Ron Howard’s “Thirteen Lives” recounts the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue operation, where 12 children and their coach were trapped in Thailand’s Tham Luang Nang Non cave for 18 days. While working on the score for the film, Benjamin Wallfisch wanted to give the cave where the boys were trapped its own unique sound and character to bring it to life for the audience.
“It was about embracing the place and tuning in with the spirituality of the culture,” Wallfisch told IndieWire Crafts and Animation Editor Bill Desowitz at the Consider This FYC Brunch. “The way in was actually finding a voice for the cave itself. There was a song from the Chiang Rai region itself and our musicologist did a ton of research for us into finding songs from the region. That was the starting point, finding something that really told the story of the place.
Wallfisch was joined by...
“It was about embracing the place and tuning in with the spirituality of the culture,” Wallfisch told IndieWire Crafts and Animation Editor Bill Desowitz at the Consider This FYC Brunch. “The way in was actually finding a voice for the cave itself. There was a song from the Chiang Rai region itself and our musicologist did a ton of research for us into finding songs from the region. That was the starting point, finding something that really told the story of the place.
Wallfisch was joined by...
- 11/23/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
The Tham Luang cave rescue, which saw 12 members of a Thai youth soccer team and its 25-year-old coach rescued from a flooded cave after being trapped for 18 days, was destined to become a Hollywood film. The combination of dangerous weather, human ingenuity, and international cooperation was the kind of story that most screenwriters can only dream of coming up with themselves.
Much like the rescue that inspired it, “Thirteen Lives” is a complex work of technical mastery. At IndieWire’s Consider This Brunch, director Ron Howard, editor James D. Wilcox, supervising sound editors Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate, and composer Benjamin Wallfisch participated in a panel moderated by IndieWire’s Jim Hemphill. They broke down the work that went into the complex shoot, explaining that getting the details of Thai culture right was as important as all the technical specificity of recreating the rescue. Most notably, much of the film is in the Thai language.
Much like the rescue that inspired it, “Thirteen Lives” is a complex work of technical mastery. At IndieWire’s Consider This Brunch, director Ron Howard, editor James D. Wilcox, supervising sound editors Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate, and composer Benjamin Wallfisch participated in a panel moderated by IndieWire’s Jim Hemphill. They broke down the work that went into the complex shoot, explaining that getting the details of Thai culture right was as important as all the technical specificity of recreating the rescue. Most notably, much of the film is in the Thai language.
- 11/18/2022
- by Christian Zilko and Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
“The best thing about editing is the personal connection and journey you can take the audience on,” reveals James D. Wilcox about “Thirteen Lives.” For our recent webchat he continues, “Not many people desire to go into a cave and dive. So, it’s a unique opportunity to experience something without, in real life, experiencing it.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
“Thirteen Lives” is a film about a group of young soccer players and their coach being rescued from flooded caves in Thailand. It is based on the 2018 real life events which made news around the world. It is helmed by Oscar winning director Ron Howard (“A Beautiful Mind”) and streaming now on Amazon Prime. Wilcox explains, “I can not stop thinking how amazing and incredible the rescue was. And that’s one of the things Ron Howard had talked to me about early on. He kept saying, ‘James...
“Thirteen Lives” is a film about a group of young soccer players and their coach being rescued from flooded caves in Thailand. It is based on the 2018 real life events which made news around the world. It is helmed by Oscar winning director Ron Howard (“A Beautiful Mind”) and streaming now on Amazon Prime. Wilcox explains, “I can not stop thinking how amazing and incredible the rescue was. And that’s one of the things Ron Howard had talked to me about early on. He kept saying, ‘James...
- 11/16/2022
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
Ron Howard’s “Thirteen Lives” is the latest example of the director’s ability to generate riveting cinema from real-world headlines. Like “Apollo 13” and “Frost/Nixon,” it takes a historical event many audience members will have some awareness of — in this case the dramatic rescue of a Thai soccer team trapped in an underwater cave — and brings it to vivid life, creating nail-biting suspense despite the outcome being common knowledge. The key to the film’s effectiveness is its rigorous attention to detail and meticulous sense of research and journalistic accuracy, qualities evident in every craft on display.
In the videos below, supervising sound editors Rachael Tate and Oliver Tarney, re-recording mixer William Miller, cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, production designer Molly Hughes, and editor James Wilcox discuss how they preserved the authenticity of the story that inspired “Thirteen Lives” while also using all the tools of drama and cinema — including...
In the videos below, supervising sound editors Rachael Tate and Oliver Tarney, re-recording mixer William Miller, cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, production designer Molly Hughes, and editor James Wilcox discuss how they preserved the authenticity of the story that inspired “Thirteen Lives” while also using all the tools of drama and cinema — including...
- 11/16/2022
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
Watching “Thirteen Lives, Ron Howard’s new docudrama, is a lot like having deja vu all over again — all over again. It’s the third film in four years based on the seemingly impossible rescue of 12 trapped children and their soccer coach from a flooded cave system in Thailand in 2018, and although it’s extremely competent, it fails to add a new perspective to the story or a distinctive approach to its telling.
