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a spokesperson from the irish coast guard said both incidents were serious enough to warrant the coast guard’s involvement but the men’s injuries were not life - threatening .
two injured fishermen working on separate boats were rescued by the irish coast guard .
coast guard photos: this is a treasure trove of photos about the event .
the touchstone pictures film “the guardian” focuses on the coast guard’s elite rescue crews. the major studio release stars kevin costner and ashton kutcher, and coast guard officials hope will draw more attention to their lesser - known service .
while the film, to be released jan. 29, captures a rescue story that is coast guard legend, whitaker said it is a story that honors the humble humanity that is characteristic of members of the coast guard .
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the national coast guard museum will help to showcase the stories of coast guard men and women, and perhaps will include
a bunch of stuff
from allen' s basement .
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twice a month, coast guard all hands will feature “from the homefront, ” a column for coast guard spouses by coast guard spouse shelley kimball. shelley has been married to capt. joe kimball, chief of the office of aviation forces at coast guard headquarters, for 14 years. she currently serves on the board of directors for the military family advisory network .
a greek coast guard vessel allegedly sank a rubber dinghy full of syrian refugees, including women and children, according to film footage shot by turkish fishermen .
the result, allen said, is a good look inside the world of the coast guard .
this film shows the many ways that the u. s. coast guard serves its country. viewers learn that, among other duties, the u. s. coast guard regularly monitors the weather, warns ships of nearby icebergs, and patrols inland waterways .
the coast guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of cape cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952 .
that was not part of coast guard doctrine in 1952 ,
allen said during the interview .
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trump denounces media coverage in coast guard academy commencement president trump is pushing back defiantly after a week of negative news stories. speaking to graduates at the coast guard academy, trump said adversity only makes you stronger .
in the coast guard they say you go out, they don' t say you gotta come back .
chris pine and casey affleck take you behind the scenes of the film
the finest hours
and introduce two members of the coast guard crew who lived to tell their tale .
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they then attended a special reception to celebrate young canadian talent before ending their day at the canadian coast guard .
) is a 2002 south korean film directed by kim ki - duk. the film deals with military atrocities and the absurdities of borders and conflicts .
a coast guard captain on a small greek island is suddenly charged with saving thousands of refugees from drowning at sea .
the film also raises a valuable question about risk management, according to allen .
1 film (26 min .): b & w; 16 mm .
the fishermen went to the rescue of the syrians – said to be around 50 – and then called the turkish coast guard, who eventually took the refugees back to the turkish coast .
medical advice for the two operations was provided to the coast guard by medicio cork based in cork university hospital a & e section .
electricity is the lifeline of any system, and ems are the ones the coast guard counts on most to keep it all connected and running .
if you have an interest in photography, writing and crisis communications, you could be the main link between the coast guard and the public .
retelling of the rescue: this retelling of the rescue from a coast guard member includes specific details in chronological order with citations to primary documents .
“it’s cool, ” said tom ruffini of braintree. “they always film movies over there. ”
private kang (jang dong - kun) watches guard over the south korean coast line for north korean spies. although spies hasn' t been spotted in years, private kang paints his face camouflage daily and watches guard .
the coast guard is famous for rescues at sea. president trump used a graduation speech at the coast guard academy today to try to write his own listing administration. trump pushed back defiantly against news reports that have dogged the white house for the past week. npr' s scott horsley reports .
was the first film of actor michael gale, who changed his name to craig stevens in 1941 .
though pine appears stoic and resolved on film, tougias said webber readily admitted how terrifying it was .
the film is great publicity for the service, which is not known for tooting its own horn .
ets are in charge of maintaining virtually all of the coast guard' s electronics systems from navigation systems to command, control and communication (c3) systems .
that' s the biggest difference, according to allen, between the coast guard of today and the 1950s is the way in which the service approaches risk .
note: this documentary short film won a 2016 peabody award and was nominated for a 2017 academy award .
coast guard rescue crews were featured in a subplot of the 2000 blockbuster “the perfect storm, ” but this film puts the service in the starring role. the plot follows a fictional class of the services’ top swimmers through training and graduation, then out into the ocean .
whitaker said that those who made the film were aware of its value to the history of the coast guard, and they wanted to portray it as purely and accurately as possible. getting to that point of accuracy meant filming at station chatham in the middle of winter .
