“An irresistible journey into the heart of darkness.”
— Film Review
Deep Water
Feature Documentary • 2006 • 92’ • UK
Credits
Directors: Jerry Rothwell, Louise Osmond
Producers: Al Morrow, John Smithson, Jonny Persey
Co-Producer: Stewart Le Marechal
Partners: Pathé, UKFC,Film4
In 1968 nine men competed to be the first person to sail alone and non-stop around the world. As the single handers wrestled their boats through the mountainous seas of the Southern Ocean, Donald Crowhurst, an electronics engineer and weekend sailor became an unlikely hero when it appeared that his revolutionary boat was going to carry him home in record-breaking speed. Two weeks later his abandoned boat is found floating in the middle of the Atlantic.
Awards & Festivals
Best Cinema Documentary
— Grierson Awards 2007
Best Documentary
— San Diego Film Critics Society 2007
Best Use of Footage in a Feature Length Doc or Film
— Focal Awards 2007
Premio Cult for Best Documentary
— Rome Film Festival 2006
Telluride Film Festival 2006
Reviews
“A movie which will reduce the hardest of hearts to a shipwreck.”
— The Daily Telegraph
“Poignant, powerful and profoundly moving.”
— Daily Mirror
“An irresistible journey into the heart of darkness.”
— Film Review
★★★★
— Total Film
