Young Woman and the Sea

Young Woman and the Sea (2024)

Timing: 2:9 (129 min)

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Release date

2024-05-31

Country

United States

Production

Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Genre

Drama, History

Budget

$40 000 000

Revenue

$581 725

Website

https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/young-woman-and-the-sea/7RtNXnCiH1PG

Director

Joachim Rønning

Actors

Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Stephen Graham, Kim Bodnia, Jeanette Hain, Glenn Fleshler, Sian Clifford, Christopher Eccleston, Ethan Rouse, Olive Elise Abercrombie
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Scenario

Jeff Nathanson

Producer

Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Oman, Jeff Nathanson, John G. Scotti, Daisy Ridley, Joachim Rønning

Operator

Óscar Faura

Composer

Amelia Warner

Artist

Audition

Fiona Weir

Editing

Úna Ní Dhonghaíle, Chris Kuhl
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• The film starred Petar Stoychev, a swimmer from Bulgaria, one of the most successful marathon swimmers in history, who set a world record for the fastest swim across the English Channel in 2007 and held it until 2012.
• Initially, Paramount Pictures was slated to produce the film with Lily James in the lead role, but then Walt Disney Pictures acquired the rights and stated that screenwriter Jeff Nathanson and producer Jerry Bruckheimer would still be involved in the project.
• In some instances, the film's script deviates from what actually happened, presumably for dramatic effect. Firstly, the filmmakers imply that Gertrude Ederle’s (played by Daisy Ridley) performance at the Paris Olympics was a “disappointment,” as she only won “bronze.” In reality, she won two bronze medals in individual events and “gold” in the relay. Secondly, almost a year passed between Ederle’s first and second attempts to swim the English Channel, and she returned to New York in between. The filmmakers also omitted the fact that, as a warm-up for her first attempt, Ederle swam 35.4 kilometers from New York to New Jersey in a time that no one was able to beat for 81 years.