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What is the true story behind the movie Sanctum?
Sanctum was inspired by the film's co-writer Andrew Wight's experience with a 1988 cave diving expedition in Australia that resulted in 13 cavers becoming trapped in one of the world's largest underwater cave systems in Nullarbor Plain after a freak storm collapsed the entrance.
Is sanctum a good movie?
There is a storyline about the strained relationship between a father and his son which gets our feelings involved. To further stir our emotions, the soundtrack is lovely and compliments scenes very well. Sanctum is a solid survival movie that is both interesting and exciting. It deserves more love than it has gotten.
Is Esa Ala Cave real?
This is Esa'ala cave… located in Papua new guinea, there are number of caves in Papua new guinea and in world, Esa'ala cave is the deepest cave in the world, this cave is also known as mother of all caves. In 1998 the team of 13 peoples went inside to discover more about this cave.
What platform is Sanctum on?
Sanctum, a thriller movie starring Richard Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd, and Rhys Wakefield is available to stream now. Watch it on Prime Video, Vudu, Redbox. or Apple TV on your Roku device.
Is Eternals No 1 movie in the world?
Eternals reigns with $161.7 million global opening weekend despite international hurdles. Mixed critical reviews and international locations dropping the title from theaters didn't stop Eternals from becoming No. 1 at the box office.
Which Fatima movie is the best?
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima sounds the best, thanks to the Oscar-nominated score by Max Steiner (Casablanca, Gone With the Wind). The 13th Day is the most visionary, using atmosphere and mood to evoke an experience of transcendence beyond the other two. Whichever you choose to watch, you won't go wrong.
What is the deadliest cave in the world?
Krubera CaveKrubera Cave (Voronya Cave)LocationAbkhazia, GeorgiaCoordinates43°24′35″N 40°21′44″EDepth2,199 m (7,215 ft)Length16.058 km (9.978 mi)7 more rows
Where is the deepest cave on Earth?
Unfortunately, that means the deepest cave in the world title still belongs to Veryovkina—in the Arabika Massif in Abkhazia—a region of Georgia. Veryovkina has an established depth of 7,257 feet.
What is the darkest cave on Earth?
Veryovkina CaveList of deepest caves#NameDepth (m)1Veryovkina Cave22122Krubera-Voronja Cave21993Sarma cave18304Snezhnaja cave176041 more rows
What is the age rating for Sanctum?
RSanctum / MPAA rating
Is Sanctum rated R?
Sanctum [2011] [R] - 3.7.
Can you play Sanctum solo?
This is a single-player variant of the Sanctum fantasy board game. Everything you need to play is already in the Sanctum box.
Storyline
The 3-D action-thriller Sanctum follows a team of underwater cave divers on a treacherous expedition to the largest, most beautiful and least accessible cave system on Earth. When a tropical storm forces them deep into the caverns, they must fight raging water, deadly terrain and creeping panic as they search for an unknown escape route to the sea.
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In an unfortunate coincidence, Agnes Milowka, one of the film's diving doubles, drowned after running out of air shortly after the film was released.
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By what name was Sanctum (2011) officially released in India in English?
What would happen if the community of people there started to break apart?
If the community of people there started to break apart, irrespective of drilling holes in the earth and plucking them out to safety, they would have never survived. . . And the same way, the people in the Nullarbor basically worked together to get through the issues of the group. Someone’s got to take control.
What does it mean when someone makes a wrong decision?
A wrong decision means someone’s going to get hurt or someone’s going to die, versus the decision to do something different and nothing happens. Sometimes I think people deliberately make decisions where something is going to happen because they want to mix it up a bit. It’s a difficult thing to manage.
Who was the caver in Sanctum?
When Australian producer and renowned caver Andrew Wight ( Ghosts of the Abyss, Aliens of the Deep) led a cave diving expedition beneath Australia’s Nullarbor Plain in 1988, he had a near-death experience that truly changed his life. Not only did it inspire the new 3-D adventure film Sanctum, it sparked a successful filmmaking career which led to a highly productive friendship with fellow 3-D pioneer James Cameron, the executive producer of the new film. Here Wight describes the lure of this dangerous sport, how extreme situations effect human dynamics, diving the Titanic, and how was able to turn his hobby into a life of adventure. —By Mary Anne Potts
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Is Sanctum a good movie?