the guardian
is a pro - military propaganda movie from hollywood that attempts to mask its agenda behind the life - saving rhetoric of coast guard rescue swimmers .
president trump is pushing back defiantly after a week of negative news stories. speaking to graduates at the coast guard academy, trump said adversity only makes you stronger .
rear adm. dave callahan, commander of the new orleans - based 8th coast guard district, said many people risked their lives to save others during the flooding .
guard officials offered filmmakers technical assistance and plenty of access to their facilities to add to the realism of the movie. in addition, director andrew davis hired 23 active coast guard members to appear in the movie, to make scenes feel more authentic .
“we tried really hard to tell a story that i think captures the core values that i perceive to be the values of the coast guard: honor, duty and selfless, humble action. and i think that the film really captures that. it shows that in an authentic way, in its purity, ” whitaker said. “it’s really trying to capture the sprit by which i thing the coast guard operates on a daily basis. ”
horsley: beck jordan - young was one of the demonstrators. she' s concerned about relatives who are serving in the coast guard on the president' s watch .
the footage could not be independently verified. when the coast guard for the island of chios was contacted, they told the telegraph they were not aware of any reports .
the association is hoping for $ 30 million in federal support. language in the coast guard authorization bill passed late last year allows federal funding to support displays and exhibits .
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i wanted to edit in lampedusa, so i brought my editor there. i wanted to do sort of method editing. i wanted people to know about the tragedy. when we started editing, i said, “these 30 seconds [ showing dead migrants in the hold of a boat ] have to be in the film. ” i didn’t know where, which part of the film. so the whole structure of film was basically to arrive to that. this is how the whole film was structured, to have these 30 seconds belonging to the film without becoming voyeuristic or pornographic. you know, when you film death, it’s always something extremely violent, so it was a challenge .
webber is the focus of the walt disney pictures' production of
the finest hours ,
which chronicles the daring coast guard rescues of crews from two oil tankers that had both broken in half off the coast of cape cod during a nor' easter .
the duke and duchess, who arrived in canada for the start of their official tour on saturday, had earlier met with members from the canadian coast guard as well as a number of first response agencies and charities. during their at the coast guard station, the couple were also presented with personalised life - jackets for prince george and princess charlotte .
in a film that is one part the caine mutiny and one part the perfect storm, the depictions of both lifeboat and stricken tanker are excellent and the film does have an old - school appeal, albeit an obviously manufactured one .
mks maintain engineering systems at virtually every coast guard unit and actively participate in operational missions. technical training and experience obtained are comparable with occupations in commercial engineering and law enforcement fields .
michael j. tougias, who spent years researching and writing the definitive account of the coast guard' s greatest small - boat rescue, says that the movie got it right .
the views expressed herein are those of the author and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the commandant or of the u. s. coast guard .
ezekiel elliott had his good time temporarily ruined again this week... only now it was by the u. s. coast guard during a rager yacht party in miami .
the film follows a south korean artist as he systematically seeks out, and then guns down his real or imagined enemies .
it feels like a parody of a prestige film, like one of the fake oscar trailers in
tropic thunder .
i followed a coast guard captain for three weeks as he pulled family after family, child after child, from the ocean and saved their lives. all the ones in this film were shot on a single day, october 28, 2015. two additional rescues happened that same day but were not included .
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for his crew' s rescue of 32 of the 33 pendleton crew members, the coast guard nominated webber for its gold lifesaving medal, one of the service' s highest awards .
u. s. coast guard rear admiral dave callahan, left, commander of the eighth coast guard district headquartered in new orleans, shakes hands with david phung, right, after presenting the u. s. coast guard' s silver lifesaving medal to phung in new orleans, on friday, aug. 4, 2017 in baton rouge, la. the coast guard also awarded medals to three other people who were on phung' s boat when the 28 - year - old jumped into the floodwaters last summer and ripped open the top of a convertible to rescue hailey brouillette before the car sank into floodwaters. phung also saved the woman' s poodle mix, sassy, from drowning. (travis spradling / the advocate via ap )
coast guard (1939) is basically a love triangle. officer pals randolph scott & ralph bellamy getting their friendship tested by frances dee. however they fill this with random popcorn action which at times barely feels like it' s the same film. the theme might be the coast guard, but they end up on a arctic exhibition freezing their asses off. the movie is a alright filler, but it' s also an example of b - movie desperation as to find a exciting plot .
