'Based on a true story'.
Except the reality was the skipper of the dive boat realised what he'd done eventually and went back to find them.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:33, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

nah, he didn't
it's based on something that happened off the Barrier Reef in Oz. Couple were left behind, they only realised days later when they hadn't been seen back at their hotel/campsite (can't remember which). No-one knows what happened to them. Apparently their flotation vests turned up months later undamaged which suggests "not eaten by sharks" but, who knows? The barrier reef is 60 miles off shore, they hardly swam back on their own.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:40, Reply)

My brain must be playing tricks on me.
That does ring a bell now.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:42, Reply)

This was my problem, how could the film be 'based on a true story'
when noone knew what had happened.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:44, Reply)

well, quite
although I think we can safely assume it didn't end well for them.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 13:44, Reply)