List of sports films
Underwater diving
Table:
Title

Year

Genre

Notes

The Frogmen

1951

War

Scuba diving experts including Richard Widmark operate as military commandos.

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

1953

Adventure

Story of sponge divers off the Florida Keys, starring Robert Wagner.

The Silent World

1956

Documentary

Directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle.

World Without Sun

1964

Documentary

Directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau, chronicles Conshelf Two, the first attempt to create an underwater habitat for humans to live on the sea floor.

Voyage to the Edge of the World

1976

Documentary

Directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Philippe Cousteau and Marshall Flaum, chronicles a four months expedition by Cousteau to Antarctica.

The Deep

1977

Adventure

Dangerous men go after scuba divers Nick Nolte and Jacqueline Bisset near Bermuda.

The Big Blue

1988

Drama

French director Luc Besson's story of free divers, starring Jean Reno and Rosanna Arquette.

Ghosts of the Abyss

2003

Documentary

Director James Cameron and crew submerge to explore remains of Titanic.

Open Water

2003

Drama

Director Chris Kentis. The story of the disappearance of scuba divers Tom and Eileen Lonergan in 1998.

The Cave

2005

Horror

Off coast of Romania, spelunkers and divers discover terrifying parasites.

Into the Blue

2005

Adventure

Divers Jessica Alba and Paul Walker find crashed plane transporting cocaine.

Fool's Gold

2008

Adventure

Treasure hunter Matthew McConaughey dives searching for Spanish galleon.

Sanctum

2011

Adventure

An underwater cave diving team experiences a life-threatening crisis during an expedition to the unexplored and least accessible cave system in the world.

No Limits

2013

Documentary

Made for TV as part of ESPN's Nine for IX series. Explores the life of Audrey Mestre, a world-class freediver, and the events leading up to the dive that ultimately took her life.

