ive just been diving in thailand and one of the dive sights is named after a dive master who left 2 divers overnight by accident. i wondered if the film is based on this event. i do know its based on a true story.
2006-10-26 00:30:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
it was based on a married couple in Australia who were apparently left behind after a deep sea diving trip...
2006-10-26 03:18:56 · answer #1 · answered by ally g 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i dont know where the movie took place, but the real story and the movie i hear are pretty much the same.. Only catch is (like The Perfect Storm) there is only so much they knew for sure.
The only evidence of the fate of the two people (there is a video at the end of the movie) is when someone catches and kills a shark and when they empty it's stomach there's a diving camera in it that matches that of the two divers.
2006-10-26 07:34:15 · answer #2 · answered by clomtancy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the movie - they mention that such an occurance is not unusual. according to imdb trivia - the film is based on an incident in Australia.
"The film is inspired by the 1998 disappearance of Tom and Eileen Lonergan, who were left behind by their diving boat off the coast of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia."
hope this helps.
2006-10-26 10:17:45 · answer #3 · answered by legalbeagle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Open Water" is not based on a true story - it was, however, inspired by actual events.
The events that "inspired" the movie involved a couple by the name of Tom and Eileen Longergan, and it was off the coast of Australia.
http://www.cdnn.info/news/article/a040723.html
http://www.cdnn.info/industry/i040819/i040819.html
Again, though, the movie does not pretend to tell the story of the Lonergans but, rather, uses their unhappy circumstances as the basis for telling a different story.
2006-10-28 13:11:43 · answer #4 · answered by TJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it's based on that particualr true story, but the movie was long and they died at the end. It was horrible. Just floating around in the water all day and all night in the middle of nowhere, then to end up as shark dinner. Horrid, just horrid.
2006-10-26 08:17:36 · answer #5 · answered by keewesti 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of the worst films ever made in my opinion---it is based on a true story which is scary if you stop and think about it---
2006-10-26 09:44:16 · answer #6 · answered by Penguin Gal 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This site might help: http://www.allmovie.com/
2006-10-26 20:53:17 · answer #7 · answered by Mike S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