The pictures featured at the end of the film are of donald crowhursts actual boat, the teignmouth electron. Inexperienced amateur sailor donald crowhurst enters a round the world race which he. Why are filmmakers obsessed with the story of doomed. The central part of the mercy is watching firths character donald crowhurst defying dangers and both physical and psychological hardships of sailing the ocean, having to rely only on his hands, wits and hope that nothing critical breaks down because the contest wont allow making stops or having breaks during the world travelling tour. Donald crowhursts boat has been replicated for the new film being made in teignmouth, devon starring colin firth as donald crowhurst. And now a new feature film, the mercy, starring colin firth as crowhurst. Entered the first, highlypublicized, sunday times golden globe race, an aroundtheworld race by sailors operating their craft alone. Disgraced yachtsman donald crowhurst planned to abandon his wife and family for secret love two years before he faked a solo roundtheworld. This interview is with the director simon crumley of the crowhurst movie starring justin salinger.
Marks the first film of 2018 that rachel weisz took over a role from kate. Rachel weisz with colin firth for donald crowhurst biopic. Crowhurst left teignmouth, england, on 31 october 1968, sailing the trimaran teignmouth electron. The boat crowhurst built for the trip, teignmouth electron, was a 40foot trimaran designed by californian arthur piver. The new film the mercy, starring colin firth and rachel weisz, tells the story of the doomed voyage. The new crowhurst films golden globe race programme. When the yachtsman donald crowhurst set out from teignmouth, devon, on 31 october 1968, as the last of nine competitors to enter the sunday times golden globe race for solo, nonstop circumnavigation, he might have had many possible goals in mind. Here you can see teignmouth electron in teignmouth harbour. The mercy tells the story of how donald crowhurst joined the 1968 race to circumnavigate the world and what happened next. Trailer out for donald crowhurst biopic, the mercy sailfeed. Crowhurst is a film by simon rumley starring justin salinger. This one looked like a more recent production boat with fairly modern jabsco toilet. Critically acclaimed psychological thriller based on a true story.
Hopefully crowhurst is not portrayed as some scheming con man, but as a guy who got caught in a lie he knew he could never get out of. The strange last voyage of donald crowhurst tells the disturbing, darkly engrossing story of a yachtsman who entered a roundtheworld race sponsored by the sunday times, gradually lost his mind, then disappeared, leaving his ship adrift in the middle of the atlantic ocean. Based on the story of teignmouths crowhurst, who attempted to win a golden globe yacht race in the late sixties, the film tells the story of how. The other victim has been, for coming on 50 years, his spouse and widow clare crowhurst. Twelve days later, the teignmouth electron was found adrift in the ocean with no sign of donald crowhurst. Crowhurst used the sponsorship money to build a boat called the teignmouth electron but crowhurst didnt have a lot of time to build the boat, and the sponsorship money wasnt a lot.
Deep water follows donald crowhurst, a 36yearold father of four and owner of an ailing marine electronics business, as he attempted to win the fastest voyage prize. A low budget film maps out the real life story of donald crowhurst who left home the heroic underdog on a competitive roundtheworld boat race and never came back. Crowhurst spent several weeks in teignmouth preparing for his departure. Donald crowhursts boat the teignmouth electron lies wrecked on cayman brac.
What really happened to sailor donald crowhurst on the voyage that inspired the mercy. Doomed sailor donald crowhurst is ripe for a biopic as two rival films demonstrate colin firth stars in one of two new films about yachtsman crowhurst and his disastrous 1968 roundtheworld race. Donald crowhurst, the teignmouth electron and the round. Donald crowhurst sponsored for heroism 1970 a bbc tv film written and narrated by paul foot and directed by colin thomas. The film takes place almost entirely on crowhursts trimaran boat, the teignmouth electron, at sea, though the tone is set by a scene on land, when crowhurst an electrifying justin salinger. At the time, this was an unproven type of sailing boat for a voyage of such length. On the deck of the teignmouth electron, he kissed us goodbye.
It is based on the true story of the disastrous attempt by the amateur sailor donald crowhurst to complete. The life and death of donald crowhurst in 1968 an amateur sailor set off on the inaugural solo roundtheworld yacht race. Colin firth stars as donald crowhurst in the 2018 film the mercy. Sailing away in the teignmouth electron, crowhurst must complete the race or lose everything he holds dear. Donald crowhurst salinger is an average family man, except that he has poured his savings into the invention of a navigation aid for sailors thats not selling.
Its more like a student movie for youtube or vimeo. The strange last voyage of donald crowhurst by nicholas. It is based on the true story of the disastrous attempt by the amateur sailor donald crowhurst to complete the sunday times golden globe race in 1968 and his subsequent attempts to cover up his failure. The mercy is an upcoming british biographical drama film, directed by james marsh and written by scott z. It is assumed that he had jumped overboard and took his fake logbook with himalthough his wife, clare, asserts her husband would never have committed suicide. Theres an ineffable sadness to this strange last voyage, particularly revealed in the dvd deep water and elaborated on in.
