The harrowing, heartbreaking reallife story behind new movie adrift. Adrift is the story of tami oldham and richard sharp as they sail into the worlds most catastrophic hurricane. The true story of adrift and tami oldham ashcrafts survival at sea. Stx films adrift is based on a true story, but there is one major change. The movie is based on the true story taken from the book oldham wrote years afterwards called red sky in mourning.
Tami oldham woodley and richard sharp claflin couldnt anticipate they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in. Shailene woodley and sam claflin are going to make you rethink your daydream about sailing around the world when their new movie, adrift, premieres june 1. Please enjoy the revisionist history love story of the. Coming to theaters june 1, the movie adrift is based on a terrifying real life story of survival. David fickling reports on the true story behind a disturbing new film. The true story behind the last full measure confirms that pitss father, frank pitsenbarger portrayed by christopher plummer, was dying of cancer at the time his son posthumously received the medal of honor in december 2000. The true story behind open water ihorror horror news. In real life, tom and eileen lonergan, a married couple from baton rouge, were stranded in the coral sea part of the. Based on a true story and set in 1983, the film stars shailene woodley and sam claflin as a couple who are adrift in the middle of the pacific ocean after a hurricane, and must find their way to hawaii with a damaged boat and no radio. Adrift movie true story of tami oldham ashcraft shailene. New film adrift portrays the real life story of two adventurers lost at sea. Tami oldham ashcraft on the reallife story behind film adrift, shaliene woodley for full video, go to. Heartbreaking true story behind adrift the movie the. Based on the true story of human survival, a young couples chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime before they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.
But much of this movie is authentic to oldhams account, which she shared in the memoir red sky in mourning. Promotional posters claim the film is based on actual events. The real life story behind new film adrift the telegraph. Is adrift movie ending a sexist change from the book. As a matter of fact, the movie is based on a true story. Shailene woodleys survival instincts drew her to telling tami oldham ashcrafts story in adrift. Coming to theaters june 1, the movie adrift is based on a terrifying reallife story of survival. The following post contains spoilers for the movie adrift, and the reallife story on which it is based in 1983, young lovers richard sharp and tami oldham ashcraft were sailing from tahiti to san diego when their boat was hit by hurricane raymond. In 1983, engaged couple tami oldhamashcraft and richard sharp. In researching the historical accuracy, we learned that frank passed away roughly 14 months after accepting the. Anyway we have no idea whether dan and her were dead at the end when she was standing on the deck and you could hear the baby crying. Shailene woodley and sam claflin are going to make you rethink your daydream about sailing around the world when their new movie, adrift, premieres on june 1. Adrift brings their story to the big screen next month and, even though itll be an emotional rollercoaster, were extremely excited to see it.
Oldham wrote about the ordeal in her 1998 book, red sky in mourning. The real survival story behind adrift outside online. Just watched adrift last night god it was irritating but had to sit it out. The harrowing, heartbreaking real life story behind new movie adrift. As the two avid sailors set out on a journey across the ocean, tami oldham woodley and richard sharp claflin couldnt anticipate they would be.
The real survival story behind adrift tami oldham ashcraft, the subject of the new hollywood lostatsea film, describes what her 41day ordeal was. Adrift is a 2018 american romantic drama film produced and directed by baltasar kormakur and written by david branson smith, aaron kandell and jordan kandell. The details of the hurricane and her 41 days adrift are dedicatedly captured. A true story of love, loss, and survival at sea ashcraft, tami oldham on. As far as the movies concerned were not interested. Heartbreaking true story behind adrift the movie the real life tale is far more harrowing than the film. I only know about the first one as im australian and it made headlines everywhere here.
In a 2003 interview with the chicago tribune, ashcraft revealed that she. Released in 2003, open water was one of those indy films that made up for its inadequacies with its gritty, experimental style and excellent premise. Adrift is based on tami oldham ashcrafts memoir red sky in mourning. An incredible tale, yes, but believe it or not, its actually based on a true storyand the 2002 memoir written by tami herself titled red sky in mourning. Shailene woodley discusses adrifts shocking, true twist.
And this is a movie whose twist hinges on the viewer knowing nothing about the story. Adrift is tami oldham true story of survival at sea. Starring shailene woodley and sam claflin, adrift is based on the inspiring true story of two free spirits whose chance encounter leads them first to love, and then to the adventure of a lifetime. The sequel is, as mentioned previously, actually based on the short story adrift by koji suzuki. Shailene woodley and sam claflin star in the adventure drama adrift, which features a big twist befitting the true survival story. When did the events depicted in the adrift movie take place in real life in researching tami oldham and the adrift true story, we discovered that the real life events depicted in the 2018 movie spanned the months of september, october and november 1983. It was 1983, and, just as the trailer depicts, tami and richard were engaged and in loveboth with each other and with the water, which they had called home for six months of sailing in their boat, the mayaluga. Shailene woodley and sam claflin star in adrift, the harrowing and heartbreaking real. Adrift called adrift in the uk, australia, and various other countries, and called open water 2 in germany is a 2006 psychological horror film filmed entirely in malta, starring eric dane, susan may pratt, richard speight, jr. Its amazing what you can do when you have to survive, says shipwreck survivor tami oldham ashcraft.
The real survival story behind adrift tami oldham ashcraft, the subject of the new hollywood lostatsea film, describes what her 41day ordeal was like in real life and how the movie compares. Blood in the water happens to be discoverys first full feature film to debut during the intriguing yet completely terrifying weeklong program, according to nbc and despite the fact the movie screams hollywood i mean really it stars josh duhamel, the film was apparently based on some seriously wild reallife. Her new film, adrift which opens in theatres on friday, is based on the true story of tami oldham ashcraft, who endured hurricane raymond in. Adrift may have greatly altered the true story on which it is based, but judging from the photographs of the films real life characters, the movie didnt stray too far when it came to the looks. Based on a true story, adrift focuses on two avid sailors, tami oldham woodley and richard.
Advanced copy received i dont know about you, but movies based on lifechanging true stories are my favorite kind. Based on a true story, the film focuses on two avid sailors, tami oldham woodley and richard sharp claflin. Tami oldham ashcraft is an american sailor and author who, in 1983, survived 41 days adrift in the pacific ocean. When did the events depicted in the adrift movie take place in real life in researching tami oldham and the adrift true story, we discovered that the reallife events depicted in the 2018 movie spanned the months of september, october and november 1983. This post contains spoilers for the movie adrift if youve seen any of the trailers for the new movie adrift in theaters now, then you know that its based on a true story. The story behind new film open water film the guardian.
All the way through the movie i couldnt stop watching as it switched back and forth between. The original open water was based on the true story of tom and eileen lonergan were left behind by their diving party after diving off the great barrier reef in 1998. The true story of adrift and tami oldham ashcrafts. Starring shailene woodley fault in our stars, divergent films and sam claflin me before you, the hunger games films, adrift is based on the inspiring true story of two sailors who set out to journey across the ocean from tahiti to san diego. Tami oldham ashcraft on the reallife story behind film. Adrift tells the harrowing true story of tami oldham, and was adapted from a memoir. And considering adrift is based on real events, this twist might feel like a ludicrous stretching of truth. After watching it, i couldnt help but wonder why theyd want to admit that these true events had even. The heartbreaking true story of tami and richard sounds like something out a film, but the sad truth is that its all real. What are the true events behind the movie adrift answers. The true story of adrift tami oldham and richard sharp. Based on a true story, adrift, which hits theaters june 1, stars shailene woodley as the fiercely brave tami oldham. Most people know that i think, but i wonder how many have bothered to really learn about the events that inspired the film.
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