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The Frogmen is a 1951 American black-and-white World War II drama film from Twentieth Century Fox , produced by Samuel G. Engel , directed by Lloyd Bacon , that stars Richard Widmark , Dana Andrews , and Gary Merrill . The film 's storyline is based on operations by United States Navy Underwater Demolition Teams , popularly known as frogmen , against the Japanese Army and naval forces . It was the first such film about scuba diving and became a popular cultural hit . Following the opening credits , The Frogmen has an on-screen written statement : This is a true story based on incidents which occurred in the latter part of World War II . It deals with one of the most hazardous and unique branches of the Armed Forces . the Underwater Demolition Teams . This film could not have been produced without the active cooperation of the Department of Defense and the United States Navy . Underwater Demolition Teams have been used since World War II for reconnaissance duties , clearing underwater obstacles planted by the enemy , advance landings on beaches , and offensive underwater attacks on enemy ships ; they were the forerunners of the Navy SEALs .
Richard Weedt Widmark ( December 26 , 1914 - March 24 , 2008 ) was an American film , stage , and television actor and producer . He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film , Kiss of Death ( 1947 ) , for which he also won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer . Early in his career , Widmark was typecast in similar villainous or anti-hero roles in films noir , but he later branched out into more heroic leading and supporting roles in Westerns , mainstream dramas , and horror films among others . For his contributions to the motion picture industry , Widmark has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6800 Hollywood Boulevard . In 2002 , he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma .
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef is a 1953 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Robert D. Webb . The screenplay by A.I . Bezzerides was inspired by Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare . [ citation needed ] The film was the third motion picture made in CinemaScope , coming after The Robe and How to Marry a Millionaire .
Robert John Wagner Jr. ( born February 10 , 1930 ) is an American actor of stage , screen , and television , best known for starring in the television shows It Takes a Thief ( 1968-1970 ) , Switch ( 1975-1978 ) , and Hart to Hart ( 1979-1984 ) . He also had a recurring role as Teddy Leopold on the TV sitcom Two and a Half Men and has a recurring role as Anthony DiNozzo Sr. on the police procedural NCIS . In movies , Wagner is known for his role as Number 2 in the Austin Powers trilogy of films ( 1997 , 1999 , 2002 ) , as well as for A Kiss Before Dying , The Pink Panther , Harper , The Towering Inferno and many more . In 2018 , Wagner was named a person of interest in an ongoing investigation into the mysterious drowning death of his wife , Natalie Wood , in 1981 .
The Silent World ( French : Le Monde du silence ) is a 1956 French documentary film co-directed by the famed French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and a young Louis Malle . The Silent World was one of the first films to use underwater cinematography to show the ocean depths in color . Its title derives from Cousteau 's 1953 book The Silent World : A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure .
Jacques-Yves Cousteau , AC ( /kuːˈstoʊ/ , also UK : /ˈkuːstoʊ/ , French : [ ʒak iv kusto ] ; 11 June 1910 - 25 June 1997 ) was a French naval officer , explorer , conservationist , filmmaker , innovator , scientist , photographer , author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water . He co-developed the Aqua-Lung , pioneered marine conservation and was a member of the Académie française . Cousteau described his underwater world research in a series of books , perhaps the most successful being his first book , The Silent World : A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure , published in 1953 . Cousteau also directed films , most notably the documentary adaptation of the book , The Silent World , which won a Palme d'or at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival . He remained the only person to win a Palme d'Or for a documentary film , until Michael Moore won the award in 2004 for Fahrenheit 9/11 .
Louis Marie Malle ( French : [ mal ] ; 30 October 1932 - 23 November 1995 ) was a French film director , screenwriter and producer . His film Le Monde du silence won the Palme d'Or in 1956 and the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1957 , although he was not credited at the ceremony ; the award was instead presented to the film 's co-director Jacques Cousteau . Later in his career he was nominated multiple times for Academy Awards . Malle is also one of only four directors to have won the Golden Lion twice . Malle worked in both French cinema and Hollywood , and he produced both French and English language films . His most famous films include the crime film Ascenseur pour l'échafaud ( 1958 ) , the World War II drama Lacombe , Lucien ( 1974 ) , the romantic crime film Atlantic City ( 1980 ) , the comedy-drama My Dinner with Andre ( 1981 ) , and the autobiographical film Au revoir les enfants ( 1987 ) .
World Without Sun ( French : Le Monde sans soleil ) is a 1964 French documentary film directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau . The film was Cousteau 's second to win an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature , following The Silent World in 1956 .
