Category: Our Stories
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Down to the Sea in Ships – Reviewed
1949, Dir Henry Hathaway, B&W, 20th Century Fox, PG, 120mins The character development in this classic New Bedford whaling tale makes you realise how much of modern cinema is rubbish. Its three central actors visibly… […]
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Captains Courageous
1937, Dir Victor Fleming, B&W, MGM, DVD, U, 112mins It’s not just the star-studded cast that brings this movie to life – much of the footage takes place aboard real working Grand Banks schooners of… […]
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All Is Lost
2013 Dir: JC Chandor 106 mins This is a contentious review because many sailors just hate this film. It has a cast, of one – Robert Redford, who has about one main word of dialogue… […]
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Knife in the Water
1962, Dir Roman Polanski, B&W, Anchor Bay, DVD, PG, 90 mins This black and white film from behind the iron curtain in 1962 is quite a revelation. Like: they had yachts in Communist states? Who… […]
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The Perfect Storm
2000 Dir: Wolfgang Petersen 130 mins This is a film, based on a true story that sits in a certain time spot. People with no interest in the sea went to see this film in… […]
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003, Dir Peter Weir, Universal Studios and Miramax, PG-13, 138 mins Sailors and fans of Patrick O Brian’s series of novels of the Georgian Navy love this film and it’s one to buy and re-watch… […]
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The Old Man and the Sea
1958 Dir: John Sturges, 86 mins Hemingway’s last great novel of 1952 is required reading for anyone who goes boating; even lake sailors love this great tale of the sea and its unreliable bounty. The… […]
