Starring shailene woodley and sam claflin, adrift is based on the inspiring. Heartbreaking true story behind adrift the movie the. Shailene woodley discusses adrifts shocking, true twist. The new zealandbased adrift crew spent more than five weeks shooting on the. Telling the story of several teens trying to survive at sea, it wasnt a bad book and although i didnt find it all that great, i still liked it. Everything you need to know about adrift movie 2018. Oldham wrote about the ordeal in her 1998 book, red sky in mourning. Adrift is tami oldham true story of survival at sea. A true story of love, loss, and survival at sea ashcraft, tami. Her new film, adrift which opens in theatres on friday, is based on the true story of tami oldham ashcraft, who endured hurricane raymond in the pacific ocean in 1983. In 1983, young lovers richard sharp and tami oldham ashcraft were sailing from tahiti to san.
The movie is based on the true story of a woman and her fiance who, after setting sail from tahiti, find themselves in the middle of a massi. Adrift is a 2018 american romantic drama film produced and directed by baltasar kormakur and written by david branson smith, aaron kandell and jordan kandell. The two play young lovers and expert sailors richard sharp and tami oldham ashcraft embarking on a journey from tahiti to san diego. Callahan recounted his ordeal in the bestselling book adrift. Adrift is based on the reallife story of tami oldham ashcrafts fight for. Starring shailene woodley fault in our stars, divergent films and sam claflin me before you, the hunger games films, adrift is based on the inspiring true story of two sailors who set out to journey across the ocean from tahiti to san diego. But much of this movie is authentic to oldhams account, which she shared in the memoir red sky in mourning. Stx entertainment has set a june 1 release date for the romantic drama adrift, starring shailene woodley and sam claflin, filling the spot vacated by deadpool 2. Is adrift movie ending a sexist change from the book. But overall, adrift is a compelling addition to the cannon of survival movies, a genre that, until recently, has been overwhelmingly dominated by men. Shailene woodley and sam claflin play tami oldham ashcraft and richard.
Shailene woodley stars in this survival saga thats based on truebutscrewedwith events. A true story of love, loss, and survival at sea by tami. In 1981, he survived for 76 days adrift on the atlantic ocean in a liferaft. Shailene woodley on adrift, the truelife story of survival at sea. Shailene woodley and sam claflin star in the adventure drama adrift, which features a big twist befitting the true survival story. Based on the true story of human survival, a young couples chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime before they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. Praise for adrift originally titled red sky in mourning. Based on a true story and set in 1983, the film stars shailene woodley and. Her new film, adrift which opens in theatres on friday, is based on the.
With shailene woodley, sam claflin, jeffrey thomas, elizabeth hawthorne. Stx films adrift is based on a true story, but there is one major change. In a 2003 interview with the chicago tribune, ashcraft revealed that she. The harrowing, heartbreaking reallife story behind new movie adrift. Its a tale of love and survival on the high seas an unforgettable story about resilience of the human spirit, and the transcendent power of love. Adrift is based on the reallife story of tami oldham ashcrafts fight for survival after the boat she was sailing on was caught in a major hurricane. A true story of survival, as a young couples chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. Just watched adrift last night god it was irritating but had to sit it out. The adrift movie true story reveals that nearly everything on the hazana pictured below was broken and strewn about. A true story of love, loss, and survival at sea by. The 23yearold is suddenly fighting for her life on the open seas after a. Based on the incredible true story of love, courage and survival. Adift was based on ashcrafts 2002 book, originally titled red sky.
Adrift is based on the true story of tami oldham woodley who, after being knocked unconscious by the most massive hurricane in the history of. Shailene woodley praise for adrift originally titled red sky in mourning. Based on a true story, adrift, which hits theaters june 1, stars shailene woodley as the fiercely brave tami oldham. Parents need to know that adrift is a romance and survivalatsea movie based on a true story.
