This, after the characters significantly played role, convinced us that the story is more than just surreal. Sanctum follows six divers as they set out to explore the littleexplored esaala cave in papua new guinea. Mar 03, 2020 the craft behind it is strong, the storytelling is effortlessly gripping, the performances are top notch, and even the film is at its most familiar, it never loses touch of the humanity behind the characters, and the passion that drove the real life figures to do what they had to do to survive, which i would argue does justice to the story of. Then he based the killings in the movie off of other murders that have happened in history. A nerve wrecking movie for people who are always optimistic. Get behind the scenes and hear from the cast and crew what its like to film in the deep caves of australia. As of march 2011, sanctum was the tenthhighestgrossing australian film at the international box office. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about html5. He walks popular mechanics through the gonzo engineering that brought the story. Hence, the animated experience in the whole ride of the movie makes us want to go deeper and do the investigating ourselves. Sanctum, inspired by a true story, is a violent, yet thrilling, manvsnature story about a team of cave divers who become trapped inside the worlds largest known cave system and must go deeper into the cave in order to find a way out before madness takes over and the deadly cave kills them all. Feb 16, 2011 as far as i know they all survived and none of them was a millionaire, so the movie doesnt have anything real in it, basically. The craft behind it is strong, the storytelling is effortlessly gripping, the performances are top notch, and even the film is at its most familiar, it never loses touch of the humanity behind the characters, and the passion that drove the real life figures to do what they had to do to survive, which i would argue does justice to the story of.
The real story behind the movie sanctum aquaviews leisurepro. Sanctum 3d behindthescenes extreme cave diving tech. But if youre going to go with the based on a true story tag, all we ask is that you make the stories sort of, you know, true. As far as i know they all survived and none of them was a millionaire, so the movie doesnt have anything real in it, basically. After last weeks the rite and last years unstoppable, at this rate soon every film will claim that its based on a true story. Its a lot easier to take the real story, take it somewhere else, and tell it in a way. The script was compiled using various underwater cave divers and their neardeath experiences. May 05, 2019 the film was produced by james cameron the abyss, avatar and is supposedly based on a true story. The real story explores the back story of producerwriter and expedition leader andrew wight, who teams up with hollywood director james cameron to make a 3. Wright was cavediving in western australias nullabor plain, which is a frontier for cave exploration, when a freak storm hit the area and trapped wright and about 15 other divers underground. Mar 03, 2009 if you recall the recent horror film the strangers, it claimed to be based on a true story but the truth was that the director or writer cant remember which experienced a case of ring the door bell and no one is there.
Every character you see is an archetype that you have. The film didnt really look that great in the theater so its probably unrealistic to expect that the bluray. Shadows and lies james franco has proven to be one of hollywoods most exciting young actors, and here he stars in a norish drama as a lowkey grafter who falls for a hooker who. A jawdropping locale paired with james camerons industryleading 3d designed for avatar, lend the movie sanctum more depth than its flat, predictable story and characters. Sanctum should have been a much better film with james cameron involved. I went to see sanctum in part because i love caves, and the film does deliver some pretty scenery. The real story explores the back story of producerwriter and expedition leader andrew wight, who teams up with hollywood director james cameron to make a 3d feature film of a cave. At the opening scene of sanctum, we are welcomed with a promising note inspired by true events. Not only that, but the story will still be more interesting than the movie. While sanctum s story is based on an amazing real event, the movie takes that nugget of an idea, and wraps it in character development 101. Not only did it inspire the new 3d adventure film sanctum. Sanctum is a film which alternately frustrated and thrilled me. The real story hd, 47 minutes this is a makingof documentary that is split up into three parts titled how it began, making the movie, and in the aftermath. The movie unfolds in the same ticktock manner as any true crime story, following the sleuths who set out to expose.
The movies based on true stories database by traciy curryreyes was the first to compile a list of movies based on true stories and was the first site to coin the term movies based on. The plot of this movie is based on these explorers simply discovering where the cave ends. Clip shows some never before seen footage from the film while interviewing cast and crew. Anthony mackie on the true story behind the banker movies. Out of more than 500 programs broadcast, only about 200 remain in circulation, sometimes minus dates or titles. Seventeenyearold joshua josh mcguire rhys wakefield, expedition bankroller carl hurley ioan gruffudd and. Sanctum with a freak cyclone rapidly filling the caves with water, the survivors must navigate a treacherous series of unexplored tunnels in search of a way out.
Specifically, andrew wights story lies at the center of. But when a tropical storm cuts off their only escape route, the team must work together to find their way through an uncharted and. Jan 05, 2011 today saw the launch of the sanctum 3d mobile experience. In real life, everyone was rescued within six hours.
