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12 March 2009 (Australia) more
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A 2500 mile journey that will change the course of their lives forever.
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Fifteen young sailors... six months of intense training... one chance at the brass ring. This documentary... more | add synopsis
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'Morning Light' - Great DVD clips added.
(From Movie Jungle. 5 September 2009, 4:13 AM, PDT)
Morning Light - Blu-ray Review - Clips Added!
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The Slip and Slide of Cinema more (3 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Chris Branning | ... | Himself |
| Graham Brant-Zawadzki | ... | Himself |
| Chris Clark | ... | Himself |
| Charlie Enright | ... | Himself |
| Jesse Fielding | ... | Himself |
| Robbie Kane | ... | Himself |
| Steve Manson | ... | Himself |
| Chris Schubert | ... | Himself |
| Kate Theisen | ... | Herself |
| Mark Towill | ... | Himself |
| Genny Tulloch | ... | Herself |
| Pieter van Os | ... | Himself |
| Chris Welch | ... | Himself |
| Kit Will | ... | Herself |
| Jeremy Wilmot | ... | Himself |
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Rated PG for some language. (edited for re-rating; originally Rated PG for language and some rude dialogue)
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100 min | USA:97 min
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What happens if you put fifteen young, good looking adults in the same place, and make them compete to join a team that will participate in one of the most elite races in sailing? As it turns out, nothing but sailing in the documentary Morning Light.
Roy Disney wanted to get young sailors in the TransPac race so he bought the Morning Light, and set off to get the best to man it. Fifteen mostly obscenely rich, mostly white, all good looking, young sailors, Chris Branning, Grahm Brant-Zawadzki, Chris Clark, Charlie Enright, Jesse Fielding, Robbie Kane, Steve Manson Chris Schubert, Kate Theisen, Mark Towill, Genny Tulloch, Pieter van Os, Chris Welsh, Kit Will and Jeremy Wilmont are chosen to vie for eleven spots on the Morning Light. They go sailing, talk about sailing and look at sail boats.
A reasonable person would venture a guess that a bunch of young virile men in a competitive situation trapped in a small space with a couple of women might bring some sexual tension. It would be expected that directly competing to participate in one of the most elite races in sailing, the TransPac, would cause outbursts or the occasional jockeying for attention or recognition. The powerful part of competitive reality TV…er movies… is the strong emotional connection between the people on the screen.
Watching Morning Light is like trying to swim on a slip and slide. While it is wet and you can move across it swiftly on your stomach, you can't drown in the story because the water is only there to lube you up. Nothing that would make the audience submerge into the depths of the people or circumstances even grace the screen.
Morning Light has the emotional depth of a sociopath. We might as well be watching, "How to sail: A Step by Step Guide for the Rich and Moronic," because it offers equal levels of emotional expressiveness. They did not make me wonder or care about who would be selected to make the team, if they won the race or how they got along. Instead of asking myself questions of wonder during the movie, I often asked myself, "Who cares?" On the plus side, I do know far more about sailing than I ever did before, maybe enough to encourage me to buy a sail boat – if I could afford one. Until then, I hope Disney leaves Morning Light out at sea.