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7.1A 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.
Released: 2006-09-28139 minDir: Andrew DavisAction, Adventure, DramaBudget: $10.0MBox office: $95.0M
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Cast
- Kevin Costner as Ben Randall
- Ashton Kutcher as Jake Fischer
- Sela Ward as Helen Randall
- Melissa Sagemiller as Emily Thomas
- Dulé Hill as Ken Weatherly
- Bryce Cass as Manny
Themes
- rescue
- ocean
- coast guard
- disaster
- death
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
102,847 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
37%
Metacritic
53/100
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- Director
- Andrew Davis
- Cast member
- Travis Willingham
- Composer
- Trevor Rabin
- Producer
- Beau Flynn
- Production company
- Touchstone Pictures
- Filming location
- North Carolina
- Duration
- 139
- FilmAffinity ID
- 242449
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- competitive swimming
- Official website
- theguardian.movies.go.com
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- Commons category
- The Guardian (film)
- publication date
- 2006-10-19
- title
- The Guardian
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 53/100
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