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the cinematography in this film is particularly beautiful. there are often shots of dark clouds and stormy skies. why is that ?
the coast guard released a video of the rescue filmed from the waterford helicopter r117. it shows two crew members on deck securing a third, injured man so he can be winched to safety .
the men suffered injuries on vessels off the coast of waterford and kerry in the early hours .
casey sherman and michael j. tougias' book detailing a daring 1952 coast guard rescue off the new england seaboard comes to the screen in this disney film produced by jim whitaker (take me home tonight, the odd life of timothy green). james tamasy and eric johnson team to pen the screenplay. ~ jason buchanan, rovi
ezekiel was partying with friends and a gaggle of chicks saturday on a yacht called no rules ii, when a coast guard cruiser pulled up. we' re told the yacht had docked minutes before .
in february of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the east coast struck new england, damaging an oil tanker off the coast of cape cod and literally ripping it in half. on a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70 - foot high waves, four members of the coast guard set out to rescue more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly - sinking vessel .
cluff is a southerner the coast guard brought in after a failed rescue the year before. he is unfamiliar with the new england coast and the men don' t appreciate him very much. when he gives the order for bernie to select a crew, the men hesitate to volunteer to go with him. the unofficial motto of the coast guard at that time was, according to the film' s producer jim whitaker ,
you can go out but you don' t have to come back .
friendship and dedication to duty win out and the men set out on a 36 - foot motor lifeboat meant to carry 12 people .
with ashton kutcher and chris pine already sporting lead roles in coast guard films and supporting roles with kevin costner and casey affleck, star power seems to have zero effect on audience draw, the sources said .
from left, u. s. coast guard meritorius public service medal citations are held by jason dixon, brandon barrett, 14, and robbie reynold, after they were presented medals for their service by u. s. coast guard rear admiral dave callahan, commander of the uscg eighth district headquartered in new orleans, on friday, aug. 4, 2017 in baton rouge, la. the coast guard awarded the medals to the four people for rescuing a woman and her dog from a sinking car during historic flooding in louisiana last summer, a dramatic scene captured on video. (travis spradling / the advocate via ap )
hollywood — a new action - thriller movie based on true experiences from a search - and - rescue unit is set to be the next coast guard movie that no one will actually watch, sources confirmed today .
deadline hollywood describes “the impossible rescue“ as “the story of a hero who, against all odds, saved lots and lots of people from drowning but couldn’t save hollywood money from doing another stupid coast guard movie. ”
the greek coast guard said it had gone to the rescue of nearly 600 refugees and migrants on thursday and friday, in 21 separate incidents off the aegean islands of kos, rhodes, chios, samothraki and lesbos .
as whitaker prepares for the movie’s opening next week, he said he hopes that the members of the coast guard and their families who see it find that it is an accurate portrayal of the story and their values .
there is a moment in my film where there’s a voice of the echo of desperation of migrants asking for help: “we’re sinking, we’re sinking! we need help! come and save us. ” and the guy from the coast guard says, “what’s your position? give me your coordinates. ” this sound occurs many times in the film, and i want the people who watch the film to come out and say, “what’s my position toward this? what can i do? ” if 10 people come out of the movie thinking that — and i met a lot of people who did — then it was worth to make this movie .
ben randall is a coast guard rescue swimmer. when his crew is killed in an accident and his marriage ends, his commander tells him he wants randall to go to the us coast guard rescue swimmer
a
school to train other rescue swimmers. he encounters a guy named jake who' s a little cocky because he was once a swim champion. so ben puts him through the wringer to see if he can handle it .
the gordon knox film collection contains films created by texas - born filmmaker gordon knox (1906 - 1992) or mr. knox' s production company, the princeton film archives. the collection contains short and feature - length documentaries produced for the united states armed forces, state and federal government agencies, non - profit organizations and private sector clients. also included in this collection are still photographs showing film crews and staff working on location .
