It’s not on my top 50 things to do list before I die, but have you ever wondered about sailing around the world? Besides the ideal tanning line, and the abundance of cultural experiences and the daily personal challenges – the notion of doing such a super human task in the not always friendly waters of the world seems like an adventure fit for a nutjob.
If “from the producers of Touching the Void” tag line doesn’t do enough to convey what kind of doc this might be turn out to be – then the film’s title Deep Water surely reveals the kind of zone this saga goes.
Narrated by Tilda Swinton and directed by Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell, this is a documentary about the disastrous 1968 round-the-world yacht race. When Donald Crowhurst, the owner of an ailing marine electronics business, stakes everything to complete the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, he becomes a minor celebrity. But as the truth of his ten-month voyage becomes apparent, it is revealed that things have gone terribly wrong.
Today, we feature an exclusive clip from the film – IFC Films releases the doc (this Friday) on August 24th.
