The 33
Hope Runs Deep
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Production
Budget
$26 000 000
Revenue
$27 972 023
Director
Scenario
José Rivera
Author
Composer
Producer
Edward McGurn
Actors
Antonio Banderas
Mario Sepúlveda
Rodrigo Santoro
Laurence Golborne
Kate del Castillo
Katty Valdivia
Juliette Binoche
María Segovia
James Brolin
Jeff Hart
Lou Diamond Phillips
Luis Urzua 'Don Lucho'
Cote De Pablo
Jessica Salgado
Naomi Scott
Escarlette Sepúlveda
Short description
The 33 dramatizes the 2010 disaster at the San José mine in Chile's Atacama Desert, where a collapse trapped thirty-three men deep underground. With the only exit buried, the miners reach a shelter and discover that their radio is dead and their food supply is tiny. Mario Sepúlveda takes charge of rationing and keeping order while the men wait in the dark. Above ground, a rescue operation led by Laurence Golborne works around the clock, and families including María Segovia, whose brother is among the trapped, hold vigil as the world watches. Based on the real events of 2010, when the men spent 69 days underground before being brought out.
Patricia Riggen directed this 2015 drama, her fourth feature, following Under the Same Moon, Lemonade Mouth and Girl in Progress, and preceding Miracles from Heaven and G20. The screenplay is by Michael Thomas, Mikko Alanne and Craig Borten, and the large cast is headed by Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, Kate del Castillo, James Brolin and Lou Diamond Phillips. The production was mounted on a budget of about 26 million US dollars by Warner Bros. Pictures, Fabula, Alcon Entertainment and Fox International Productions, and it took roughly 28 million dollars worldwide.
On IMDb, the film holds 6.9 out of 10 across 42,000 votes, while on TMDB it has 6.4 out of 10 from about a thousand votes. A critics' rating of 5.6 out of 10 from 152 reviews places it below both audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- The US trailer for the film features the song "Say Something" from the debut album by the duo "A Great Big World" (2013). The trailer released in Chile features the folk singer Joan Baez's song "Gracias a la vida" (Thank Life), from 1974.
- To add extra drama to the narrative, the film's plot includes stories of loved ones of some of the miners – for example, the daughter of Mario Sepúlveda, played by Antonio Banderas, and the pregnant wife of Alex Vega, played by Cote de Pablo.
- Due to a lack of work in their profession, the rescued miners joined the technical crew of the film, which told the story of the accident at the San José mine near Copiapó on August 5, 2010.
- The film shows the President of Chile primarily observing the progress of the rescue operation from his palace, 800 kilometers from the site of the tragedy. At the same time, it is the President who shows journalists a note from the miners, and this happens almost immediately after it was found attached to the drill. This could be attributed to genre conventions, but the filmmakers did not distort the truth. The note from the miners was actually read to journalists by the President. He was warned that the drill could break through the roof of the refuge where the miners were located, he flew to Copiapó, and the note was found while he was en route.
- Mario Sepúlveda, one of the miners whose image was portrayed by Antonio Banderas on screen, met the actor at the very beginning of filming. Soon Sepúlveda became the head of the group of extras employed in the film.
- Jennifer Lopez agreed to participate in the filming, but soon left the project due to her commitments to the "American Idol" show on FOX.
- The film depicts the age difference between President Sebastián Piñera, played by Bob Gunton (who is just over 70 years old), and Minister Laurence Golborne, played by Rodrigo Santoro, who appears to be in his 40s. In reality, Piñera was 60 years old and Golborne was 49 in 2010.
- Mario Casas admitted in one interview that he cried after watching a documentary film about these events.
- During an interview with Washington radio station Hot 99.5 in June 2013, Jennifer Lopez received a call on her mobile phone from her agent, informing her that she had been cast in the film. The actress refused to discuss it in the interview, only saying that the film was "not of interest" to her.
- Preparing for filming, Spanish actor Mario Casas missed the ceremony for the Spanish National Film Awards.
- It was officially announced that "33" (2015) would be the first film for which the Colombian authorities would partially reimburse production costs. The amount of payments will consist of 40% of all funds spent on production and editing, and 20% of other expenses incurred in that country (hotel accommodation, meals, transportation).
- The film depicts Alex Vega as the first to surface and rushing to his wife and newborn daughter. In reality, Vega was the tenth miner to be rescued from the mine.
- The film depicts the rescue capsule descending underground empty. Miners enter it one by one, and Luis “Don Luco” Ursua is the last to be lifted to the surface. In reality, things were not quite like that. When the capsule descended into the mine for the first time, one of the rescuers, Manuel Gonzalez, was inside. Gonzalez risked his life, as there was no way to be sure beforehand whether the capsule worked or not. He was the last one lifted from the mine. Yes, Ursua was the last miner to reach the surface, but Gonzalez remained below. He helped Ursua get into the capsule and then waited for him to be lifted and the capsule lowered back down for him. Thus, Gonzalez was the only person who spent some time at depth completely alone and who entered the capsule without assistance.
- Actress Cote de Pablo was born in Santiago, the capital of Chile.
- Anderson Cooper, an American journalist, writer, and television presenter, appears in a cameo role as a news program host on CNN in the film. Cooper later invited the Chilean miners to participate in the filming of his program "Heroes."
- Juliette Binoche replaced Jennifer Lopez in the role of Maria Segovia.
- The film's director, Patricia Riggen, insisted that the actors speak English, as well as Spanish with a Chilean accent. This proved to be a difficult task for some of the actors.
- The character of Franklin Lobos is absent from the final scene of the film.
- President Piñera, as portrayed by Bob Gunton, is depicted as a cold and calculating politician who is only interested in his own reputation and the image of his administration. At the premiere in Santiago, when journalists asked the real president what he thought of his portrayal in the film, Sebastián Piñera evaded a direct answer. "I'd rather go talk to Juliette Binoche," he said.
- Chilean President Sebastián Piñera hosted a reception for the film's creative team at the presidential palace in Santiago.
- Composer James Horner did not live to see the film's August premiere by two months.
- The story of the Chilean miners is mentioned in the television series "Entourage" (2004-2011), whose main character, actor Vincent Chase, at one point considered adapting Hector Tobar's book.
- Mexican actor Marco Antonio Treviño, who played the role of José Enriquez, said in one interview: "Filming in the mine was incredibly difficult. The dirt, the feeling that we were expendable, and working 12 hours a day."
- In 1993, Bille August's film "The House of the Spirits," starring Antonio Banderas, was released. The film was based on the eponymous bestseller by Isabel Allende. It was her first novel, published in 1982, and is also set in Chile.
- During an interview with Washington radio station "Hot 99.5" in June 2013, Jennifer Lopez received a call on her mobile phone from her agent, informing her that she had been cast in the film "33." The actress refused to discuss this in the interview, only saying that the film "did not interest her."
- Chilean actress Paulina García plays the role of President Piñera's assistant in the film, who actively opposes the attempts of the Minister of Mining, Laurence Golborne, to organize the rescue operation. This is a fictional character simply created to make the plot more dramatic. Nevertheless, many among Chilean politicians and those close to the President shared the view that the rescue efforts were futile.
- On February 7, 2014, four iPods and two Sony Handycam cameras were stolen from the set. Fortunately, these cameras were not used for filming, so the footage was not lost.
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