butch flythe, a retired instructor of the coast guard’s rescue swimmer school and one of kutcher’s instructors in the movie, said the crew often checked on equipment, drill protocol, military phrases and hundreds of other little details .
steady, dependable coast guard lieutenant raymond
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dower and reckless aviator thomas
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bradshaw are the closest of friends. ray saves the life of captain tobias bliss, tramp... see full summary »
5: 15 pm pt - - elliott' s attorney tells tmz sports the coast guard boarded the yacht to make sure there were enough life jackets onboard. he says no citations were issued, and the party continued .
she plays a large role in the film, but back on feb. 18, 1952, the real miriam pentinen was figuratively under the weather .
crew: camera (color), baek dong - hyeon; editor, kim seon - min; music, jang yeong - gyu; art director, yun ju - hun. reviewed at pusan film festival (opening film), nov. 14, 2002. running time: 92 min .
a warehouse in the shipyard has been converted into a makeshift movie studio for filming of disney’s “the finest hours, ” which is based on the real - life rescue mission that occurred off the coast of cape cod in 1952. crews started shooting the film monday .
the greek coast guard, especially when i was there, has been completely unprepared to deal with the constant flow of rescues necessary to save refugees from drowning as they attempt to cross to europe from turkey. when i was there filming, lesbos had about 40 local coast guard officers, who before the refugee crisis generally spent their time conducting routine border patrols. most didn’t have cpr training. their vessels didn’t have thermal cameras or any equipment necessary for tremendous emergencies .
exclusive: fox and 21 laps have set up a thriller that will be directed by colm mccarthy, helmer of the girl with all the gifts and peaky blinders. the film is an untitled coast guard thriller scripted by alex sohn, based on the hunter atkins mens journal article drug war on the high seas. shawn levy and dan levine will produce through fox - based 21 laps banner .
at south korea' s border with the north, troops guard the coast. each bullies those ranking beneath him; tensions are high. pfc kang and his friend private kim are on patrol when drinking... see full summary »
hours later, the ss pendleton also split in two, off the cape' s southeast point. all the coast guard could spare in the raging 20 - foot seas was one 36 - foot life boat and four junior enlisted men .
the vessel examiner is a trained specialist and is a member of the united states power squadrons or the us coast guard auxiliary. the vessel examiner will also make certain recommendations and discuss certain safety issues that will make you a safer boater .
in a panel at the documentary film festival doc nyc, you said you didn’t really have a narrative until you started editing. how was the editing process ?
the most notable hollywood film to utilize the shipyard was “the departed, ” the 2006 release that won the best picture oscar for a major hollywood production. a big scene at the end of film, which was directed by martin scorsese and starred jack nicholson, leonardo dicaprio and matt damon, was set in the shipyard .
the finest hours brings to life the most daring rescue in the history of the u. s. coast guard, in which a crew of four risked their lives to save 33 men stranded at sea in the middle of a devastating nor’easter .
“it was kind of exciting. it was really my first big rescue in the coast guard and i wanted to be on that boat, ” he says. “i was thinking all day long about how i could get on that boat. ”
“we understand what we do every day, but this is a chance to let the american public see what we do, ” said adm. thad allen, commandant of the coast guard. “so we’re thrilled with the job they did. ”
a high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the u. s. coast guard' s
a
school, where legendary rescue swimmer ben randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self - sacrifice .
fest fave kim ki - duk largely treads water with
the coast guard ,
a straight arrow, emotionally intense drama centered on a nutty south korean soldier that plays like a cliff notes version of the director' s oeuvre to date .
that' s what we expect leaders of character to do ,
allen said in an interview at the garde arts center thursday night before giving a leadership address to coast guard academy corps of cadets and members of the officer candidate school .
often called the greatest small - boat rescue in american history, it is the story of the dramatic rescue of members of the crew of the ss pendleton. a coast guardsman and three volunteers from chatham lifeboat station, now known as coast guard station chatham, forged into the midst of a nor’easter in a 36 - foot lifeboat to bring the stranded crewmen home .
in 2011, columbia pictures shot much of the film “here comes the boom, ” starring kevin james, in the old quincy high school building on coddington street .
it was all adrenaline and reaction. seconds seemed like minutes ,
phung recalled friday after the coast guard presented him with the silver lifesaving medal, making him the 2, 160th person to receive the honor since congress created it in 1874 .
