Directed by: Chris Kentis
Starring: Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis, Michael E. Williamson, Saul Stein
Visible crew/equipment: When Susan tries on a hat while the couple are shopping in the island town, you can see the cameraman in her mirrored shades. (00:06:00)
Visible crew/equipment: When Susan says, "Where's the boat?" they are in the shadow of the camera boat.
Visible crew/equipment: When Susan tries on a hat while the couple are shopping in the island town, you can see the cameraman in her mirrored shades. (00:06:00)
Daniel: Other people go on vacation and spend their days just lying around. We have a story we're going to be telling for the rest of our lives.
Trivia: No digital- or special effects were used in the film. The actors were in the water with real live sharks.
Suggested correction: You can see the edges of the pool the actors are in when there are "ships" on the horizon.
Not true. The film was shot on location, for three weeks, off the coast of The Bahamas. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2004/08/open-water-sharks-fear-real/#close.
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: The whole idea with the movie was the bad count. Nobody knows why he counted wrong.
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.