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when you catch a wave. Bethany trains for the competition while rekindling her friendship with Alana and enters the national championship. During the competition she performs respectably, though she is still chasing third place. Suddenly, with only minutes left on the clock, the waves die down and all the surfers can only loiter, waiting for the waves to start back up. Tom's belief in his daughter's instinct is proven when she is the only one to sense a big wave forming, and she alone paddles out. When it forms, the others cannot get out in time, and she catches it just as the horn sounds. If it is in time, she will win, but the judges rule that the time has expired. Malina is the winner, but she has finally gotten over her differences with Bethany, inviting her up on the platform to share her victory. Bethany thanks Malina for never taking it easy on her and saying she’s a tough competitor. Malina responds that nobody is as tough as Bethany.
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film entered production, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions acquired distribution rights for North America and most other territories. The production companies Mandalay Vision, Brookwell McNamara Entertainment and Life's a Beach Entertainment collaborated for the production, with Enticing Entertainment and Island Film Group providing financing. Bethany Hamilton chose with her mother AnnaSophia Robb to portray her, as well as Sonia Balmores Chung and Jeremy Sumpter to play Malina and Alana's brother, Byron. In February 2010, Robb was announced to be part of the film as Bethany Hamilton, along with Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt who were cast as Bethany's parents. Singer Carrie Underwood, in her feature film debut, was cast as a church youth leader. All the surfing scenes after the shark attack were done by Hamilton herself. Filming began the same month in
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film. The book was considered "a straightforward account" that was targeted to Christian readers, so the filmmakers met with the Hamilton family to determine if there were any unpublished conflicts that could be highlighted in the film. They discovered that the incident had strained the family, that family members questioned their Christian faith, and that Bethany Hamilton struggled with her physical appearance and how boys would perceive her. The media attention on the family was described by Brookwell as "a second shark attack" that had made their lives uncomfortably public.
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Prior to the film's commercial release, it was screened for religious leaders. A scene in which Dennis Quaid's character reads the Bible in the hospital at his daughter's bedside had the words "Holy Bible" digitally removed from the cover. Bethany Hamilton's father said that David Zelon, an executive
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When Bethany and Alana place first and third respectively at a competition; they become sponsored by Rip Curl who offers them a photo shoot. Both drop out of a church mission trip to Mexico in order to train for the next contest, much to the dismay of their youth leader Sarah Hill. On Halloween, Tom
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Though production had not begun by the end of 2006, in January 2007 Sean McNamara was announced to be directing the film. While Hamilton had a series of surfing successes, turning pro in 2007, McNamara and producer David Brookwell with her manager Roy "Dutch" Hofstetter sought more material for the
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Plans for a biopic film about Hamilton had existed months after her shark attack and her subsequent recovery in 2004. During Hamilton's media attention, the father of Bethany's friends Chantilly and Tiffany, Roy "Dutch" Hofstetter, became the Hamilton family's media manager. Hofstetter, in February
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Tom believes that Bethany possesses a great surfer's instinct for sensing when the best waves will form, rigs a handle on her surfboard which she can use to prevent falling off while paddling out to the waves. It is not prohibited by the competition's rules because the judges only score what you do
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Bethany eventually re-enters the competition and angrily rejects a five-minute head start offered by the judges. She does not perform well because she cannot stay on the board long enough to go out and catch a competitive wave so Malina wins. Disappointed at this loss, she decides to not go surfing
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and her mother Cheri. An ambulance meets them on the way to the hospital. Just before starting Tom's knee surgery, Dr. David Rovinsky is called to the emergency room to treat Bethany. She replaces her father in the operating room. Besides losing her left arm, she also lost over 60% of her blood and
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Subsequently, Bethany lets the reporters interview her. One asks her what she would do if given the chance to undo the loss of her arm. She says that she would still lose it because she can embrace more people now than she ever could with both. The film then ends with real video of Bethany surfing
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McNamara, Brookwell, Hofstetter and Douglas Schwartz spent several years raising money for production. The director wrote an adapted screenplay with Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz and Deborah Schwartz. Additional uncredited writing was performed by Ron Bass, Jen Smolka and Kara Holden. Before the
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The onslaught of paparazzi also proves to be a great strain on the Hamilton family and their privacy. The family is deeply grateful to Holt for his quick thinking and decisive action that saved Bethany’s life. Her injury prevents her from participating in the Rip Curl photo shoots, but she wishes
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is a wholesome movie, intended as inspirational. Whether it will cheer viewers who are not as capable as Bethany is an excellent question. AnnaSophia Robb is a convincing, cheerful heroine. Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt, as Bethany's parents, are stalwart and supportive, although the script indeed
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s Christian elements so the film could appeal more to non-Christian audiences. The Hamilton family objected, and the words "Holy Bible" were restored in the scene in a follow-up screening. Another debated scene was one in which Carrie Underwood's character, a church youth leader, quotes biblical
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offers to provide a prosthetic one that is cosmetically perfect and has bendable joints, in exchange for an interview. She rejects it when she learns it will not help her surf as it is not weight bearing, as a result of the size of her arm stump.