Continental Shelf Station Two or Conshelf Two was an attempt at creating an environment in which men could live and work on the sea floor . It was the successor to Continental Shelf Station One ( Conshelf One ) . Precontinent has been used to describe the set of projects to build an underwater village carried out by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his team . The projects were named Precontinent I , Precontinent II and Precontinent III . Each following project was aimed at increasing the depth at which people continuously lived under water .
Voyage to the Edge of the World ( French : Voyage au bout du monde ) is a 1976 French nature documentary film directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau , his son Philippe Cousteau and Marshall Flaum . The film follows a four months expedition through Antarctica undertaken between the end of 1972 and the beginning of 1973 . It was Cousteau 's third and last full-length film , following The Silent World ( 1956 ) and World Without Sun ( 1964 ) . As a difference with those two earlier Cousteau films , both mainly narrated by Jacques-Yves Cousteau himself , on this film Jacques-Yves ' voice-over alternates with co-director Philippe Cousteau 's voice .
Philippe-Pierre Cousteau ( 30 December 1940 - 28 June 1979 ) was the second son of Jacques Cousteau and Simone Cousteau , a diver , sailor , pilot , photographer , author , director and cinematographer specializing in environmental issues , with a background in oceanography . Philippe Cousteau was proficient filming from the air , on land and underwater . He was the lead cinematographer for most of the Cousteau films during his lifetime ; he was nominated for and won several awards .
Marshall Allen Flaum ( September 13 , 1925 - October 1 , 2010 ) was an American Emmy Award-winning documentary and television director , producer and screenwriter . In addition to his five Emmy Awards , Flaum earned two Academy Award nominations for his work on the documentary films The Yanks Are Coming in 1963 and Let My People Go : The Story of Israel in 1965 . Flaum was born in Bensonhurst , Brooklyn , New York , on September 13 , 1925 , and was raised in Union City , New Jersey . He enlisted in the United States Army during World War II . Flaum earned a bachelor 's degree in acting from the University of Iowa in 1948 . He pursued a career as a stage actor following his graduation from Iowa . Flaum returned to New York City , where he studied with acting teacher Lee Strasberg while appearing on Broadway . His Broadway credits during the period he studied under Strasberg included the 1950 production of Romeo and Juliet , which starred Olivia de Havilland , and Julius Caesar in 1951 , in which he appeared opposite Basil Rathbone . In 1957 , Flaum joined the staff of the CBS documentary television series , Twentieth Century , hosted by Walter Cronkite , as a story editor , producer and writer . He won his first two Emmy Awards for his work as a writer for segments on the show . He relocated to the Los Angeles area in 1962 , where he took a position in David L. Wolper 's production company . His credits at Wolper 's company included Hollywood : The Selznick Years and The Battle of Britain .
Antarctica ( /ænˈtɑːrtɪkə/ or /æntˈɑːrktɪkə/ ( listen ) ) [ note 1 ] is Earth 's southernmost continent . It contains the geographic South Pole and is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere , almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle , and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean . At 14,200,000 square kilometres ( 5,500,000 square miles ) , it is the fifth-largest continent and nearly twice the size of Australia . At 0.00008 people per square kilometre , it is by far the least densely populated continent . About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that averages 1.9 km ( 1.2 mi ; 6,200 ft ) in thickness , which extends to all but the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula . Antarctica , on average , is the coldest , driest , and windiest continent , and has the highest average elevation of all the continents . Most of Antarctica is a polar desert , with annual precipitation of 200 mm ( 7.9 in ) along the coast and far less inland ; there has been no rain there for almost 2 million years , yet 80% of the world freshwater reserves are stored there . The temperature in Antarctica has reached −89.2 °C ( −128.6 °F ) ( or even −94.7 °C ( −135.8 °F ) as measured from space ) , though the average for the third quarter ( the coldest part of the year ) is −63 °C ( −81 °F ) . Anywhere from 1,000 to 5,000 people reside throughout the year at research stations scattered across the continent . Organisms native to Antarctica include many types of algae , bacteria , fungi , plants , protista , and certain animals , such as mites , nematodes , penguins , seals and tardigrades . Vegetation , where it occurs , is tundra . Antarctica is noted as the last region on Earth in recorded history to be discovered , unseen until 1820 when the Russian expedition of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev on Vostok and Mirny sighted the Fimbul ice shelf .
The Deep is a 1977 adventure film based on Peter Benchley 's novel of the same name . It was directed by Peter Yates , and stars Robert Shaw , Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte .
