Morning Light the movie dawns in October in US
by Rich Roberts on 28 Sep 2008
Morning Light crew; skipper Jeremy Wilmot at left. - Transpac 2007 Rich Roberts
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The world beyond sailing is counting down to the Oct. 17 launch of the film documentary Morning Light in 55 theaters from the U.S. east coast to Honolulu, following special premiere benefit and charity screenings in various locations starting Thursday, Oct. 2.
The high-definition film presents a real-life, unscripted account of the year-long recruitment, tryout selection and training of young sailors ages 15 to 23 to sail a high-performance Transpac 52 called Morning Light in last year's Transpacific Yacht Race to Hawaii.
From the 538 who applied, 15 were trained and 11 sailed and placed third overall in Division 2 (second among TP52s) against boats with professional sailors among their crews.
Trailer video (2 minutes 20 seconds)
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One of the sailors, Jesse Fielding, then 20, of Kingston, R.I., said, 'People in Rhode Island are very excited, as you can imagine, with all the hometown heroes in the film. For example, my mom has 50 German exchange students in the state and they want to make an outing of it, and home yacht clubs want to see it as a group, and family is flying in to see it as well. So you get the idea.'
The special screenings will include an Oct. 15 showing for 600 guests at the Lido Theatre in Newport Beach, Calif. to raise funds for an expanded Transpac Exhibit at the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum and to underscore a new partnership with the museum as a base for the Transpacific Yacht Club.
The event will be preceded by a food and wine festival and followed by a question and answer session with the film's producers, Roy Disney and Leslie DeMeuse-Disney, with members of the Morning Light team. Ticket and more information
Other special screenings are tentatively scheduled in Miami Oct. 2, Toronto Oct. 4, Annapolis and Vancouver, B.C., Oct. 9, Baltimore Oct. 10, Seattle Oct. 13, San Diego Oct. 14, Honolulu and Santa Cruz, Calif., