A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
Acting
Jack O'Connell's physical transformation is genuinely disturbing.
Cinematography
Roger Deakins makes the Pacific Ocean look beautiful and deadly.
Practical Effects
Real raft, real ocean, real starvation — no green screen cowards here.
Director
Angelina Jolie
Jack O'Connell
Louis Zamperini
Alex Russell
Pete Zamperini
Domhnall Gleeson
Russel Allen 'Phil' Phillips
Garrett Hedlund
John Fitzgerald
MIYAVI
Mutsuhiro 'The Bird' Watanabe
Finn Wittrock
Francis 'Mac' McNamara
Jai Courtney
Hugh 'Cup' Cuppernell
Maddalena Ischiale
Louise Zamperini
Vincenzo Amato
Anthony Zamperini
Sophie Dalah
Virginia
Morgan Griffin
Cynthia Applewhite
Savannah Lamble
Sylvia Zamperini
Luke Treadaway
Miller
John Magaro
Frank A. Tinker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Louis Zamperini ran a leg of the 1998 Nagano Olympics torch relay at age 81, right past where he'd been imprisoned.
Jolie and Zamperini became close friends before his death in 2014; he reportedly told her 'make sure everything is exactly how it was' — she absolutely did not flinch.
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