All Is Lost
Short description
A man sailing alone across the Indian Ocean wakes to find his yacht has struck a drifting shipping container and is taking on water. With his radio and navigation equipment out of action, he runs into a heavy storm and only just survives it. He patches the hull, but with his supplies running low, the sun bearing down and sharks nearby, he can do little except hope the currents carry him toward a shipping lane where a passing vessel might spot him.
J.C. Chandor wrote and directed the film, his second feature after Margin Call and the one that preceded A Most Violent Year, Triple Frontier and Kraven the Hunter. Robert Redford plays the lone sailor, credited simply as Our Man, in a film that carries almost no dialogue. It was produced by Anna Gerber, Neal Dodson and Justin Nappi for Lionsgate, Black Bear Pictures, FilmNation Entertainment and Before the Door Pictures, with a crew of 97.
Released in August 2013, the film runs 106 minutes and mixes action, adventure and drama. Made for about 9 million dollars, it returned roughly 6 million worldwide. Critics rated it 8 out of 10 across 241 reviews, while audiences were less enthusiastic: on IMDb it holds 6.9 out of 10 from more than 83,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.6 out of 10 from over 1,800 votes.
What's left behind the scenes
- When the hero's boat first capsizes during the storm, it can be noticed that one of the portholes is open. Because of this, a large amount of water should have entered the boat, but it isn't there.
- For 76-year-old Robert Redford, the hardest part of filming was not performing the stunts himself, but the need to be soaked during the shoots. The actor was constantly sprayed with water from a hose, which caused an ear infection that partially deprived him of his hearing.
- The script was only 32 pages long.
- When the protagonist uses the radio transmitter, he speaks into the wrong side. The microphone is on the opposite side, and he is speaking into the metal casing.
- After the hero stops shaving, for the next eight days – most of which he spends fighting for his life in an inflatable life raft – his face remains smooth, without any signs of stubble.
- This is the only film in over 100 years of international cinema history to feature only one actor and one writer/director, yet boasts eleven executive producers and another six producers of various specialties.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
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