{"id":28920,"date":"2025-02-26T23:29:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T04:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=28920"},"modified":"2025-02-26T23:29:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T04:29:06","slug":"last-breath-filmmaker-alex-parkinson-video-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=28920","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Last Breath\u2019 Filmmaker Alex Parkinson on Revisiting a Harrowing Undersea Rescue (Video Interview)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2012, a trio of saturation \u201cSAT\u201d divers repairing a pipeline at the bottom of the North Sea ran into problems when the ship they were attached to began to drift off course due to a heavy storm. One of the divers, Chris Lemons, was trapped at the bottom of the sea after his umbilical (essentially his air supply and means of communication) snapped, leading to a race against time to save him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmmaker Alex Parkinson told that story in his 2018 doc, <\/span><b><i>Last Breath<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and now, almost seven years later, he has directed a new narrative feature, also called <\/span><b><i>Last Breath<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starring Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu (<\/span><b><i>Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), and Finn Cole (<\/span><b><i>Animal Kingdom<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) as Lemons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Daily US<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had a chance to speak with Parkinson about the differences between the two films and how the actors prepared for recreating the treacherous rescue mission, which you can watch in the video interview above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Last Breath<\/strong><\/em> opens nationwide on Friday, February 28.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Check out more of CinemaDaily US\u2019 video interviews on our YouTube channel<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LastBreathPoster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28921\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LastBreathPoster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LastBreathPoster.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LastBreathPoster-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LastBreathPoster-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LastBreathPoster-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LastBreathPoster-696x1031.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Director: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alex Parkinson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Screenwriter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mitchell LaFortune, Alex Parkinson, David Brooks<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cast:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Finn Cole, Cliff Curtis, Mark Bonnar, MyAnna Buring, Bobby Rainsbury, Connor Reed\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Producer: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stewart le Mar\u00e9chal, Al Morrow, Anna Mohr-Pietsch, Jeremy Plager, Hal Sadoff, Norman Golightly, David Brooks, Paul Brooks<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Production Co: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dark Castle Entertainment, Longshot Film Studios, MetFilm Production<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distributor:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Focus Features<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rating:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> PG-13 (Brief Strong Language)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Genre:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Drama<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> English<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Release Date (Theaters):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> February 28, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Runtime:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1 hour, 33 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If you like this video interview, please share your comments below.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-douglasgmail-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out more of Edward Douglas\u2019 articles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can watch the trailer for <\/span><b><i>Last Breath <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"sNMyooXZZTM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Last Breath - Official Trailer [HD] - Only in Theaters February 28\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sNMyooXZZTM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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