Hot on the heels of Tom Waller’s 2019 drama “The Cave” and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s award-winning 2021 documentary “The Rescue,” Howard’s film stars Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell as Richard Stanton and John Volanthen, two highly experienced cave divers who traveled to the Tham Luang Nang Non cave after an unexpectedly early start to monsoon season trapped 13 people deep in its recesses, behind incredibly long, narrow, dangerous underwater caverns.
The Thai government had...
Hot on the heels of Tom Waller’s 2019 drama “The Cave” and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s award-winning 2021 documentary “The Rescue,” Howard’s film stars Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell as Richard Stanton and John Volanthen, two highly experienced cave divers who traveled to the Tham Luang Nang Non cave after an unexpectedly early start to monsoon season trapped 13 people deep in its recesses, behind incredibly long, narrow, dangerous underwater caverns.
The Thai government had...
- 8/5/2022
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
Early in “Hillbilly Elegy,” based on the memoir by J.D. Vance, Yale law student J.D. is dining with partners at a white-shoe law firm, and when he mentions that he is from Ohio and Kentucky, he is greeted with a wave of side-eye and oh-so-polite condescension about his Appalachian origins. It’s a scene that might have more impact if “Hillbilly Elegy” itself weren’t so frequently condescending about the denizens of the Rust Belt.
The results play less like the exploration of a life or an evocation of a time and place and more like an informercial for J.D. Vance, who is more salt-of-the-earth than those snooty lawyers, but also manages not to fall into the traps of ignorance and poverty and addiction that befall so many of the people with whom he grew up. “Hillbilly Elegy” isn’t interested in the systems that create poverty and...
The results play less like the exploration of a life or an evocation of a time and place and more like an informercial for J.D. Vance, who is more salt-of-the-earth than those snooty lawyers, but also manages not to fall into the traps of ignorance and poverty and addiction that befall so many of the people with whom he grew up. “Hillbilly Elegy” isn’t interested in the systems that create poverty and...
- 11/10/2020
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Stars: Cait Bliss, Colin Critchley, Jason Martin, Dave Klasko, Brandon Smalls, James Wilcox, Melinda Chilton, Andrew Kaempfer, Kara Durrett, Weston Wilson | Written and Directed by Erlingur Thoroddsen
Back in 2012, writer and director Erlingur Thoroddsen made a short film called Child Eater. It was a very good short, a mere fifteen minutes of haunting horror about a boogeyman out to capture kids. Some four years later, it was adapted from the short into a feature film of the same name. Cait Bliss (Towers of Terror) reprises her role from the original short, Helen Connolly, and Thoroddsen returns to his creation as writer and director.
Child Eater delves into a subgenre of horror that we seldom see in the modern age (or even in 2016 when this movie was released). That boogeyman horror, the creature in the dark corner, the monster under the bed. It aims to unsettle with folklore like that from...
Back in 2012, writer and director Erlingur Thoroddsen made a short film called Child Eater. It was a very good short, a mere fifteen minutes of haunting horror about a boogeyman out to capture kids. Some four years later, it was adapted from the short into a feature film of the same name. Cait Bliss (Towers of Terror) reprises her role from the original short, Helen Connolly, and Thoroddsen returns to his creation as writer and director.
Child Eater delves into a subgenre of horror that we seldom see in the modern age (or even in 2016 when this movie was released). That boogeyman horror, the creature in the dark corner, the monster under the bed. It aims to unsettle with folklore like that from...
- 10/28/2020
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Last night, CBS delivered the new promo/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "Hawaii Five-o" episode 21 of season 5, and it offers up new looks at some hardcore,intense action as a wicked murder spree goes down on a bunch of Elvis impersonators, and more! The episode is titled, "Ua Helele'i ka Hoku (Fallen Star)." In the new, 21st episode official description: " When a performer is killed at a convention of Elvis impersonators and his body is stolen, Five-0 will have to track down the culprits who are after the hidden diamonds sewn into the victim's costume. Also, Gabriel Waincroft is going to return to ask for Chin for help getting off the island." The episode was written by David Wolkove, and it was directed by James Wilcox. Episode 21 is scheduled to air on Friday night, April 10th at 8pm central time on CBS.
- 4/4/2015
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
Recently, CBS released the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Hawaii Five-o" episode 21 of season 5. The episode is entitled, "Ua Helele'i ka Hoku (Fallen Star)," and it turns out that we're going to see some very interesting and dramatic stuff take place when the Five O team tries to hunt down murderers that are after diamonds that were attached to the victim's costume, and more! In the new, 21st episode press release: When A Performer Is Killed At An Elvis Impersonator Convention And His Body Is Stolen, Five-0 Must Find The Culprits Who Are After The Hidden Diamonds Sewn Into The Victim's Costume. Press release number 2: When a performer is killed at a convention of Elvis impersonators and his body is stolen, Five-0 are going to have to track down the culprits who are after the hidden diamonds sewn into the victim's costume. Also, Gabriel Waincroft will return...
- 4/3/2015
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
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