The story of the reef is a true life story of something that actually happened to a group of tourists in australia, and when i had heard the story almost ten years ago, it just always stuck with. Working alone this time, traucki has turned his attention to another predator, the shark, in the reef. The reef movie trailer a true story about being hunted. Based on a true story, the reef is about a quartet of folks trapped in the water when their boat sinks. In 1983, boundy and two other people found themsleves at. His story made headlines in 1983 when his boat capsized at the site of the broadhurst reef in townsville. When did the events depicted in the adrift movie take place in real life in researching tami oldham and the adrift true story, we discovered that the reallife events depicted in the 2018 movie spanned the months of september, october and november 1983. It was shot in western australia and codirected by morgan oneill and ben nott and starring sam worthington, xavier samuel and myles pollard. The real story on the great barrier reef the saturday paper. In 1983, boundy and two other people found themsleves at the mercy of a tiger shark after their boat capsized.
The story behind new film open water film the guardian. The best australian movies, in no particular order, are. This sunday night abc2 screens an unnerving, aussie feature the reef in which a group of tourists are terrorised by a shark after their boat capsizes. Nov 06, 2009 the reef fell in the category of the jaws movies, but it did not have many similarities to jaws but many to open water, so if you liked that one, you would definitely like the reef. A story about ned kelly and his gang of australian bushrangers in the 1870s. The films fiveweek shoot began on 12 october 2009 in queenslands hervey bay, fraser island and bowen bay, with additional shark footage completed in south australia. Australian indie the reef is a gripping suspense film and one of the best sharkrelated horrors todate. Shark kills two people in coral sea 0 townsville, australia a 15foot shark mauled and killed two crew members of a capsized shrimp boat in the coral sea, one as she clutched the hand of. So i was in the shark topic, and remembered i had made a topic on the reef a few months back. Strictly ballroom is a 1992 australian romantic comedy film directed and cowritten by luhrmann. This stars damian walshehowling, gyton grantley, adrienne pickering, zoe naylor, kieran darcysmith and mark simpson. The film is based on the true story of ray boundy, who was the sole survivor of a similar incident in 1983. Is the movie the reef based on a true story answers. Oct 26, 2015 australian horror movies thatll scare the shit out of you.
The reef director andrew trauckis directorial mo is the realness and the reef takes its pleasure in trying to be too real. Jul 20, 2015 on the beautiful but dangerous waters of australias great barrier reef, ship delivery man luke and four friends chart a yacht to its new owner. The reef movie trailer a true story about being hunted by a. I actually dont know if i would dispute that claim, but then i havent seen many shark movies, only the granddaddy of them all and then the mindless. The story kate, her brother matt and his girlfriend suzie arrive at the great barrier reef in australia to meet up with kates exlover luke. Thomas joseph lonergan and eileen hains, both graduates of louisiana state university, were married in jefferson, texas on june 24, 1988 disappearance. The australian poster for the reef billed it as the scariest shark movie since jaws, which, ignoring the bold claim, still declares it a shark movie, from which you can only expect so much. The reef is a low budget effort from australia that blows any recent shark movie competition right out of the water. The reef, an australian thriller based on a true story of a killer great white shark, has been purchased for u. Vulture watch will cat chambers remain on the reef. The murky ethics of the reef kaitlin mcnabb medium. A more interesting narrative, perhaps junking the true events in favour of pure fiction, would have made for a more compelling film. The true story behind open water ihorror horror news.
The movie was based, however, on a book by louis sachar. Jul 06, 2019 i watched the reef many time dont worry. Oct 18, 2012 is the movie the reef based on a true story. The true story behind the movie open water the th floor. Based on the true story of the snowtown murders also known as the bodiesinbarrels murders, this film has. David fickling reports on the true story behind a disturbing new film. Is blake lively in the shallows based on a real person. The adventures of priscilla, queen of the desert 1994 agent smith from the matrix hugo weaving, mike from neighbours guy pearce and supermans general zod terence stamp dress up as women and drive a bus across australia. Without a doubt the reef is one of the best shark films ever and i highly recommend it to anyone that loves animal attacks films or sharks.
Syfy should take note on how to do a animal attack film right by watching this film. Madman films based on the true story of the snowtown murders also known as. In 1983, the prawn trawler boundy and his two shipmates dennis patrick murphy and linda anne horton were working on capsized in australian. Nov, 2017 great survival movies 2017 based on true story lifetime movies 2018 great survival movies 2017 based on true story. Luke and his friend warren deliver boats round the world for a living. It is based on the true life story of ray boundy, the sole survivor of the real tragedy. More horror films you didnt realize were based on true stories. On january 25, 1998, the lonergans were scuba diving with a group at st. But even as it is, the reef is a good example of what can be. The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of reef break, season two. Crispins reef, a popular dive site in the great barrier reef. The reef is a great sharks horror movie coming from australia. The tragic true story of tom and eileen lonergan and open water.