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29:11). While those involved with the film were fine with the verse, they did not want the scene to explicitly indicate that its origin was the Bible. Their stance was challenged, and the scene indicates the verse being from the Bible.
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shot on 35mm film. During filming, Robb wore a green sleeve on her arm so visual effects could be included later. Though McNamara was editing the film by May 2010, additional filming took place in August 2010 in
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gave the film three stars out of five, writing "Yes, it's a message movie, but the message burrows deep enough under your skin to make the movie, given its utter conventionality, unexpectedly stirring."
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Local fisherman eventually catches and kills the same shark that bit Bethany's arm off, much to Tom's satisfaction when he tests the size of its mouth with the bite size on Bethany's surfboard.
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goes to the hospital for a knee surgery, while the girls go surfing with Alana's father Holt and brother Byron. As Bethany dangles her left arm in the water while she is talking to Alana, a
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and thought she could play me really well. She visited me in Hawaii and my surf coach and I taught her how to surf, so she at least looked like she knew what she was doing!"
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gives a score of 46% based on reviews from 101 critics, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The site's consensus is: "There's an amazing true story at the heart of
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over its opening weekend, ranking fourth at the box office. Sony Pictures reported that 80% of the audience was female and that 56% were under 25 years old.
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unexpectedly attacks and bites off her left arm just below the shoulder. Holt, Alana, and Byron get her out of the water where Holt makes a
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cited the dust-up as an example of Hollywood learning to appeal to the faith-based community while still attracting secular audiences.
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reported that a film about her life was scheduled to begin filming in January 2005. Production did not begin as anticipated, and
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with her parents Tom and Cheri, and two older brothers, Noah and Timmy. All are surfers, but she and her best friend,
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Bethany perseveres and after a recuperation period, gets back in the water, and learns to surf with one arm.
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Bethany decides to surprise Sarah by joining the youth group on another mission trip to help the people of
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after the attack. Also, there are videos of interviews and special appearances that she has made.
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was mildly positive in his review, giving the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and writing "
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gave the film a B grade, writing "he more cynical viewers out there may say, 'Not for me.' But
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Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
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2004, envisioned a film based on Bethany's experience, provisionally titled
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Outstanding Achievement in Casting: Feature – Studio or Independent Comedy
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reported in July 2006 that production was scheduled for later in the year.
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polls reports that the average grade moviegoers gave it was a rare A+.
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again and her friendship with Alana is strained, causing an argument.
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has received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregation website
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about her life as a surfer after losing her left arm in a horrific
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in a print and advertising commitment with the goal of releasing
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Despite mixed critical reception, it was a hit among audiences;
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DVD, scene 3. The Underwood character states chapter and verse.
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and the backing of Peter Schlessel, a Sony Pictures executive.
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reported that the project at one point had an investment of
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Hamilton, Bethany; Berk, Sheryl; Bundschuh, Rick (2006).
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played Bethany Hamilton as an 11-year-old stunt double
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in early 2010, with additional filming taking place in
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out of his swimshirt to put on her while Byron calls
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A young girl holds a surfboard at the beach. A section of her board is missing as if been bitten by a shark
Sean McNamara
Douglas Schwartz
Michael Berk
Bethany Hamilton
David Brookwell
AnnaSophia Robb
Helen Hunt
Dennis Quaid
Lorraine Nicholson
Carrie Underwood
John R. Leonetti
Marco Beltrami
TriStar Pictures
FilmDistrict
Mandalay Vision
Brookwell McNamara Entertainment
Affirm Films
Sony Pictures Releasing
biographical
drama film
Sean McNamara
Bethany Hamilton
shark attack
AnnaSophia Robb
Helen Hunt
Dennis Quaid
Lorraine Nicholson
Carrie Underwood
Kevin Sorbo

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