The Mercy (aka Deep Water)
Synopsis
Crowhurst entered the Sunday Times Golden Globe race, partly as an opportunity to publicise a new navigation device he had been working on. He fitted another of his inventions, a stability system, to his untested trimaran and set off to on his solo mission to circumnavigate the globe.
Leaving his family behind, his inexperience and loneliness found him confronted with dramatic struggles and acute isolation alone on the high seas.
A haunting tale of a man going to sea and the family he leaves behind.
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 101 mins
- Director
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James Marsh
- Producer
- Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Scott Z. Burns, Nicolas Mauvernay, Jacques Perrin
- Executive Producer
- Christine Langan
- Editor
- Jinx Godfrey
- Screenwriter
- Scott Z. Burns
- Director of Photography
- Eric Gautier
- Production Designer
- Jon Henson
- Principal cast
- Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, David Thewlis, Jonathan Bailey, Adrian Schiller, Eleanor Stagg
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Blueprint Pictures
Second Floor43-45 Charlotte Street
London
W1T 1RS
BBC Films
BBC Broadcasting House7th Floor, Zone A
Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA
StudioCanal
50 Marshall StreetLondon
W1F 9BQ
Sales Company
StudioCanal
Pascale Hornus1, Place du Spectacle
92130 Issy les Moulineaux
France
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