davis and the producers of the film said seeing the heroic work of the guard during that disaster only re - emphasized the need to accurately capture the service’s work. writers even inserted new dialogue into the movie recognizing those efforts, listing it among the many inspirational successes the fictional recruits learn about .
with the coast guard taking an increasingly larger role in homeland security, we' ve established a new and vitally important rating, intelligence specialist (is). as an is, you will be one of the first defenders of our ports and waterways .
horsley: after the last few days, the administration would undoubtedly like to have its own fresh start, but it may take more than one coast guard speech to beat back the political waves now breaking over the white house. scott horsley, npr news .
new london — when speaking at bernie webber' s funeral in wellfleet, mass. , in 2009, retired u. s. coast guard adm. thad allen said
bernie' s genius was creating the art of the possible where none existed .
webber’s 20 - year career in the coast guard began in 1946. during that time, which included a tour in vietnam, he rose to the rank of chief warrant officer. in honor of webber’s bravery, the first of the sentinel - class cutters was commissioned the bernard c. webber. he died in 2009 at the age of 80. a portion of his ashes were buried in a family plot in wellfleet, massachusetts, and the rest were released in the waters of chatham harbor by the coast guard .
across the street from the shipyard, several patrons at pete’s grille on south street said some of the film crew have come into the bar for food and drinks after work .
some scenes in the movie were filmed inside lampedusa' s migrant reception center. how hard was it to get permission to film in there? what was your experience like ?
additionally, to maintain accuracy, the crew worked with cmdr. john pruitt iii and chief warrant officer paul roszkowski of the coast guard’s motion picture and television office. they reviewed dialogue, made sure the uniforms were accurate, and watched scenes as they were filmed .
much of the filming took place in louisiana, and was delayed for several months after crews had to relocate from new orleans following hurricane katrina. at the same time, the real - life coast guard rescued and evacuated more than 33, 000 people in the city .
horsley: the president gave this speech in a decidedly blue state. connecticut, where the coast guard academy' s located, went for hillary clinton in november by 13 points. as trump was speaking, about 250 protesters gathered in a park just outside the academy .
the pic is a behind - the - scenes look at the unsung heroics of the coast guard and the perils they face. story details are being kept under wraps. fox’s jeremy kramer will oversee development for the studio. director of development emily morris will help oversee for the producers .
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in making this film, i was struck by the fine lines that separate us, the moments when our paths cross fleetingly, and we look at one another for the first time and sometimes for the last. this film shows that crucial moment between life and death, where regardless of political beliefs, fears or preparation, some people will go beyond themselves to save a stranger .
on feb. 18, 1952, a mighty nor' easter struck the new england coast. as distress signals went out from ships caught in the storm, almost all of the coast guard' s resources were sent to save the crew on the tanker, the uss mercer. when a weak signal was received by chief warrant officer daniel cluff (played in
the finest hours
by eric bana) at the coast guard lifeboat station in chatham, mass. , five men, led by boatswain' s mate first class bernie webber (chris pine) set out on an extraordinary perilous mission to save the remaining crew of the uss pendleton, a tanker that had been severed in half by the waves .
unclear what they were looking for, or why they approached ezekiel and co. a rep for the coast guard tells us they' re checking... but he believes it was probably a safety check to make sure the boat and the guests were in compliance with maritime safety protocol .
while select theaters showed the film on thursday, the official release date is friday. the movie was meant as a platform to demonstrate the leadership principles that the academy hopes the cadets will develop .
fire at sea is available for pre - order on itunes, with an expected release date of february 17th. the kino lorber site has more information, plus a list of theaters currently showing the film .
the film stars chris pine, who played captain kirk in the two latest “star trek” films. the movie’s director is craig gillespie, whose past projects include “million dollar arm” and “lars and the real girl. ”
the coast guard also awarded medals to three other people who were on phung' s boat when the 28 - year - old jumped into the floodwaters and ripped open the top of a convertible to rescue hailey brouillette before the car sank into floodwaters. phung also saved the woman' s poodle mix, sassy, from drowning .