Nicholas King Nolte ( born February 8 , 1941 ) is an American actor , producer , author , and former model . He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1991 film The Prince of Tides . He went on to receive Academy Award nominations for Affliction ( 1998 ) and Warrior ( 2011 ) . His other film appearances include The Deep ( 1977 ) , Who 'll Stop The Rain ( 1978 ) , North Dallas Forty ( 1979 ) , 48 Hrs . ( 1982 ) , Teachers ( 1984 ) , Down and Out in Beverly Hills ( 1986 ) , Another 48 Hrs . ( 1990 ) , Everybody Wins ( 1990 ) , Cape Fear ( 1991 ) , Lorenzo 's Oil ( 1992 ) , The Thin Red Line ( 1998 ) , The Good Thief ( 2002 ) , Hulk ( 2003 ) , Hotel Rwanda ( 2004 ) , Tropic Thunder ( 2008 ) , A Walk in the Woods ( 2015 ) , and Angel Has Fallen ( 2019 ) . He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy for his role in the TV series Graves .
Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset ( /ˈbɪsɪt/ BISS-it ; born 13 September 1944 ) is an English actress . She began her film career in 1965 , first coming to prominence in 1968 with roles in The Detective , Bullitt , and The Sweet Ride , for which she received a most promising newcomer Golden Globe nomination . In the 1970s , she starred in Airport ( 1970 ) , Day for Night ( 1973 ) which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film , Murder on the Orient Express ( 1974 ) , The Deep ( 1977 ) , and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe ? ( 1978 ) , which earned her a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress in a Comedy . Her other film and TV credits include Rich and Famous ( 1981 ) , Class ( 1983 ) , her Golden Globe-nominated role in Under the Volcano ( 1984 ) , her Cesar-nominated role in La Cérémonie ( 1995 ) , her Emmy-nominated role in the miniseries Joan of Arc ( 1999 ) and the BBC miniseries Dancing on the Edge ( 2013 ) , for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress ( television ) . She received France 's highest honour , the Légion d'honneur , in 2010 . She speaks English , French and Italian .
The Big Blue ( released in some countries under the French title Le Grand Bleu ) is a 1988 English-language film in the French Cinéma du look visual style , made by French director Luc Besson . The film is a heavily fictionalized and dramatized story of the friendship and sporting rivalry between two leading contemporary champion free divers in the 20th century : Jacques Mayol ( played by Jean-Marc Barr ) and Enzo Maiorca ( renamed Enzo Molinari and played by Jean Reno ) , and Mayol 's fictionalized relationship with his girlfriend Johana Baker ( played by Rosanna Arquette ) . The film , which covers their childhood in 1965 Greece to their deaths in a 1980s Sicilian diving competition , is a cult-classic in the diving fraternity , and became one of France 's most commercially successful films ( although an adaptation for US release was a commercial failure in that country ) . President of France Jacques Chirac referred to the film in describing Mayol , after his death in 2001 , as having been an enduring symbol for the Big Blue generation . The story was heavily adapted for cinema - in real life , Mayol lived from 1927 to 2001 and Maiorca retired from diving to politics in the 1980s . Both set no-limits category deep diving records below 100 metres , and Mayol was indeed involved in scientific research into human aquatic potential , but neither reached 400 feet ( 122 metres ) as portrayed in the film , and they were not direct competitors . Mayol himself was a screenwriter for the film , and Mayol 's search for love , family , wholeness and the meaning of life and death , and the conflict and tension between his yearning for the deep and his relationship with his girlfriend also form part of the backdrop for the latter part of the film .
Luc Paul Maurice Besson ( French : [ lyk bɛsɔ̃ ] ; born 18 March 1959 ) is a French film director , screenwriter , and producer . He directed or produced the films Subway ( 1985 ) , The Big Blue ( 1988 ) , and La Femme Nikita ( 1990 ) . Besson is associated with the Cinéma du look film movement . He has been nominated for a César Award for Best Director and Best Picture for his films Léon : The Professional and The Messenger : The Story of Joan of Arc . He won Best Director and Best French Director for his sci-fi action film The Fifth Element ( 1997 ) . He wrote and directed the 2014 sci-fi action film Lucy and the 2017 space opera film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets . In 1980 , he founded his own production company , Les Films du Loup , and , later , Les Films du Dauphin , which were superseded in 2000 by his co-founding EuropaCorp film company with his longtime collaborator , Pierre-Ange Le Pogam [ fr ] . As writer , director , or producer , Besson has so far been involved in the creation of more than 50 films .
Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez ( born 30 July 1948 ) , known as Jean Reno ( French : [ ʒɑ̃ ʁeno ] ) , is a French actor of Spanish descent . He has worked in French , English , Japanese , Spanish and Italian productions ; Reno appeared in films such as Crimson Rivers , Godzilla , The Da Vinci Code , Mission : Impossible , The Pink Panther , Ronin , Les Visiteurs , Wasabi , The Big Blue , Hector and the Search for Happiness and Léon : The Professional .
Rosanna Lisa Arquette ( /roʊˈzænə ɑːrˈkɛt/ roh-ZAN-ə ar-KET ; born August 10 , 1959 ) is an American actress , film director , and film producer . She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in the 1982 TV film The Executioner 's Song , and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan . Her other film roles include After Hours ( 1985 ) , The Big Blue ( 1988 ) , Pulp Fiction ( 1994 ) , and Crash ( 1996 ) . She also directed the 2002 documentary Searching for Debra Winger , and starred from 2006 to 2007 in the ABC sitcom What About Brian ?
