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Against the Sun

Against the Sun

2014Movie⏱️ 1h 40mPG
BiographyDramaWar
6.5
IMDB Rating
7,073 votes

A WWII pilot, bombardier, and radioman find themselves adrift on a lifeboat without food or water after being forced to ditch their plane during a scouting mission.

Director
Brian Peter Falk
Writers
Brian Peter Falk, Mark David Keegan
Stars
Garret Dillahunt, Tom Felton, Jake Abel
Release Date
January 23, 2015
Language
English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Garret Dillahunt
Garret Dillahunt
as Harold Dixon
Tom Felton
Tom Felton
as Tony Pastula
Jake Abel
Jake Abel
as Gene Aldrich
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Nadia Parra
as Frances Pastula
Quinton Flynn
Quinton Flynn
as Newsreel Narrator

💰 Box Office

$4,698
Worldwide Gross
$4,646
Domestic Gross
$3,023
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Filming Location
Mexico
Production
The American Film Company

🏷️ Keywords

survival filmworld war two soldier1940sunited states navydrinking own urine

🎯 Categories

DocudramaBiographyDramaWar

⭐ Featured Review

Surviving on the Pacific
by deloudelouvain2015-03-04
8/10

"Don't except a lot to see except a lifeboat, water and three guys trying to survive. But to me that was enough because you live the whole movie like it was you that was trapped on the Pacific Ocean. The problems they have to get drinking water and food make you realize in what kind of hell they had to live during so long alone on the ocean. And when you know it's based on a true story then it makes it always a bit more special when you watch a movie like this one. I thought the actors did a good job. The conversations they had during all that time seems all plausible to me. What else..."

💡 Did You Know?

The three main actors were put on a strict diet of 500 calories a day while filming to accurately portray how emaciated the downed pilots became during their ordeal.

📖 Synopsis

A WWII pilot, bombardier, and radioman find themselves adrift on a lifeboat without food or water after being forced to ditch their plane during a scouting mission.