Deep Water is a documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

, produced by Jonny Persey

Jonny Persey

Jonny Persey is a British film producer.Persey grew up in North London and attended the Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Elstree.To-date, Persey's most notable film credit was as producer for the 2003 hit, Wondrous Oblivion. He is also producer of Deep Water, which opened in the UK on 15...

, opening in the UK on 15 December 2006. It is based on the true story of Donald Crowhurst

Donald Crowhurst

Donald Crowhurst was a British businessman and amateur sailor who died while competing in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a single-handed, round-the-world yacht race. Crowhurst had entered the race in hopes of winning a cash prize from The Sunday Times to aid his failing business...

 and the 1969 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race

Sunday Times Golden Globe Race

The Sunday Times Golden Globe Race was a non-stop, single-handed, round-the-world yacht race, held in 1968–1969, and was the first round-the-world yacht race...

 round the world alone in a yacht.

The film has received critical acclaim. The official poster quotes The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...

, "A movie which will reduce the hardest of hearts to a shipwreck". The film won the Best Documentary award at the 2006 Rome International Film Festival and a commendation in the Australian Film Critics Association

Australian Film Critics Association

The Australian Film Critics Association or AFCA is an Australian film critic organisation.-History:Formed in 1996, AFCA began as the Melbourne Film Critics’ Forum, expanding to a national organisation in 2004...

 2007 Film Awards.

External links

• DEEP WATER site for Independent Lens
  Independent Lens
  Airing weekly on PBS through ITVS, the Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens introduces new drama and documentary films made by independent filmmakers. Past seasons of Independent Lens have been presented by hosts Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Terrence Howard, Maggie...
  
   on PBS
  Public Broadcasting Service
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