him personally. For all we know, Robert Redford is perfectly capable sailor and can get an air mattress across a pool.

Ray · Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 2:15 pm Post subject:

If he didn't do one thing after another wrong, then the movie would only have been 15min long Wink

flrockytop · Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:37 pm Post subject:

Have not seen it yet. My all time favorite movie period is Captian Ron. I hate repeats but I watch this at least twice a year and enjoy everythime.

Roger

Ray · Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:49 pm Post subject:

Will-C

I thought the movie was just ok. No trouble learning lines, the only one I heard was a f bomb. My wife who loves Robert Redford hated the movie. I could not figure out the ending was he actually rescued? Maybe I fell asleep. I thought him floating backwards downward into the abyss that it was a long shot at best swimming all the way back up to the surface. I guess they wanted a happy ending. To bad Barbara Streisand was not along then you would have heard some bitchin.
Very Happy

D.D.

Larry Patrick · Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:00 pm Post subject:

I saw it not a bad movie on a winter day. Cant comment on how accurate it was as far as sailing goes, have never sailed but would like to someday.

anchorout · Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:33 pm Post subject:

CAPTAIN RON is also my favorite. The last time I saw it was in the cockpit of my sailboat, in Antiqua, with 6 great cruisers invited from the rest of the anchorage, TV on the hatch. Rum, moonlight, and madness.

hardee · Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 1:23 am Post subject:

Good movie, for those who don't know sailing, or safety, and much in the way of survival preparation or technique. I thought it had a fairly strange ending.

The Guardian was one of my favorites. Also, Wind was good.

Harvey
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