The remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim fro... Read allThe remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida.The remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 9 wins & 37 nominations total
Harraka Eliana
- Lucy
- (as Eliana Harraka)
Marcella Acuña Báez
- Suzanne
- (as Marcela Acuña Baez)
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- TriviaDuring production in the Dominican Republic, Diana Nyad and Bonnie Stoll visited the set. Nyad was able to swim with Annette Bening, with "many of the 400-person crew cheering". She said, "That's a moment I will never forget."
- GoofsUpon Diana Nyad's final attempt, news footage is played in which a reporter says "At 28 years old, she set out to become the first person to swim 103 miles from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage." Yet, the film recounts that her initial attempt at the age of 28 was with a shark cage.
- Quotes
Bonnie Stoll: Your superiority complex is really screwed up, you know that?
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits don't begin until almost 11½ minutes in.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Project: Episode dated 20 October 2023 (2023)
- SoundtracksBy the Beautiful Sea
Written by Harold Atteridge and Harry Carroll
Performed by Doc Severinsen and The Tonight Show Band
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Annette Bening's performance towers over this film
As "Nyad" (2023 release; 121 min) opens, we see news footage from the mid-late 1970s when marathon swimmer Diane Nyad sets several marks. We then go to "Los Angeles, August 22, 2010" and Nyad decides that she is going to try and swim from Havana to Key West, even though she is now 60 and she failed in her earlier attempt 30 years ago... At this point we are less than 10 minutes into the movie.
Couple of comments: this is the latest from Oscar-winning co-directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin ("Free Solo"). Here they look at another extreme sport (marathon swimming) but rather than doing a documentary about Nyad, they decide to do a biopic recreating the events. I very much respect the co-directors, and have seen most of their movies. That said, the movie succeeds mostly because of Annette Bening's fearless performance. Yes, Jodie Foster is good too, but nowhere near the level of Bening, sorry. There is also a pleasant original score, courtesy of Oscar-winning Alexandre Desplat. There are several things I didn't like about the movie but since they related to "plot', I'll remain silent and you can figure it out yourself.
"Nyad" premiered at the Telluride film festival a few months back, to good critical acclaim. After a one week US theatrical run in selected cities, it started streaming on Netflix last weekend. If you are in the mood of an extreme sports film or simply a fan of Annette Bening or Jodie Foster, I'd readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.
Couple of comments: this is the latest from Oscar-winning co-directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin ("Free Solo"). Here they look at another extreme sport (marathon swimming) but rather than doing a documentary about Nyad, they decide to do a biopic recreating the events. I very much respect the co-directors, and have seen most of their movies. That said, the movie succeeds mostly because of Annette Bening's fearless performance. Yes, Jodie Foster is good too, but nowhere near the level of Bening, sorry. There is also a pleasant original score, courtesy of Oscar-winning Alexandre Desplat. There are several things I didn't like about the movie but since they related to "plot', I'll remain silent and you can figure it out yourself.
"Nyad" premiered at the Telluride film festival a few months back, to good critical acclaim. After a one week US theatrical run in selected cities, it started streaming on Netflix last weekend. If you are in the mood of an extreme sports film or simply a fan of Annette Bening or Jodie Foster, I'd readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.
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- Nov 8, 2023
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- Gross worldwide
- $16,056
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
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- 2.39:1
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