Ghosts of the Abyss is a 2003 American documentary film released by Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media . It was directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Cameron after his 1997 Oscar-winning film Titanic . During August and September 2001 , Cameron and a group of scientists staged an expedition to the wreck of the RMS Titanic , and dived in Russian deep-submersibles to obtain more detailed images than anyone had before . With the help of two small , purpose-built remotely operated vehicles , nicknamed Jake and Elwood , the audience too can see inside the Titanic , and with the help of CGI , audiences can view the ship 's original appearance superimposed on the deep-dive images . Also along for the ride Cameron invited his friend , actor Bill Paxton , who played Brock Lovett in the 1997 film . Paxton narrates the event through his eyes . The film premiered for IMAX 3D and was nominated for a BFCA award for Best Documentary . The submersibles Mir 1 and Mir 2 carried the filming team on 12 dives . The film is also known as Titanic 3D : Ghosts of the Abyss .
James Francis Cameron CC ( born August 16 , 1954 ) is a Canadian filmmaker , artist , and environmentalist , who is best known for making science fiction and epic films for the Hollywood mainstream . Cameron first gained recognition for directing The Terminator ( 1984 ) . He found further critical and commercial success with Aliens ( 1986 ) , The Abyss ( 1989 ) , Terminator 2 : Judgment Day ( 1991 ) and True Lies ( 1994 ) . His greatest big-budget productions have been Titanic ( 1997 ) and Avatar ( 2009 ) , the former earning him Academy Awards in Best Picture , Best Director and Best Film Editing . Avatar , filmed in 3D technology , also garnered him nominations in the same categories . He also co-founded Lightstorm Entertainment , Digital Domain and Earthship Productions . In addition to his filmmaking , he is a National Geographic explorer of the sea and has produced a number of documentaries on the subject . Cameron contributed to underwater filming and remote vehicle technologies and helped create the digital 3D Fusion Camera System . In 2012 , Cameron became the first person to perform a solo descent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench , the deepest part of the Earth 's ocean , in the Deepsea Challenger submersible . In total , Cameron 's films have grossed approximately US $ 2 billion in North America and US $ 6 billion worldwide . Cameron 's Avatar and Titanic are the second and third highest-grossing films of all time , earning $ 2.78 billion and $ 2.19 billion , respectively . Cameron holds the achievement of having directed the first two of the five films in history to gross over $ 2 billion worldwide .
RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner operated by the White Star Line that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of April 15 , 1912 , after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City . Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard , more than 1,500 died , making the sinking one of modern history 's deadliest peacetime commercial marine disasters . RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time she entered service and was the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line . She was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast . Thomas Andrews , chief naval architect of the shipyard at the time , died in the disaster . Titanic was under the command of Capt . Edward Smith , who also went down with the ship . The ocean liner carried some of the wealthiest people in the world , as well as hundreds of emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland , Scandinavia and elsewhere throughout Europe , who were seeking a new life in the United States . The first-class accommodation was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort and luxury , with a gymnasium , swimming pool , libraries , high-class restaurants and opulent cabins . A high-powered radiotelegraph transmitter was available for sending passenger marconigrams and for the ship 's operational use . Although Titanic had advanced safety features , such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors , it only carried enough lifeboats for 1,178 people - about half the number on board , and one third of her total capacity - due to outdated maritime safety regulations . The ship carried 16 lifeboat davits which could lower three lifeboats each , for a total of 48 boats .
Open Water is a 2003 American survival horror thriller film . The story concerns an American couple who go scuba diving while on vacation , only to find themselves stranded miles from shore in shark-infested waters when the crew of their boat accidentally leaves them behind . The film is claimed to be loosely based on the true story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan , who in 1998 went out with a scuba diving group , Outer Edge Dive Company , on the Great Barrier Reef , and were accidentally left behind because the dive-boat crew failed to take an accurate headcount . The film was financed by the husband and wife team of writer/director Chris Kentis and producer Laura Lau , both avid scuba divers . It cost $ 120,000 to make and was bought by Lions Gate Entertainment for $ 2.5 million after its screening at the Sundance Film Festival . Lions Gate spent a further $ 8 million on distribution and marketing . The film ultimately grossed $ 55.5 million worldwide ( including $ 30 million from the North American box office alone ) . Before filming began , the Lonergans ' experience was re-created for an episode of ABC 's 20/20 , and the segment was repeated after the release of Open Water . Clips from the film were also featured on NBC in Troubled Waters , a Dateline episode ( July 7 , 2008 ) with Matt Lauer interviewing two professional divers , Richard Neely and Ally Dalton , who were left adrift at the Great Barrier Reef by a dive boat on May 21 , 2008 .
