Writer-director Chris Kentis and producer
Laura Lau took a killer "based on a true story"
premise -- a vacationing couple scuba diving in
tropical waters is mistakenly abandoned in the
middle of the ocean -- and went on to create
an ingeniously harrowing, knees-to-your-chest
thriller: OPEN WATER, a hit with both critics and
audiences at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.

Shot on weekends and holidays by Kentis and
Lau, OPEN WATER employs not a single cheesy
special effect; instead, actors Blanchard Ryan
and Daniel Travis spent over 120 hours in the water many miles off shore amid all kinds of sea life, including the real-life, honest-to-God sharks that give the film its chilling authenticity.

Capturing a breathtaking range of ocean light, from hypnotic aquamarine to treacherous blackness, OPEN WATER reminds us how much fun it is to be frightened by our most primal fears, namely what we think may linger just below the surface.