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Nearly three-quarters of the planet is covered by water. Discover why that fact is terrifying with this list of the best lost at sea and shipwrecked movies.

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This is the second film version of the classic William Golding novel about schoolboys who wind up stranded on an island and descend into savagery—the first version was in 1963. The boys were on a plane carrying two dozen young cadets that crashed into the ocean near a remote Pacific jungle island. They eventually split into two warring factions until the leader of one faction grinds the other down through brute force and charisma. The title refers to a pig’s head the boys place on a stake to ward off a cave “monster” that they don’t realize is merely the corpse of their crashed plane’s pilot. here

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What really happened to Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp on their journey across the Pacific?

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“The hardest part was dealing with Richard being gone,” she told the Chicago Tribune in 2003. “But actually, while I was in the survival mode, the grief was fairly low. It wasn’t as intense as when I got to shore and the survival was over, and I could see people together and everything kept reminding me of him.” here

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Whether this trick is successful or not is up to the viewer, but for her part, the real Ashcraft seems to be fine with it. In an interview with Cosmopolitan, Sam said she “helped the writers initially with the story.” She also visited the set during shooting, and according to Sam, she gave him her blessing for his portrayal of Sharp. “We’re telling her story, and she seemed to be championing it,” he said.

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However, paying close attention to the movie's trailer reveals a couple other clues to the likely reality of this situation. When Tami (Shailene Woodley) and Richard (Sam Claflin) are having dinner on his boat, he talks about the challenge of sailing and says that "you're either sleep deprived or seasick, and after a few days there's the hallucinations." This clue seems to foreshadow things to come. Coupled with Tami's bad head injury sustained during the storm, it's not hard to start wondering if Richard is merely a figment of Tami's imagination. Clues to this are also found in Tami's memoir Red Sky in Mourning. The Adrift movie's ending will undoubtedly reveal the answer.

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Tami navigated approximately 1,500 miles over a span of 41 days before reaching Hilo, Hawaii. As she approached the harbor, she saw a large ship on its way out. She shot off several flares before the 200+ foot vessel flashed its running lights and altered course. The ship pulled up alongside the Hazana. The crew lowered down coffee and someone tossed her an apple. They towed her inside the reef and a Coast Guard Auxiliary towed her the rest of the way. Similar to the Adrift movie's ending, as she pulled into the Big Island's Hilo Harbor, she cried tears of joy. -Mirror Online [links]

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Yes. Weak, starving, injured, and let down after mistakenly thinking she saw an island on the horizon, at one point during her journey Tami loaded a rifle that was on board and stuck it in her mouth. The internal voice she heard during her journey convinced her to stop. This intense moment is not depicted in the film. While exploring the Tami Oldham true story, we learned that it wasn't the only time her despair had led her to thoughts of suicide. -Mirror Online here

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This post contains spoilers for the movie Adrift.

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Obviously, the movie version of Sharp survives well past the arrival of the hurricane, but only sort of. In Red Sky in Mourning, her memoir about the ordeal, Ashcraft says that she felt as though some sort of voice was guiding her. While she described this voice in 2003 as her own “inner spirit,” the movie interprets the voice as Richard and ultimately reveals that he was swept off the boat during the hurricane. What Ashcraft “sees” after the wreck is just a manifestation of his spirit, and all the tasks she completes to reach Hawaii are things she achieves by herself. [links]

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At that point, Ashcraft had to make any repairs she could and attempt to sail the boat to land. She pumped water out of the cabin, rigged up a sail using an extra jib, and began navigating manually, using only a sextant (which is a navigational device people use while sailing) and a watch. Determining that San Diego was too far away, she aimed for Hawaii—still a journey of 1,500 miles. She completed the trip in 41 days and survived by eating canned food and peanut butter. here