The 3d actionthriller sanctum follows a team of underwater cave. The movie opens with the tag line that it was inspired by true events. Andrew wight, who was leading an expedition into an underwater cave system in western australia in 1988 when a cyclone struck, trapping 15 people underground, has story and screenwriting credits for sanctum. Produced by james cameron, sanctum feels very much like it was entirely sculpted, shaped, and finalized by the selfproclaimed king of the world. What is the true story behind the movie sanctum answers. Sanctum, which came in a distant second behind brazen single white female ripoff the roommate at the box office this.
The plan is to retrace an alreadyexplored route to reach a base camp somewhere far beneath the surface, and then to press on, perhaps to find how the surface water draining into the caves finds its way to the sea. That story was the 1988 nullarbor cave expedition that had people trapped underground. But sometimes a movie comes along and takes on special meaning because its based on a true story, and so we watch with rapt attention knowing that some real dude lived through all the awesomeness on screen. The 3d actionthriller sanctum, from executive producer james cameron, follows a team of underwater cave divers. It has a good story and it manages the tension till the end. The movie inspired by this story opens this friday, starring jeremy renner, ed helms, jake johnson, jon hamm, and hannibal burgess. The movie is based on events that happened to one of the films cowriters, andrew wight, who went deepsea diving and ended up trapped with a.
The real story documents the tale of how veteran cave diver andrew wights real life adventures inspired the movie. When australian producer and renowned caver andrew wight ghosts of the abyss, aliens of the deep led a cave diving expedition beneath australias nu. What you need to know about the thrilling true story behind. In 1988, wight a longtime cameron collaborator and diving partner, who is also a producer and cowriter of the feature film faced a neardeath experience while leading a diving expedition deep into a system of underwater caves in western australia. The reallife story behind lone survivor laden with weapons and gear, petty officer marcus luttrell grasped the rope dangling from the rear of. Nullarbor dreaming sd, 46 minutes as a nice toss in feature, sanctum also comes included with an old documentary about the true story of a group of cave divers exploring the pannikin plain cave system in australia. Sanctum featurette a look inside 2011 inside look featurette for sanctum follows an indepth discussion on the real story that launched the idea behind the film. Master diver frank mcguire leads a teamincluding his 17yearold sonto explore the largest, most beautiful and least accessible cave system on earth. This is the main reason why movies like sanctum are so entertaining. The mars key is an action packed scifi thriller that mirrors the real life mars one mission to colonize the red planet within the next few years. I think thats one of the great things about the movie. Oct 14, 2016 a true crime documentary about the con that shook the world of wine. Cave thriller sanctum takes place thousands of feet.
In both the real event and the movie, people are trapped. The following year wight produced an awardwinning documentary about the adventure. Wright was cavediving in western australias nullabor plain, which is a frontier for cave exploration, when. Sanctum is the perfect example of a film thats style over substance, it looks great, but the plot is paper thin, and relies on recycled ideas from previous films in order to create an engaging. A truecrime documentary about the con that shook the world. So, it was in the course of those events, and really staring death in the face and watching how everyone responded that inspired what came to be the sanctum story.
Within moments, nearly 100 goats with bells around their necks came jingling over the mountainside with. The movie sanctum and the legend of the esa ala cave top. Its based a incredible true story of human resilience about a group of cave divers trapped hundreds of feet below the earth in a waterlogged uncharted cave and forced to swim and climb their way to the surface with limited resources. Sanctum movie opens friday and features cave diving padi pros. Dec 16, 2019 the taggers first got national attention in a wall street journal story though the reporter was a man, not a beautiful blonde as in the movie. The screenplay is loosely based on the events that transpired. Richard roxburgh and rhys wakefield star as clashing fatherandson spelunkers who find common ground in leading the team to safety. Photograph courtesy universal pictures sanctum extreme adventure contest. Sanctum movie opens friday and features cave diving. Its a mind boggling blend of the martian, raiders of the lost ark and 2001, a space odyssey with surprises, surprises, surprisesplus a stunning conclusion that will take you completely by surprise. The gritty reality of sidney lumets direction, the strangeness of the story according to the film, the motive for the robbery was money to pay for the sex reassignment surgery of the transgendered romantic partner of one of the. This is a list of films that are based on actual events.
