All Is Lost (2013)
The action drama film, All Is Lost (2013), is written and directed by J. C. Chandor and stars Robert Redford as the main character. Redford is the only actor in the film, which has a total of 51 spoken English words. The story begins with a flash-forward where the man narrates a letter to the people he will miss. As the camera shows a lost shipping container in the ocean, we are taken back eight days earlier when the man wakes up to find his boat flooded with water after colliding with a stray container. He uses a sea anchor to dislodge it and then changes course to keep the boat from sinking. After patching up the hole and using a manual bilge pump to remove excess water, he realizes that his navigational and communications systems are damaged due to saltwater intrusion.
He attempts to fix them by connecting the marine radio to one of his batteries but is forced to climb up the mast for further repairs when he spots a tropical storm approaching. As the storm approaches, the man rushes ahead of the wind. He plans to tie up, but as he makes his way to the front to raise the storm jib, he is thrown into the water and struggles to get back on deck. The boat flips over and then rights itself; during a second turn, which once again tosses him overboard, the mast snaps and much of the gear is destroyed. After being knocked unconscious by hitting a post below deck, he comes to and realizes that his boat is sinking, so he escapes in an inflatable life raft. Once the storm has passed, he salvages whatever he can from his sinking vessel and transfers it onto the raft. Before it goes under completely, he tends to his injured head.
Date of download: 2015-11-11T17:22:34+00:00
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The action drama film, All Is Lost (2013), is written and directed by J. C. Chandor and stars Robert Redford as the main character. Redford is the only actor in the film, which has a total of 51 spoken English words. The story begins with a flash-forward where the man narrates a letter to the people he will miss. As the camera shows a lost shipping container in the ocean, we are taken back eight days earlier when the man wakes up to find his boat flooded with water after colliding with a stray container. He uses a sea anchor to dislodge it and then changes course to keep the boat from sinking. After patching up the hole and using a manual bilge pump to remove excess water, he realizes that his navigational and communications systems are damaged due to saltwater intrusion.
He attempts to fix them by connecting the marine radio to one of his batteries but is forced to climb up the mast for further repairs when he spots a tropical storm approaching. As the storm approaches, the man rushes ahead of the wind. He plans to tie up, but as he makes his way to the front to raise the storm jib, he is thrown into the water and struggles to get back on deck. The boat flips over and then rights itself; during a second turn, which once again tosses him overboard, the mast snaps and much of the gear is destroyed. After being knocked unconscious by hitting a post below deck, he comes to and realizes that his boat is sinking, so he escapes in an inflatable life raft. Once the storm has passed, he salvages whatever he can from his sinking vessel and transfers it onto the raft. Before it goes under completely, he tends to his injured head.
