It's not too often that buzz about a movie gets me charged, but this is one I truly can't wait to see. The film screened at Sundance outside of the contest and scared the hell out of everyone who watched it. Two divers are stranded by their charter boat, and are left to shrivel up in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. Better, it's a creepy "things under the sea" movie. The director/writer's budget was so low that he couldn't afford a mechanical shark, nor could he afford digital versions. He and his crew instead used the real thing throughout the film, chumming the water and letting the sharks swarm around the actors. If that's not crazy enough, the actors and film crew had no insurance (no firm would ever have taken on such a note), so everybody agreed in contracts not to bring suit should the worst come around. You couldn't have paid me enough to take on such a job, but it turns out nobody was hurt and the improvised results are supposed to make a very terrifying film.
I'm a sucker for scary flicks, and even moreso if it involves sharks, so it's my hope this doesn't turn out to be another Phone Booth.
Posted by al on June 3, 2004 7:52 PM"...so everybody agreed in contracts not to bring suit should the worst come around."
FWIW, that probably wouldn't have protected the employer from liability if somebody had filed a workers' comp claim. That's not usually a right that can be waived. In almost every state, it's just illegal to operate a business without this coverage.
Posted by: walto at June 4, 2004 8:14 AMI was wondering about that, Walt. That, and the juevos it must have taken to do this film in any case. How would worker's comp work in this scenario? Is it set up film-to-film, or does a film company have continual coverage? When we paid employees taxes for our business those quarterly funds were just another box to check. In this case, the employees were out of country, etc., so it makes you wonder.
Posted by: al at June 4, 2004 8:59 AMI don't know the answer to that, Al.
Posted by: walto at June 4, 2004 9:19 AMis that serious that thing?
maybe its to make the movie covered, or intriguing!
i dont know, are you gonna go and watch it?
please make comments
I'll definitely go and see it, Alexandre, but it doesn't enter theaters until August.
Posted by: al at June 5, 2004 10:56 PMWould sharks really have made "Phone Booth" better? I enjoyed that movie, but I saw it for free.
Posted by: mwanji at June 6, 2004 10:28 AMNo, but Colin Farrell and Katie Holmes floating in their own dialogue for 90 minutes would be all I could take.
Posted by: al at June 6, 2004 11:56 AM"...Katie Holmes floating..."
Stop right there. That sounds like a movie I could get into.
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