Mediocre action film, Sanctum is a film that had potential of being a great film ; unfortunately it falls flat, and relies more on clichés than anything. The film is a well made, and there some exciting bits here and there, unfortunately, the material presented here is something we've seen many times before. Sanctum is the perfect example of a film that's style over substance, it looks great, but the plot is paper thin, and relies on recycled ideas from previous films in order to create an engaging film. Unfortunately the results here lack, and despite a few good moments, it doesn't do anything to really grab your attention. The end result leaves you wanting more, and considering it was produced by James Cameron, you'd expect a great film viewing experience. Unfortunately, the ideas here are overdone, and not that interesting. The high point of the film however, is that the film looks great, and it's well shot, but overall it's an empty vessel, a film that lacks effective execution to make a truly exciting thrill ride from start to finish. Sanctum is just a collection of clichés, and underwhelming performances. If you're going into this one expecting a great movie, you'll sadly be disappointed. Sanctum had potential, but the filmmakers squander that to rethread old formulaic ideas that just are not interesting. Overall, I was let down by the film, and I can't recommend it because it's just a pointless effort that lacks anything that will truly grab your attention. Watch something else, Sanctum just doesn't deliver and it is a film that should have used plenty of script rewrites before getting the go ahead. In terms of action, adventure films, this one is forgettable, and there are better ones out there.
Is Sanctum suspenseful?
Sanctum was very suspenseful and many will struggle breathing during the tight, underwater scenes.
Is Sanctum 3D?
Sanctum has on its plus side stunning settings and excellent use of the 3D process [but] that dimensionality doesn't go very far with the characters.
Is Journey to the Centre of the Earth claustrophobic?
It's ruthless, claustrophobic and rather less fun than the 1959 version of Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
Why is 3D important?
One purpose of 3-D is to create the illusion of depth. One way to do this is to avoid violating the fourth wall by seeming to touch it. Let me give a famous example from "Jaws 3D." The problem with that movie is that when the shark attacked, it was so big, its body touched the sides of the screen, and the 3-D illusion was lost. (The movie also has a scene of an eel attack, and that’s scary.)
Is Sanctum a James Cameron movie?
The film is being heavily marketed as a " James Cameron Production," but if this were a "James Cameron Film," I suspect it would have fewer flaws and the use of 3-D would be much improved.
Is the movie "The Caves" based on a true story?
Based on a true story, the movie involves a scuba-diving expedition into the Esa-ala Caves of Papua New Guinea, said to be the world’s largest cave system. The plan is to retrace an already-explored route to reach a "base camp" somewhere far beneath the surface, and then to press on, perhaps to find how the surface water draining into the caves finds its way to the sea.
Who is Roger Ebert?
Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.
Who is the cinematographer of Sanctum?
Alas, the cinematographer of "Sanctum," Jules O’Loughlin, consistently touches the side of the screen. He even follows the curious practice of framing middle action with large, indistinct blocks of foreground stones and stuff. But they are out of focus so that the mid-range can look sharp, and 3-D only makes us wonder why the closer objects are less distinct. In close quarters, he has to use many closeups, and those, too, get old in a hurry in 3-D. The 3-D movie " Journey to the Center of the Earth " (2008) did a much better job of placing its actors in its spaces. Of course the spaces were mostly f/x, but there you are.
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A lot or a little?
The movie's major theme involves the struggle to overcome the odds and survive. The characters must learn to work together and solve new problems at every turn. The secondary theme involves an emotionally distant father and his son finding a connection. But not everyone learns a lesson here ... or even survives.
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this intense 3-D adventure movie set in the world of cave diving was produced (though not written or directed) by James Cameron and feels very much like a smaller-scale version of one of his epics -- like Titanic and Avatar -- and is just as focused on spectacle.
What's the story?
A group of cave divers prepares to explore one of the world's biggest caves, perhaps becoming the first humans to discover a new underwater passage to the sea.
Is it any good?
Produced by James Cameron, SANCTUM feels very much like it was entirely sculpted, shaped, and finalized by the self-proclaimed "King of the World." It includes his style of storytelling -- for example, a 3-D computer demonstration of the entire cave system -- and his brand of pretty shallow characters, as well as an obsession with spectacle.