Blame it on a misjudged narrative device and adrifts generally adolescent approach to relationships and maritime emergencies. The masts had snapped off, and like in the 2018 movie, the sails were waterlogged and floated nearby. Based on a true story, adrift tells the journey and survival of a couple shailene woodley, sam claflin lost at sea for 41 days after getting too close to a hurricane. The details of the hurricane and her 41 days adrift are dedicatedly captured. Heartbreaking true story behind adrift the movie the reallife tale is. Shailene woodley and sam claflin star in adrift, the harrowing and heartbreaking real story based on tami oldham ashcrafts book. Shailene woodleys survival instincts drew her to telling. The book is hilarious and the movie features jason bateman and tina fey. He also wrote capsized for survivor jim nalepka who spent four months with four other men on an overturned, halfflooded boat. And considering adrift is based on real events, this twist might feel like a ludicrous stretching of truth. The real life story behind new film adrift the telegraph. Starring shailene woodley fault in our stars, divergent films and sam claflin me before you, the hunger games films, adrift is based.
Its not just a story of an incredible feat of survival. Photos of the real adrift people make the films story. Based on a true story and set in 1983, the film stars shailene woodley and sam claflin as a couple who are adrift in the middle of the pacific ocean after a hurricane, and must find their way to hawaii with a damaged boat and no radio. If you plan on seeing the film and want to know more, our tami oldham wiki has everything you need to know about the woman and her devastating experience in the pacific. Adrift is based on tami oldham ashcrafts memoir red sky in mourning. The following post contains spoilers for the movie adrift, and the reallife story on which it is based.
In 2002, ashcraft wrote a book about her experience, red sky in mourning. Well, maybe i lack sophistication, but i thought it was a beautiful story and movie. Call this book lifeaffirming, a saga of human survival, a tale of loss and victory, proof of the resilience of the human spiritits any of those and all of them it grabs your heart and tweaks your spirit. Baltasar kormakur directed the film, which is based on the book red sky in mourning. Adrift is the story of tamis miraculous fortyoneday journey to safety on a ravaged boat with no motor and no masts, and with little hope for rescue. A true story of love, loss and survival at sea which has since been rereleased by dey street books as adrift. Adrift movie true story of tami oldham ashcraft shailene. The movie is based on the true story taken from the book oldham wrote years afterwards called red sky in mourning. When did the events depicted in the adrift movie take place in real life in researching tami oldham and the adrift true story, we discovered that the reallife events depicted in the 2018 movie spanned the months of september, october and november 1983. Starring shailene woodley fault in our stars, divergent films and sam claflin me before you, the hunger games films, adrift is based on the. Its amazing what you can do when you have to survive. In 1983, engaged couple tami oldhamashcraft and richard sharp. Shailene woodleys adrift lands prime summer release date. Anyway we have no idea whether dan and her were dead at the end when she was.
Tami oldham woodley and richard sharp claflin couldnt anticipate they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic. An incredible tale, yes, but believe it or not, its actually based on a true storyand the 2002 memoir written by tami herself titled red sky in mourning. The true story of adrift tami oldham and richard sharp. As the two avid sailors set out on a journey across the ocean, tami oldham woodley and richard sharp claflin couldnt anticipate they would be. Starring shailene woodley and sam claflin, adrift is based on the inspiring true story of two free spirits whose chance encounter leads them first to love, and then to the adventure of a lifetime. Adrift may have greatly altered the true story on which it is based, but judging from the photographs of the films real life characters, the movie didnt stray too far when it. Steven callahan born 1952 is an american author, naval architect, inventor, and sailor. Adrift was adapted from the 2002 book red sky in mourning. This post contains spoilers for the movie adrift if youve seen any of the trailers for the new movie adrift in theaters now, then you. A true story of love, loss, and survival at sea ashcraft, tami oldham on. Steven callahan is the author of adrift, seventysix days lost at sea, which chronicles his liferaft drift across half the atlantic in 1982, became an nyt bestseller and has been translated into 15 languages. Adrift on dvd august 28, 2018 starring shailene woodley, sam claflin, jeffrey thomas, elizabeth hawthorne.