PREVIEW: The Rescue (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

(as themselves) John Volanthen, Rick Stanton

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jimmy Chin (Free Solo) and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (Meru), directors; Wes Tooke (Midway), writer; Bob Eisenhardt (film debut), producer, editor; John Battsek (Listen to Me Marlon), Dana Brunetti (The Social Network), Michael De Luca (Moneyball) and Matt DelPiano (film debut), producers; Daniel Pemberton (Steve Jobs), composer; David Katznelson (In Fear), Ian Seabrook (film debut) and Picha Srisansanee (film debut), cinematographers

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 2018, a football team consisting of twelve young boys and their coach are trapped deep inside a flooding cave in Northern Thailand. British cave divers John Volanthen and Rick Stanton are brought in to lend their expertise to help save the boys from drowning, as the story spreads over the world…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The Oscar-winning team behind Free Solo tackle the incredible story of how a group of young boys were saved after being trapped in a flooding cave in Thailand, which rocked the news around the world back in 2018.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 29TH OCTOBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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