How do you decide who lives or who dies?
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.
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Classical in form, contemporary, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Kevin CostnerBen Randall
- Ashton KutcherJake Fischer
- Sela WardHelen Randall
- Melissa SagemillerEmily Thomas
- Dulé HillKen Weatherly
- Bryce CassManny
- Omari HardwickCarl Billings
- Clancy BrownCapt. William Hadley
- Neal McDonoughJack Skinner
- Benny CiaramelloBenny Partida
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- Andrew DavisDirector
- Ron L. BrinkerhoffScreenplay
- Stephen St. JohnDirector of Photography
- Trevor RabinOriginal Music Composer
- Dennis VirklerEditor
- Thomas J. NordbergEditor
- Beau FlynnProducer
- Tripp VinsonProducer
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