The teignmouth electron was taken to the caribbean island of cayman brac, where it remains. What is the mercy about and who was donald crowhurst. Donald crowhurst a true sailing icon sailing calypso. James marsh is directing rachel and colin in the as yet untitled donald crowhurst big screen biopic, which follows the true story of crowhursts attempt to circumnavigate the globe. Colin firth to play donald crowhurst originally posted by. The producers commissioned a photographer to travel to cayman brac in the caribbean to record what remains of the actual trimaran in its final resting place, anonymously rotting away, forgotten, on a strip of rough beach. Discover the delightful south devon town with a starring role in a film about the ill fated amateur sailor donald crowhurst. Teignmouth electron replica in teignmouth harbour for. The mysterious voyage of donald crowhurst howtheyplay.
Donald crowhurst and his doomed attempt to sail around the. Its makes for a classic conradian tale of a descent into the heart of darkness. Crowhurst uses a marconi transmitter to fake positions beyond the atlantic and writes dual logs. Despite being only an amateur sailor, donald crowhurst convinced millionaire entrepreneur stanley best to sponsor his entry into the race. In 1969, donald crowhurst fooled the world into believing he was completing the fastest nonstop solo circumnavigation of the globe. The mercy tells the story of how donald crowhurst joined the 1968 race to. Donald crowhurst movie filming in teignmouth how would you like the chance to gaze longingly at colin firth from across a film set. Discover the delightful south devon town with a starring role in a film about the illfated amateur sailor donald crowhurst. The incredible story of amateur sailor donald crowhurst and his solo attempt to.
Donald crowhurst and his sea of lies daily mail online. What really happened to sailor donald crowhurst on the. Feted as a fearless roundtheworld yachtsman, donald crowhurst was in fact a walter mitty who faked his whole voyage and disappeared when he was about to be exposed. Trimarans have the potential to sail much more quickly than monohulled sailboats, but early. What happened to donald crowhursts boat teignmouth electron. Donald crowhurst frame from the movie deepwater the film the mercy stars colin firth as donald crowhurst and goes on general release feb 2018. The mercy, starring colin firth and rachel weisz was filmed in teignmouth, south devon in june 2015 and is due for release on the 9th february 2018. There is going to be a mainstream movie about donald crowhurst and the 1968 sunday times golden globe race, starring oscar best actor winner colin firth as crowhurst, and rachel weisz as clare crowhurst. The strange last voyage of donald crowhurst 9780071414296 by tomalin, nicholas. Doomed sailor donald crowhurst is ripe for a biopic as two rival films demonstrate colin firth stars in one of two new films about yachtsman crowhurst and. The wreckage is all that remains of teignmouth electron, the yacht on board which donald crowhurst intended to complete the roundtheworld race for the sunday times.
Two movies about the doomed sailor donald crowhurst are coming out in early 2018. A second film about donald crowhurst is set to hit the cinema next. What happened to donald crowhursts boat teignmouth. Tragic life of donald crowhurst is becoming a movie. The story is immortalised by documentary deep water 2006 and film the mercy 2018. The mercy is a 2017 british biographical drama film, directed by james marsh and written by scott z. A second film about donald crowhurst is set to hit the. Trivia the pictures featured at the end of the film are of donald crowhursts actual boat, the teignmouth electron. Hall, ron and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. I saw the mercy before this, while not perfect at least the acting was good, teignmouth electron looked like its real life version. Failing to buy chichesters gipsy moth iv, crowhurst builds a trimaran, the teignmouth electron. The lonely, tragic death at sea of a disgraced sailor.
After changing hands again, the yacht was taken to grand cayman and then to cayman brac, where she remained in service. Donald crowhurst was the victim of a manufactured media event. The film, directed by james marsh, stars the oscar winning actors colin firth as crowhurst and rachel weisz as his wife, clare. A display of photos, news articles and oral memories about the tragic story of donald crowhurst, whose round the world voyage started in teignmouth in october 1968. The release of the new donald crowhurst biopic, the mercy, will take place on 27 october 2017. It also features an interactive map of the race, charting crowhursts fake and real route as well as the routes of his eight competitors.
This mans story is the basis for the movie the mercy starring colin firth as donald crowhurst and rachel weisz as clare crowhurst with david thewlis as rodney hallworth and ken stott as. Should be good with 2 oscar winners in the leading roles. Also photos of the recent filming in teignmouth of the crowhurst story the mercy, starring colin firth. Watch donald crowhurst and the teignmouth electron online. The mercy debuting in february 2018 directed by james marsh. The tragic story of donald crowhursts last voyage is wellknown. Alone was a 1979 bbc south west television documentary about crowhurst with investigative journalist jeremy james. The mercy, which stars colin firth and rachel weisz, has. The story of the real donald crowhurst visit south devon. The donald crowhurst biopic the mercy is now out in cinemas but a second film about the life of the teignmouth man will be released soon. Of the nine competitors to enter the golden globe, crowhurst, the 36 yearold owner of a small electronics business in bridgwater, somerset, was the least likely. Crowhursts story has been told before through his log books and the strange last voyage of donald crowhurst. Horse latitudes was a 1975 television movie about crowhurst called philip stockton in the film. But what deep water presents is a very human take on the tragedy with events recounted by his widow and son among other friends and associates.
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