Thomas Joseph Lonergan ( born December 28 , 1964 ) and Eileen Cassidy Lonergan ( née Hains ; born March 3 , 1969 ) were a married American couple who were mistakenly stranded in the Coral Sea off Australia 's northeast coast on January 25 , 1998 , during a group scuba diving trip on MV Outer Edge . Their absences were not noted by the boat crew until two days later on January 27 and while search efforts resulted in the discovery of personal effects presumed to be those of the Lonergans , they did not lead to their discovery . Their whereabouts are unknown , though both are presumed deceased . The couple 's disappearance and deaths resulted in a a crisis of confidence in north Queensland 's dive industry and resulted in tighter mandatory safety regulations for diving boats in Australia . Their disappearances also served as the inspiration for the 2003 film Open Water .
The Cave is a 2005 American action horror film , directed by Bruce Hunt and distributed by Screen Gems . It was written by Michael Steinberg and Tegan West . Its story follows a group of cave-divers and scientists who become trapped while exploring an underground cave system in Romania , and encounter a pack of deadly creatures . It stars Cole Hauser , Eddie Cibrian , Morris Chestnut , Marcel Iureș , Lena Headey , Rick Ravanello , Piper Perabo and Daniel Dae Kim . The film was produced by Lakeshore Entertainment and Cinerenta and was released on August 26 , 2005 . It grossed $ 6.1 million during its opening weekend and $ 33.3 million worldwide , against a budget of $ 30 million . It received negative reviews and has a 12% approval rating based on 111 votes on Rotten Tomatoes .
Caving - also known as spelunking in the United States and Canada and potholing in the United Kingdom and Ireland - is the recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems ( as distinguished from show caves ) . In contrast , speleology is the scientific study of caves and the cave environment . The challenges involved in caving vary according to the cave being visited ; in addition to the total absence of light beyond the entrance , negotiating pitches , squeezes , and water hazards can be difficult . Cave diving is a distinct , and more hazardous , sub-speciality undertaken by a small minority of technically proficient cavers . In an area of overlap between recreational pursuit and scientific study , the most devoted and serious-minded cavers become accomplished at the surveying and mapping of caves and the formal publication of their efforts . These are usually published freely and publicly , especially in the UK and other European countries , although in the US , these are generally private . Sometimes categorized as an extreme sport , it is not commonly considered as such by longtime enthusiasts , who may dislike the term for its connotation of disregard for safety . Many caving skills overlap with those involved in canyoning and mine and urban exploration .
Into the Blue is a 2005 American action-thriller film starring Paul Walker , Jessica Alba , Scott Caan , Ashley Scott , Josh Brolin , and James Frain . The film was directed by John Stockwell and was co-distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures .
Jessica Marie Alba ( /ˈælbə/ ; born April 28 , 1981 ) is an American actress and businesswoman . She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack ( 1994 ) , but rose to prominence at 19 , as the lead actress of the television series Dark Angel ( 2000-2002 ) , for which she received a Golden Globe nomination . Her big screen breakthrough came in Honey ( 2003 ) . She soon established herself as a Hollywood actress , and has starred in numerous box office hits throughout her career , including Fantastic Four ( 2005 ) , Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer ( 2007 ) , Good Luck Chuck ( 2007 ) , The Eye ( 2008 ) , Valentine 's Day ( 2010 ) , Little Fockers ( 2010 ) , and Mechanic : Resurrection ( 2016 ) . She is a frequent collaborator of director Robert Rodriguez , having starred in Sin City ( 2005 ) , Machete ( 2010 ) , Spy Kids : All the Time in the World ( 2011 ) , Machete Kills ( 2013 ) , and Sin City : A Dame to Kill For ( 2014 ) . Since 2019 , Alba stars in the Spectrum action crime series L.A. 's Finest . Alba co-founded The Honest Company , a consumer goods company that sells baby , personal and household products . Magazines including Men 's Health , Vanity Fair and FHM have included her on their lists of the world 's most beautiful women .
Paul William Walker IV ( September 12 , 1973 - November 30 , 2013 ) was an American actor and philanthropist best known for his role as Brian O'Conner in The Fast and the Furious franchise . Walker began his career as a child actor during the 1970s and 1980s , but first gained recognition in the early 1990s after appearing in the television soap opera The Young and the Restless . He soon transitioned into film , and received praise in 1999 for his performances in the teen films She 's All That and Varsity Blues , which helped kickstart his career . Walker then gained international fame after starring in The Fast and the Furious . He subsequently gained commercial success in a number of other action and thriller films , enjoying critical praise for his performances in Joy Ride ( 2001 ) , Into the Blue ( 2005 ) , and Running Scared ( 2006 ) . Walker also enjoyed critical and commercial success in other genres , such as the survival drama Eight Below ( 2006 ) and the war film Flags of Our Fathers ( 2006 ) . Later in his career , Walker featured as a presenter for the marine biology series Expedition Great White and became known for his philanthropic efforts , founding the disaster-relief charity Reach Out Worldwide ( ROWW ) in 2010 . Walker died on November 30 , 2013 at the age of 40 as a passenger in a single-car crash alongside friend and driver Roger Rodas . Walker 's father and daughter filed separate wrongful death lawsuits against Porsche , which resulted in settlements . At the time of his death , Walker did not complete filming Furious 7 ( 2015 ) , which was completed after rewrites and stand-ins , including his brothers Cody and Caleb , filling in for Walker . The song See You Again by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth was commissioned for the film 's soundtrack as a tribute to Walker .
