Hold your breath.
Following the death of his father, Jay Gardiner goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale. While trapped inside its belly with only one hour of oxygen left, Jay comes to realize that the hard-earned lessons his father imparted may be the key to his escape.
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Contemporary, grave, classical in form and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Austin AbramsJay Gardiner
- Josh BrolinMitt Gardiner
- Elisabeth ShueZara Gardiner
- John OrtizHewey
- Jane LevyEva Gardiner
- Emily RuddNan Gardiner
Crew
- Brian DuffieldDirector
- Brian DuffieldScreenplay
- Daniel KrausScreenplay
- Aaron MortonDirector of Photography
- Joseph TrapaneseOriginal Music Composer
- Pietro ScaliaEditor
- Brian GrazerProducer
- Ron HowardProducer
- Allan MandelbaumProducer
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