Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Johnson-Sea-Link relative looking for movie

[Ray Keefer <Ray.Keefer@Sun.COM>]

Hi Jon,

Funny. I read up on a few movie reviews and they poo-pooed the movie for being a dry docu-drama. It was not spiced up with some sub plots, love interests, or twisted personalities. I read that as meaning the reviewer thought it was BORING. To me it meant they did a good job.

Regards,
Ray

P.S. Any puns not intended. Though I'll take a dry docu-drama with no sub plots about a trapped submarine as underlying brillance. :)

Jonathan Wallace wrote:
> 
> I did a search of the web also but didn't come up with anything.  I found
> some movie sites in Great Britain that list the film, but don't have any
> info on how to order it (if that's possible).
> 
> If I could make an observation and recommendation however...any movie
> production is conceived from an aspect of entertainment and potential
> sales.  Historical accuracy during production usually suffers and gets
> edged out by what the director and producers think will make the movie
> more interesting to the viewer.
> 
> I'd suggest descendants seek out official reports and eyewitness accounts
> such as the official coast guard report, if they haven't done so already.
> They might also collect the names of people who were involved with the
> dive and rescue that day, and ask for an interview with them.  This will
> provide them with an accurate record of the events leading up to, during,
> and subsequent to the disaster.  As somebody already mentioned about
> Clayton Link's widow, movies produced for entertainment rarely reflect
> actual discussion, personalities, or events.
> 
> For what it's worth, the official Coast Guard/NTSB report on the
> Johnson Sea-Link disaster is located at
> http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/moa/boards/johnsealink.pdf