PREVIEW: Thirteen Lives (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Viggo Mortensen (Green Book), Colin Farrell (In Bruges), Joel Edgerton (The Gift), Sukollawat Kanaros (The Teacher’s Diary), Thiraphat Sajakul (My Best Bodyguard), Sahajak Boonthanakit (Only God Forgives), Vithaya Pansringarm (The Last Executioner), Teeradon Supapunpinyo (Bad Genius), Nophand Boonyai (The Prey), Tom Bateman (Cold Pursuit), Paul Gleeson (Somersault), Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Pitch Black)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind), director, producer; William Nicholson (Gladiator), writer; William M. Connor (In the Heart of the Sea), Brian Grazer (Apollo 13), Karen Lunder (Gifted) and Gabrielle Tana (Philomena) and P.J. van Sandwijk (The Rescue), producers; Benjamin Wallfisch (It), composer; Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (Call Me By Your Name), cinematographer; James Wilcox (Hillbilly Elegy), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 2018, a junior football team and their coach become trapped in the Tham Luang caves in Thailand, prompting a rescue mission led by cave divers Richard Stanton (Mortensen), John Volanthen (Farrell) and Richard Harris (Edgerton) that lasts a period of eighteen days…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Oscar-winning director Ron Howard dramatizes the incredible events of the Tham Luang rescue mission, which was previously brought to the screen via last year’s acclaimed documentary The Rescue.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 5TH AUGUST 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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