Fool 's Gold is a 2008 American adventure-romance film from Warner Bros. Pictures about a recently divorced couple who rekindle their romantic life while searching for a lost treasure . The film was directed by Andy Tennant and reunites the How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days stars Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson .
Matthew David McConaughey ( /məˈkɒnəheɪ/ ; born November 4 , 1969 ) is an American actor and producer . He first gained notice for his supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused ( 1993 ) , considered by many to be his breakout role . After a number of supporting roles in films including Angels in the Outfield ( 1994 ) and Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next Generation ( 1994 ) , his breakthrough performance as a leading man came in the legal drama A Time to Kill ( 1996 ) . He followed this with leading performances in the science fiction film Contact ( 1997 ) and the historical drama Amistad ( 1997 ) , the comedy-drama The Newton Boys ( 1998 ) , the satire EDtv ( 1999 ) , the war film U-571 ( 2000 ) , and the psychological thriller Frailty ( 2001 ) . In the 2000s , McConaughey became best known for starring in romantic comedies , including The Wedding Planner ( 2001 ) , How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days ( 2003 ) , Failure to Launch ( 2006 ) , Fool 's Gold ( 2008 ) , and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past ( 2009 ) , establishing him as a sex symbol . After a two-year hiatus from film acting , McConaughey began to appear in more dramatic roles beginning with the legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer ( 2011 ) . He was acclaimed for his supporting performances in Bernie ( 2011 ) , Magic Mike ( 2012 ) and The Wolf of Wall Street ( 2013 ) , and for his leading roles in Killer Joe ( 2011 ) and Mud ( 2012 ) . McConaughey 's portrayal of Ron Woodroof , a cowboy diagnosed with AIDS , in the biopic Dallas Buyers Club ( 2013 ) earned him widespread praise and numerous accolades , including the Academy Award for Best Actor . In 2014 , he starred as Rust Cohle in the first season of HBO 's crime anthology series True Detective , for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series . His film roles since have included Interstellar ( 2014 ) , The Sea of Trees ( 2015 ) , Free State of Jones ( 2016 ) , Gold ( 2016 ) , and The Dark Tower ( 2017 ) , earning varying degrees of commercial and critical success , as well as voice work in Kubo and the Two Strings ( 2016 ) and Sing ( 2016 ) .
Sanctum is a 2011 3D action-thriller film directed by Alister Grierson and written by John Garvin and Andrew Wight . It stars Richard Roxburgh , Rhys Wakefield , Alice Parkinson , Dan Wyllie , and Ioan Gruffudd . Wight also produced the film , with James Cameron ( writer/director of Avatar and Titanic ) as executive producer . The film was released in the United States on 4 February 2011 by Universal Pictures to predominantly negative reviews from critics but it was a box office success , earning $ 108.6 million on a $ 30 million budget . It also received an AACTA Award nomination for Best Visual Effects . Universal Studios Home Entertainment released Sanctum on DVD , Blu-ray Disc , and Blu-ray 3D on 7 June 2011 .
Nine for IX is the title for a series of documentary films which aired on ESPN , celebrating the 40th anniversary of Title IX . The documentaries were produced by ESPN Films in conjunction with espnW , and were intended to have the same creative , story-driven aspect that ESPN Films ' other series , 30 for 30 , has , with the series focusing on captivating stories of women in sports told through the lens of female filmmakers . The first film , Venus Vs. , premiered on July 2 , 2013 .
Audrey Mestre ( 11 August 1974 - 12 October 2002 ) was a French world record-setting freediver .
Freediving , free-diving , free diving , breath-hold diving , or skin diving is a form of underwater diving that relies on breath-holding until resurfacing rather than the use of breathing apparatus such as scuba gear . Besides the limits of breath-hold , immersion in water and exposure to high ambient pressure also have physiological effects that limit the depths and duration possible in freediving . Examples of freediving activities are : traditional fishing techniques , competitive and non-competitive freediving , competitive and non-competitive spearfishing and freediving photography , synchronised swimming , underwater football , underwater rugby , underwater hockey , underwater target shooting and snorkeling . There are also a range of competitive apnea disciplines ; in which competitors attempt to attain great depths , times , or distances on a single breath . Historically , the term free diving was also used to refer to scuba diving , due to the freedom of movement compared with surface supplied diving .