
Abandoned(2016)
In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.


“The strongest will in nature is the will to survive.”
In 1960, a hardy group of prep school students boards an old-fashioned sailing ship. With Capt. Christopher Sheldon at the helm, the oceangoing voyage is intended to teach the boys fortitude and discipline. But the youthful crew are about to get some unexpected instruction in survival when they get caught in the clutches of a white squall storm.

Jeff Bridges
Christopher 'Skipper' Sheldon

Caroline Goodall
Alice Sheldon

John Savage
McCrea

Scott Wolf
Chuck Gieg

Jeremy Sisto
Frank Beaumont

Ryan Phillippe
Gil Martin

David Lascher
Robert Marsh

Eric Michael Cole
Dean Preston

Jason Marsden
Shay Jennings

David Selby
Francis Beaumont
White Squall is a drama, adventure film released in 1996 exploring themes of sailing trip, sailing, diary, coming of age, survival, teenage boy. Directed by Ridley Scott, it stars Jeff Bridges, Caroline Goodall, John Savage. In 1960, a hardy group of prep school students boards an old-fashioned sailing ship. With Capt. Christopher Sheldon at the helm, the oceangoing voyage is intended to teach the boys fortitude and discipline. But the youthful crew are about to get some unexpected instruction in survival when they get caught in the clutches of a white squall storm.
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