All Is Lost (2013)
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A lone man must fight to survive at sea after his boat is damaged and he is left stranded in the Indian Ocean.
The story
In the Indian Ocean, a man awakens to find his boat flooded after colliding with a shipping container. With his navigation and communication systems damaged by saltwater, he must struggle to repair the vessel while facing an approaching tropical storm. After the storm hits, the boat is severely damaged, and he is forced to abandon ship in an inflatable life raft. Alone in the vast ocean, he must navigate using a sextant and manage dwindling supplies of food and water while attempting to signal for help.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After his boat is damaged by a shipping container and subsequently battered by a tropical storm, a man is forced into an inflatable raft. He survives for days, battling the elements and managing a dwindling supply of water and food. He eventually sends a message in a bottle and attempts to signal passing ships. During a desperate attempt to signal for help, a fire on his raft gets out of control, and he falls into the water. Just as he loses hope and prepares to give up, he spots a searchlight from a nearby vessel and swims toward the surface to be rescued.
- First release year
- 2013
- Runtime (minutes)
- 105
- Production countries
- Canada; United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- J. C. Chandor
- Writers
- J. C. Chandor · writer
- Cast and characters
- Robert Redford · a man
- Genres
- survival drama; action drama; action adventure; adventure drama
- Themes
- survival; isolation; man vs. nature
- Tone and mood
- tense; atmospheric
- Setting
- The Indian Ocean
- Premise and plot tags
- one-character; minimal dialogue; maritime
- Reception
- The film received critical acclaim, with a 95% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 'universal acclaim' on Metacritic. Critics praised Robert Redford's performance as a 'tour de force' and 'bold, gripping' while some in the sailing community criticized the realism of the equipment used.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 95% · scale: percentage · review count: 239; Metacritic · score: 87 · scale: 100 · review count: 45
- Awards and nominations
- Oscar · Best Sound Editing · nomination; Golden Globe Award · Best Original Score · win; Golden Globe · Best Actor · nomination; New York Film Critics Circle Award · Best Actor · win
- Production trivia
- The film contains only 51 spoken English words.; The title is a nod to E. W. Hornung's observation about courage.; The shooting script was only 31 pages long.
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