Film
Crowhurst + Q&A
- Director
- Simon Rumley
- Certificate
- 12A
- Running Time
- 103 mins
These thing always come in pairs. The Mercy, starring Colin Firth, was the higher profile of this year’s two Donald Crowhurst biopics, even though it didn’t exactly set the box office alight. So you’re probably already familiar with the true-life tale of the Devon sailor who came a cropper after faking his progress in the 1968 Sunday Times round-the-world yacht race. Brit indie horror director Simon Rumley puts a Lynchian twist on the tale in his version, which was actually completed first but held back because both films were handled by the same distributor.
There’s plenty of local interest because this one was shot in the Bristol Channel. The Watershed’s screening will be followed by a Q&A with producer Michael Riley, writer Andy Briggs and lead actor Justin Salinger
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