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Adrift is a 2018 survival drama film produced and directed by Baltasar Kormákur and written by David Branson Smith, Aaron Kandell, and Jordan Kandell.The film is based on the 2002 book Red Sky in Mourning by Tami Oldham Ashcraft, a true story set during the events of Hurricane Raymond in 1983.
In 1983, Ashcraft's fiancé, 34-year-old British sailor Richard Sharp, was hired to deliver the 43-foot (13 m) yacht Hazaña from Tahiti to San Diego.The then 23-year-old Ashcraft accompanied him on the crossing.
The mid-1900s had a slow start for Australian film, although the first Academy Award was won for an Australian film, Kokoda Front Line!. The industry picked back up during the 1970s with one of the first internationally released films, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and with the success of the series of Mad Max franchise films.
The Last Full Measure (2019) – war drama film that tells the true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen (also known as a PJ) who personally saved over sixty men and flew on almost 300 rescue missions during the war to aide downed soldiers and pilots [115] [116]
3 Days in Quiberon (German: v3 Tage in Quiberon) (2018) – German-Austrian-French drama film focusing on three days during the last year of Romy Schneider's life [1]; 12 Strong (2018) – action war drama film based on the story of U.S. 5th Special Forces Group who were sent to Afghanistan immediately after the September 11 attacks and up to the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif [2]
Title Director Cast (subject of documentary) Genre Notes Release date Arrowhead: Jesse O'Brien: Dan Mor, Aleisha Rose Groth: Sci-fi: 10 June: Alex & Eve: Peter Andrikidis: Andrea Demetriades, Richard Brancatisano
Two Heads Creek premiered on Fangoria’s Monster Fest in Melbourne, Australia on 12 October 2019, after which it went on to screen at several film festivals. [5] This was followed by a limited release in Australia through distribution company Entertainment Advocate, which was then newly launched by two of the film's producers, Brett Thornquest ...
The Legend of Ben Hall is a 2016 Australian bushranger film.Written and directed by Matthew Holmes, it is based on the exploits of bushranger Ben Hall and his gang. The film stars Jack Martin in the title role, Jamie Coffa as John Gilbert, and William Lee as John Dunn.