the film begins as adventure sagas often do, with the status quo: bernie and a friend are talking about girls and the shy bernie connects with the lovely miriam (holliday grainger) at a café where the coast guard crews hangout. as the weeks go by they fall in love. bernie, ever the stickler for obeying rules and following orders, is about to ask officer cluff for permission to marry, a mere formality, when the storm hits. bernie' s plans for the future are on hold and now in danger of never being fulfilled .
kudos to disney for acquiring the rights to the book on which the film is based, the finest hours: the true story of the u. s. coast guard' s most daring rescue, written by michael j. tougias and casey sherman. this story about men who had to rely on their internal convictions and make the right decisions, even if it meant not following orders to save lives, made me admire it even more. they are fighting nature to survive .
they followed their own inner compasses and made decisions accordingly ,
said whitaker .
the problem is far from over. many of the refugees come from syria, where russia is intensifying bombings that are killing thousands of civilians and devastating syrian cities. the united states is planning to respond. according to the greek coast guard, thousands of families with children are lining up along turkish shores to make the unsafe crossing to greece .
fest fave kim ki - duk largely treads water with “the coast guard, ” a straight arrow, emotionally intense drama centered on a nutty south korean soldier that plays like a cliff notes version of the director’s oeuvre to date. the movie looks like falling between two stools: newcomers to the helmer’s quirky world are unlikely to be [ … ]
i don’t like to make films with a message. i like to leave things open. i like to have more questions than answers in my films. i know that film cannot change the course of history — filmmaking, or a book, or poetry, or a painting, or a photograph. but i wanted to create a certain awareness in the film. i wanted people not to be able to say anymore, “we didn’t know about that. ”
when i spoke with filmmaker jim whitaker, he told me that everything in the film is true, that this story of the greatest small boat rescue in u. s. coast guard history was achieved by
real superheroes without capes .
he added that they were
quiet, humble men who believed in doing the right thing and didn' t want any notoriety .
in fact, the fort mercer' s engine man third class andrew fitzgerald, played by kyle gallner, never told his wife until she asked him about it three years after they were married .
director peter berg — whose credits include “patriots day, ” “lone survivor, ” and “battleship” — will be forced to direct this future box - office failure with a screenplay by bob stark (“the man who saw nothing”), yet both have acknowledged that the odds are against them since no one has ever watched a coast guard - themed movie .
“the impossible rescue” stars actor tom hardy, whose acting credits include “inception” and “mad max: fury road. ” sources say hardy will be the main protagonist whose rescue efforts saved a bunch of people or whatever. though the sources added that, what’s the point anyway since nobody will see a coast guard movie no matter who the fuck is in it .
prince william and the duchess of cambridge, nee kate middleton, arrived and departed vancouver in style on sunday (sept. 25). the couple arrived on a seaplane to the delight of onlookers, and made an equally memorable exit aboard a hovercraft at kitsilano coast guard station at vanier park, having completed day two of their week - long itinerary .
bernie webber, played by chris pine in the film, was the best coxswain left at chatham, and was asked to assemble a crew of volunteers to attempt a rescue. ignoring warnings from locals to take a safer, more roundabout route to the pendleton, webber chose to save time by motoring his 36 - foot lifeboat through the deadly chatham bar – a vortex of waves and currents just off the coast .
there are two worlds on this 7. 8 - square - mile island: one for the islanders, fishermen who have lived and died by the sea for centuries; and one for the migrants and the italian coast guard officials dedicated to saving them. these two worlds never fully interact, but italian director gianfranco rosi weaves them together to make a deeply engrossing documentary .
it was very difficult, long process. finally, after months, months, months, i got the permission to film there and to film the navy, which was not easy at all. the good thing is that nobody ever asked to watch my footage, or told [ me ] what to shoot or not to shoot. so i had complete freedom. and i was able to film exactly what i wanted. it was very difficult for me to put the camera between me and that world. the camera sometimes is very uncomfortable. but i also wanted to give that sense of being uncomfortable. it was important somehow to meet some eyes and to see that these people are not numbers. every number there is a person .
the shipyard is only one of several locations in quincy used by filmmakers in recent years. just this summer, several scenes for “black mass, ” the film starring johnny depp about the life of james “whitey” bulger, were shot in the city .
step aboard and experience life as it once was on a 180 ft. u. s. coast guard cutter, filmed aboard the u. s. c. g. sundew during ice breaking, buoy tending and lighthouse maintenance. don hermanson was invited aboard the sundew to film an “aids to navigation” mission along lake superior’s north shore from duluth to isle royale national park. he was able to experience the buoy - tending operation, visit the remote lighthouses on isle royale, and join the crew as they did their service work. also included are a winter icebreaking operation and a history of sundew on the great lakes .
on feb. 18, 1952, the coast guard station in chatham, massachusetts, got word that the ss pendleton, a world war ii - era oil tanker, had been split in half at sea. incredibly, it was the second tanker ripped apart that day, and the most experienced seamen at the station had already been dispatched to help with the first distress call .
in fact, the effort went beyond location, atmosphere, and wardrobe, whitaker said. chris pine, who portrays webber in the film, found old recordings of webber speaking about the rescue. he studied them and took on webber’s cadence and inflections .
fest fave kim ki - duk largely treads water with “the coast guard, ” a straight arrow, emotionally intense drama centered on a nutty south korean soldier that plays like a cliff notes version of the director’s oeuvre to date. the movie looks like falling between two stools: newcomers to the helmer’s quirky world are unlikely to be convinced by the dramatic flourishes, while enthusiasts will miss the strong individual signatures of pics like “bad guy” and “the isle. ” film looks certain to paddle in the fest circuit but theatrical buyers are more likely to bide their time until the director’s next outing, “spring summer autumn winter…and spring, ” already in post .
the inflatable boat had just left the turkish coast, just a few miles from the greek islands of kos and lesbos, where thousands of syrians and other refugees have landed in recent weeks .
as an opening caption reminds the audience, even nowadays anyone entering south korea’s coastline after dark can be considered a (north korean) spy and shot on sight. among the members of coast guard platoon 23, monitoring a high - infiltration stretch of beach lined with barb wire fencing, is kang han - cheol (jang), an ordinary private who takes his job a mite too seriously .
i don’t like to film with a blue sky. i feel protected by the clouds, i feel like they move 360 degrees without worrying about shades over light. i wanted to portray the island in the winter, not in the summer, when it’s a completely different place. tourists are there, and it’s a completely different mood. the clouds were part of the narrative of the film. i don’t love to shoot every day. for me, waiting for the clouds was always to put some boundaries on my work .
he said that normally, when filming, bad weather days mean scrambling to find somewhere else to film. in this case, as a nor’easter bore down on chatham, they went right out into it. that was a perfect day for shooting, he said .
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abstract: evaluative, fire estinguishment and burnback tests were conducted at the uscg fire and safety test facility, mobile, alabama, to determine the optimum nozzle to be used with the cg - 6lp proportioner and aqueous film forming foam (afff). commercially available water fog nozzles were compared to the mechanical foam nozzle and the navy all purpose nozzle currently in use on coast guard cutters. the water fog nozzles produced the best range and offered more versatility in the patterns they produced. the best two water fog nozzles and the mechanical foam nozzles were able to control a 660 sq. ft. jp - 5 deck fire in less than 25 seconds. (author )
the story of the chatham station’s daring rescue has become a coast guard legend, and also inspired some policy changes in its aftermath. “they have since revised things so that they will not send a boat that small out in that kind of a storm again, ” guothro says with a laugh. “bernie tried it, he succeeded, it was wonderful, but we won’t be doing that again. ”
however, in “coast guard” kim channels these regular obsessions into a political statement that’s timely: that the military has less to fear except fear itself, and that the paranoia that justifies its existence is partly unthinking and self - manufactured. kang is the ultimate symbol of that paranoia and, as a final scene fleetingly hints, only when he’s expunged from the system can artificial divisions start to be mended .
u. s. coast guard rear admiral dave callahan, left, commander of the uscg eighth district headquartered in new orleans, and east baton rouge mayor - president sharon weston broome, right, look at a citation for the uscg' s silver lifesaving medal with david phung, center, just before presenting the medal to phung in new orleans, on friday, aug. 4, 2017 in baton rouge, la. the coast guard also awarded medals to three other people who were on phung' s boat when the 28 - year - old jumped into the floodwaters last summer and ripped open the top of a convertible to rescue hailey brouillette before the car sank into floodwaters. phung also saved the woman' s poodle mix, sassy, from drowning. (travis spradling / the advocate via ap )
oh, i loved it ,
he said of the film version of
the finest hours ,
released by disney on jan. 29 .
