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 ... Read allA 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.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.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
- Co-Pilot Wakefield
- (as Lcdr. Daniel J. Molthen USCG)
- Pilot Mitchell
- (as Lt. Andrew Schanno USCG)
- Julian Zankich
- (as PO1 Gary Billburg USCG)
- Mitcheltree
- (as PO2 Joshua Mitcheltree USCG)
- Ops Commander
- (as CPO Andrea Martynowski USCG)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe opening story of the helo rescue gone bad was loosely based on a real event that occurred August 7, 1981. The crew of CG1471 from Airsta Kodiak was responding to a distress call of a fishing vessel near Prince William Sound. As the crew attempted to hoist the survivors of the boat, a wave hit the tail of CG1471 causing the helo to crash into the seas. A painting named "So Others May Live" hangs on CG Airsta Kodiak depicting the rescue.
- Goofs(at around 1h 12 mins) The "Squid Bar" Hodges and Fisch go to is filled with Sailors in the utility uniforms, along with various officers and chiefs. Sailors are not allowed to drink in the utility uniform or even go into a bar.
- Quotes
Ben Randall: Ya know, there never was anyone else Mag's.
Maggie McGlone: Like hell, Ben, you're a bigamist. You've been married to the coast guard all along. Now gimme that shoulder. Prolly swum it out of socket tryin to prove you was still nineteen.
Ben Randall: When the heck did we get old?
Maggie McGlone: Hell, I've always been old Ben. Ya' know what though, I don't mind. I mean if my muscles ache, it's because I've used 'em. It's hard for me to walk up them steps now, its 'cuz I walked up 'em every night to lay next to a man who loved me. I got a few wrinkles here and there, but I've layed under thousands of skies with sunny days. I look and feel this way, well cuz I drank and I smoked. I lived and I loved, danced, sang, sweat and screwed my way thorough a pretty damn good life if you ask me. Getting old ain't bad Ben. Getting old, that's earned.
- SoundtracksSaturday Night
Written by Willy Abers, Raul Pacheco, Justin Poree, Asdru Sierra (as Asdru Sierra),
Jiro Yamaguchi, Ulises Bella and J. Smith-Freedman
Performed by Ozomatli
Courtesy of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Like I said over all this movie is pretty good and worth checking out as long as you can get past the clichés.
- barryk_76
- Sep 19, 2006
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $70,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $55,011,732
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $18,006,064
- Oct 1, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $94,973,540
- Runtime2 hours 19 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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