Sanctum executiveproduced by james cameron, this thriller about a team of underwater cave divers who explore the worlds most inaccessible system offers up some predictably nice photography and if you can get past the thin plot and terrible acting you might find something here to enjoy. When australian producer and renowned caver andrew wight ghosts of the abyss, aliens of the deep led a cave diving expedition beneath australias nullarbor plain in 1988, he had a neardeath experience that truly changed his life. Filled with behind thescenes footage and interviews with the cast and crew, this is one of the better documentaries for a recent release that ive seen. True story movies gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s with the production of movies based on actual events that first aired on cbs, abc, and nbc. The bluray comes packaged with a slew of deleted scenes boring, a behind thescenes thing telling the real story of sanctum zzzz, a commentary with a few members of the cast and the. It took nearly two days to get everyone out, myself included. Feb 03, 2011 based on a true story, sanctum follows a group of explorers who find themselves trapped underground after a violent tropical storm floods the caves.
The true story behind the film sanctum many cave diving films have come out of hollywood, some more painful to watch than others for those who understand the business. The real story explores the back story of producerwriter and. Bilge ebiri explores the real story behind one of the most indelible movies of the 1970s, dog day afternoon. Based on a true story, the movie involves a scubadiving expedition into the esaala caves of papua new guinea, said to be the worlds largest cave system. Sanctum proves that three dimensions plus one cave. Some complained that the movie which was loosely based a real life incident in which writerproducer andrew wight was involved in, was exaggerated and over the top.
Sanctum is based on the true events of the writerproducer of the film, andrew wright. To launch the event, director alister grierson joined executive producer james cameron and writerproducer andrew wright for a discussion about the film, the true story behind. Sanctum 2 puts players back in the role of guardian pulsating spheres from all manner of. Whats the true story behind the movie a haunting in. The idea that sanctum is a true story would be the. The movie is based on events that happened to one of the films cowriters, andrew wight, who went deepsea diving and ended up trapped with a group of. True story movies gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s with. Unlike the story of sanctum, their exploration is interupted and their lives put in danger after a freak cave in. Its underpinned with a wish to be free and independent. Sanctum the movie the movie opens with the tag line that it was inspired by true events. Their entrance collapsed and they had to look for another way out. Watch sanctum movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Commentaries, deleted scenes, featurette about the true story behind the film dvdbd.
The 3d actionthriller sanctum, from executive producer james cameron, follows a team of underwater cave divers on a treacherous expedition to the largest, most beautiful and least accessible. The true story behind true story based on the real case of an accused murderer and a disgraced journalist, true story reveals that telling the truth can be a slippery concept. The real sanctum side mount cave diving in a pitch black cave. Sanctum follows six divers as they set out to explore the little. The film was produced by james cameron the abyss, avatar and is supposedly based on a true story. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Because going deep into such a cave under water is looking for death indeed the movie is based on true story, but i think this kind of exploration hobby is really suicidal but, having said that, i really enjoyed it. He once went cave diving and became trapped with fourteen other people in a cave for two days. You can read the formal legal agreement signed by the reallife taggers. Aug 22, 2011 sanctum is based on the true events of the writerproducer of the film, andrew wright. Players like richard widmark, everett sloane, burgess meredith, agnes moorehead, ken lynch, and anne seymour, also found fame via the inner sanctum mysteries. Not all movies have remained true to the genuine history of the event or the characters they are portraying, often adding action and drama to increase the substance and popularity of the movie.
Sanctum brutalizes the audience and gives almost nothing in return. First trailer an underwater cave diving team experiences a lifethreatening crisis during an expedition to the unexplored and least accessible cave system in the world. Share your best adventure story and photo for a chance to win great prizes. Unlike the hightech equipment used by the characters in the film, the nullarbor cavedivers trapped 80 metres underground had to make do with radio communications. The real story explores the back story of producerwriter and expedition leader andrew wight, who teams up with hollywood director james cameron to make a 3d feature film of a cave diving expedition. We have an article in the 1 st quarter undersea journal where karl shreeves interviews producer andrew wight about sanctum. Sanctum was inspired by the films cowriter andrew wights experience with a 1988 cave diving expedition in australia that resulted in cavers becoming trapped in one of the worlds largest underwater cave systems in nullarbor plain after a freak storm collapsed the entrance. Producer andrew wight used a harrowing real life experience as inspiration for sanctum, out february 4.
A true story movie about one mans spiritual journey through the natural world, into the wild reflects the many conflicts and problems that trouble those uneasy with a materialistic life. Not by enemy forces, however, but a local goat herder. It is from this event that the inspired by a true story tag adorns the front of the movie. Take a look at the behindthescenes feature below in which wight describes his harrowing ordeal. It includes his style of storytelling for example, a 3d computer demonstration of the entire cave system and his brand of pretty shallow characters, as well as an obsession with spectacle.