Wind (film)
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| Directed by | Carroll Ballard |
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Francis Ford Coppola (executive producer) Fred Fuchs (executive producer) Tom Luddy (producer) Mataichiro Yamamoto (producer) (as Mata Yamamoto) Betsy Pollock (associate producer) (uncredited) |
| Written by | Jeff Benjamin (story) Roger Vaughan (story) Kimball Livingston (story) Rudy Wurlitzer (screenplay) Mac Gudgeon (screenplay) |
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| Music by | Basil Poledouris |
| Cinematography | John Toll |
| Edited by | Michael Chandler |
| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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126 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $29 million |
| Box office | $5,519,569 (USA) |
Wind is a 1992 film. The movie was directed by Carroll Ballard and starred Matthew Modine, Jennifer Grey and Cliff Robertson.
The film is centered on the America's Cup series of yachting races and uses them as a backdrop for both an action/adventure and a romantic storyline. It is inspired by real events, starting from the loss of the 1983 America's Cup through the events of the 1987 America's Cup. Several of the 12-metre class yachts that participated in the Cup races were repainted and used in the movie. The boat and team representing the US to win used the name Geronimo in their comeback and take back the cup from Australia. Added authenticity was provided by New Zealand's long time America's Cup commentator Peter Montgomery. "Wind" contains some of the best, most realistic, on deck big-boat sailing sequences ever portrayed in a commercial film (with subtle explanations of the actions).
A host of events that occurred in the 1987 America's Cup held off Fremantle Australia were translated into film and presented as events occurring to the characters in the movie, including the following:
In addition, Peter Gilmour, the skipper of Kookaburra II whose aggressive sailing during the defender selection series earned himself a place on the defender boat for the America's Cup, participated in the making of the movie, acting as "Sailing Master". He was on board for all of the sailing sequences, controlled the boat while they were flying the "Whomper", and can be seen in many of the boat scenes, surreptitiously laying a hand on the opposite wheel. Lisa Blackaller, daughter of America's Cup skipper Tom Blackaller, acted as sailing double for Jennifer Grey for the small boat races in the International 14 class at Newport.
American Eagle (US 21), the red 12 Meter ocean endurance champion sailed to fame by Ted Turner in the mid-seventies, was used as the trial horse sailed by Will Parker in preparation for the America's Cup. The boat had been a finalist in the 1964 Defender selection series but lost the selection to Constellation. The 12-meter yachts depicting the America's Cup races were the more modern boats from the America II Syndicate, America II (US 42) and America II (US 46). The boat repainted as Boomerang and later as Platypus was depicted by US 42, and Radiance and then later Geronimo were depicted by US 46. US 46 had been sailed by John Kolius in the 1987 Louis Vuitton Challenger Selection Cup races.
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