On the beautiful but dangerous waters of australias great barrier reef, ship delivery man luke and four friends chart a yacht to its new owner. Based on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark infested waters after their tour boat has left. Jun 05, 2015 the true story behind open water admin june 5, 2015 true horror 3 comments summer is nearly upon us, and as far as many are concerned, its already here. The true events on which the movie is based involves the story of 28yearold ray boundy. The story was an easy one to follow, a boat capsized and started to sink, and the group of people on the boat decided to swim for an island.
The amount of tension buildup in this is excruciating. Lukes offered to take his three friends sailing for a week on a boat he has to deliver to indonesia. Jul 17, 2011 the reef goes for number two, an easier and much more familiar way to set your shark movie. Previously, we wrote about horror films that you probably didnt know were based on true stories. Mar 16, 2016 the story of open water was taken from the real life events of tom and eileen lonergan. The reef, subtitle, pray that you drown first, is an australian film, based on the true story of a man named ray boundy, who was the only survivor of a boat wreck. The new venture, capsized, sending the trio into the shark infested waters near townsville, australia. Has the reef break tv show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on abc. Nearly 50,000 people work in queenslands barrier reef tourist trade. In addition, the great barrier reef was stricken in 2006. The skipper was traveling with cook and deckhand linda horton, 21, and dennis murphy, 24, at the time.
The reef follows a group of friends who must fight to survive sharkinfested waters after their boat capsizes at the great barrier reef in australia. Drift is a 20 australian film about the birth of the surf industry in the 1970s. The group decides that their best option is to swim to turtle island, which is located 10 miles away. A group of friends go sailing towards indonesia, but their boat capsizes in the middle of the ocean when it hits a shallow reef. Open waters is based on the true story of louisiana couple tom and eileen lonergan, who disappeared off the great barrier reef in 1998, after a diving company accidentally left them behind. Tom and eileen lonergan however, that is where true part of the story begins and ends. Top australian movies from the 1980s for a complete list visit the oz movies site which contains a large list of movies and tv productions. From baton rouge, louisiana, tom lonergan was 33 and eileen was 28. The story of the reef is a true life story of something that actually happened to a group of tourists in australia, and when i had heard the story almost ten years ago, it just always stuck.
Jun 22, 2016 then theres the reef, an australian horror film based on the true story of ray boundy. Then theres the reef, an australian horror film based on the true story of ray boundy. Jan 18, 2018 australia is a character story, set between 1939 and 1942 against a dramatized backdrop of events across northern australia at the time, such as the bombing of darwin during world war ii. The movie is based on the true story of ray boundy. Youll have to watch to find out, but suffice it to say that this aquatic australian horror film breathes new life into the frightful fish genre in an era when sharknado is sadly more wellknown than jaws. After taking a true story of backpackers in peril and. The reef is a film that is based on a true story about four friends whose boat capsizes on the great barrier reef. The reef is a 2010 australian horror film, and the second film from director andrew traucki. Think jaws in open water a great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the great barrier reef. In 1983, the prawn trawler boundy and his two shipmates dennis patrick murphy and linda anne horton were working on capsized in. The reef is based on the real life story of ray boundy. The new film is, were told, based on true events, and fidelity to those events may have acted as a constraint on trauckis imagination.
Tom and eileen had just recently returned from two years with the peace corps on a small south pacific island when they had decided to join a scubadiving tour off the great barrier reef of australia on january 25, 1998. The true story involves tom and eileen lonergan, who were left behind while scuba diving on the great barrier reef because their tour guides failed to take a head count. Inspired by grisly real life events in which a group of unfortunate friends found themselves stranded off the north australian coast. Disappearance of tom and eileen lonergan wikipedia. Studies showed that each bleaching episode coincided with increased ocean temperatures.
The reef is actually based on ray boundy, the only survivor of an incident which sank the prawn trawler new venture off the coast of australia. In 1983, the fishing boat where he was traveling in, along with his friend dennis smurf murphy, 24, and his girlfriend linda ann horton, 21, the boats cook. Apr 24, 2018 on january 25, 1998, tom and eileen lonergan, a married american couple, left port douglas, australia by boat with a group. Somehow this pitch slipped past a studio exec, and thank.
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