The Surface
The Surface is a 2014 American drama thriller film directed by Gil Cates Jr. and starring Sean Astin, Mimi Rogers, Chris Mulkey, and Jeff Gendelman. Gendelman also served as the films writer and producer. Plot. Mitch takes his late father’s boat out to the center of Lake Michigan for a final ride in his memory, but collides with the wreckage of a small plane in the water. Kelly, the pilot who survived the crash but severely injured, is pulled onto Mitch’s boat for rescue. However, the debris of the wreckage had knocked the propeller off the  boat’s motor, leaving both men stranded in the middle of the vast lake. Production. On July 22, 2013 Sean Astin and Mimi Rogers joined the cast of the film, Gil Cates Jr. is directing the film and Jeff Gendelman wrote the script for thriller film. Mimi Rogers also joined the cast on 7 August in the "Good Notes Productions" financing film. Filming. The shooting of the film began on August 10, 2013 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.