you know what? i' ve seen it three times now and i liked it more each time .
a stirring, exciting, thrilling and exhilarating movie. a spectacular and edge of your seat action - packed drama. great rescue / action sequences that are just plain gripping. it' s a remarkable, riveting and satisfying film. ashton kutcher and kevin costner deliver powerful and awesome performances. brilliant, sure - fire, high - octane entertainment. an amazing non - stop joyride. a pure explosive, pulse - pounding and relentlessly exciting thrill - machine. a truly great film. it' s top gun for a new generation .
the national coast museum association hosted a red - carpet reception to drum up awareness and support for the museum effort, an anticipated $ 100 million project. though it was not an official fundraising event .
and it raises questions about our collective responsibility — the choices we all make for ourselves, and for others. we don’t all confront the refugee crisis with the same immediacy as the coast guard captain portrayed here. but as our world becomes more interconnected, and more violent, we do all face a choice — would we act as he does, to save the life of stranger? or would we turn away ?
the film stars chris pine as boatswain' s mate 1st class bernard webber and casey affleck as pendleton crew member ray sybert, with eric bana as station chatham, massachusetts' commanding officer lt. cmdr. daniel cluff and holliday grainger as webber' s fiancée, miriam pentinen .
after allen' s address, the cadets and officer candidates as well as other invited guests watched a prescreening of the film. small boxes of popcorn were waiting for them on their seats. the cadets were told they couldn' t eat their popcorn until allen finished his speech .
the movie, shot in 3d, was filmed mostly on cape cod, the south shore, and at a shipyard in quincy, mass. you know when a 3 - d movie is good when you become so immersed in the film that you forget you are wearing the glasses .
the corps of cadets from the united states coast guard academy and invited guests file in to the garde arts center in new london thursday, jan. 28, 2016 for an advanced screening of the new movie
the finest hours
. the finest hours retells the rescue of the crew of the tanker pendleton by cg - 36500 off of chatham, mass. on feb. 18, 1952. (tim cook / the day )
allen said he hopes the film can help with recruitment — “we’re not having problems, but we hope it would get more people interested in us” — but the real benefit of the extra attention will be the morale boost the servicemembers get when they see their story up on the big screen .
despite its flaws, “coast guard” still has much going for it, including a charismatic main perf by hunky jang dong - geon (“friend, ” “2009 – lost memories”) and an admirably tight storyline that, unlike his military - centered “address unknown, ” maintains its focus. it’s also the director’s most political movie to date, a dark satire on the armed hysteria between north and south that also has relevance way beyond the korean peninsula .
a small group of people lie battered and bound on the floor of a dirty slaughterhouse covered in blood. scared and confused, they soon learn their captors are snuff film producers and plan to torture them as creatively and heinously as possible before brutally killing them off one - by - one. each scene…
guothro and fitzgerald, who now have 21 grandchildren between them, were honored to have their story memorialized in film. “i loved it, it felt unreal in the beginning, ” fitzgerald says. “i don’t remember it looking that dangerous, but i was 20 years old then, so who knows? ”
coast guard is a 1939 american adventure film released by columbia pictures , directed by edward ludwig and starring randolph scott , frances dee and ralph bellamy . it is set before world war ii . the hollywood reporter indicated that frances dee replaced gene tierney in the role of nancy bliss . coast guard was the first film of actor michael gale , who changed his name in 1941 to craig stevens . 
coast guard is a 1939 american adventure film released by columbia pictures, directed by edward ludwig and starring randolph scott, frances dee and ralph bellamy. it is set before world war ii. the hollywood reporter indicated that frances dee replaced gene tierney in the role of nancy bliss. coast guard was the first film of actor michael gale, who changed his name in 1941 to craig stevens.
coast guard is a 1939 american adventure film released by columbia pictures, directed by edward ludwig and starring randolph scott, frances dee and ralph bellamy. it is set before world war ii. the hollywood reporter indicated that frances dee replaced gene tierney in the role of nancy bliss. coast guard was the first film of actor michael gale, who changed his name in 1941 to craig stevens.