Deep Water 2006 Part 9

DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race, and the psychological toll it took on its competitors. Sponsored by the Sunday Times of London, the much-ballyhooed event attracted a field of nine, including amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who set out to circumnavigate the globe in late 1968. Battling treacherous seas and his own demons, Crowhurst almost immediately comes apart as he faces the isolation of nine months on the high seas. Part adventure yarn and part metaphysical mystery, DEEP WATER is an unforgettable journey into one mans heart of darkness.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Deep
• Water
• Donald
• Crowhurst
• Sunday
• Times
• Madness
• round-the-world
• boat
• race

[cancerparty]

Donald Crowhurst is my hero. I weep copiously no matter how many times I watcht his. Please buy the whole DVD. Thanks for uploading, but really, please buy it. This was a small production with no money in it. He saw the truth that we are horribly alone and there is nowhere we can go.

[OriginalMindTrick]

I totaly agree 100%..

Support the great production of small but great movies by buying the dvd..

I wish there where some better way though, couse when all the expencies of a dvd is done there is not much left for the creators to go with..

[1EAGardener]

Sometimes, when the cosmos comes calling, comets reach out to grasp one's hand in unexpected ways. Who can stand that great and truthful explosion? Who cannot go blind with the illumination of it? Who can resume life unchanged or at all when damaged in such a marvelous way?

[OriginalMindTrick]

@MtothamuthafuckinK

The reality is obviosly more complex then what you claim it to be.

[Mtoantony]

Gutted for the sad end!

All these sailors are heroes.

[ferdiolivei]

Mi sono commosso in vedere la barca di Crowhurst lasciata all'abbandono. Se solo avesi una minima possibilità di prenderla farei il possibile per ristorarla. Basta pensare a quanto avrebbe da "raccontare" questa figura inanimata!

[alexxenophon]

for all those who are quick with their diagnosis of Crowhurst tend to overlook one important aspect...empathy. let's see how you hold up if you manage to be manipulated into a situation beyond your control...in my eyes Crowhurst had an extraordinary courage...being human.

[paisleyjames2009]

I feel bad for Crowhurst's wife.. she must have some blood on her hands too for not stopping him. She must feel responsible. Such a sad story

[dezboss]

@TheLastFraudster A cheat and possibly deranged, but I think the term 'tragic hero' was meant for people like him.

[TheLastFraudster]

What's all this about Don Crowhurst being a hero then?? He was clearly a deranged man who tried to cheat and was driven mad by the ocean. Good story but by no means a hero at all. Far from it in fact.

[19Edurne]

I can't help thinking this is kind of butterfly effect applied to human mind, or rather occuring in human mind : first the decision to enter a sailing race being an inexperienced sailor leading to decisions each time more dreadful because of events he couldn't foreseen (Moitessier decision to keep sailing and Tetley's sinking)... All that because he wanted to to something big with his life. Well, he did eventually (big hoax indeed)... but not what he had planed !

[dezboss]

I love sailing and the sea more than anything. I'm a reserve Naval officer and an experienced yacht and dinghy sailor, I've endured my share of bad weather at sea but I would never ever have what it takes to circumnavigate the globe single handed and non stop. Even today, with all the satellite systems, GPS etc. Nothing could ever persuade me to do it.

No matter what he did, hands up to Donald Crowhurst for trying. RIP.

[richardcadbury]

@MtothamuthafuckinK He was self-destructive. Not selfish.