Continuity mistake: During the scene in which the two main characters are diving, before the boat leaves them, Susan's snorkel swaps from the left side of her mask to the right and back again.
Open Water (2003)
Plot summary
Directed by: Chris Kentis
Starring: Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis, Michael E. Williamson, Saul Stein
Daniel and Susan are a yuppy couple vacationing in the Carribean. They are both scuba divers, and they sign up for a sightseeing dive trip. While they are in the water, other divers climb in and out of the boat. The crew attempts to keep track of everyone, but they end up counting two of the other divers twice. Convinced that they have everyone accounted for, they depart for shore. Susan and Daniel surface from their dive to find themselves abandoned. While their floatation equipment allows them to stay at the surface, they have no food or fresh water, or any hope of reaching land unaided.
The action of the movie cuts back and forth from them, stranded, to the shore. They speculate that help will come soon, but in fact, no-one even knows they are missing. They attempt to flag passing ships and airplanes, without success. Sharks begin to gather, and they attempt to stave off their rising sense of panic. Finally, after two days, the owner of the dive boat discovers their belongings stowed on the boat and begins making inquiries. But will he be able to sound the alarm in time...?
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More mistakes in Open Water
Susan: Was that a shark?
Daniel: I don't know. I think it was a dolphin.
Susan: No it wasn't a dolphin, because if it was you would be over there playing with it.
More trivia for Open Water
Question: After the tour guide takes the bad head count when they all get on the boat, you can see him counting them all again. Why didn't he notice right then that 2 people were missing? Also, the diving company was missing 2 scuba tanks and they didn't notice?
Answer: He counted wrong because the man that begged to go back in and the other person accompanied him in the water were already counted for before going back down last minute so when he saw two people coming back up he tallied 20 people.
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Answer: The whole idea with the movie was the bad count. Nobody knows why he counted wrong.
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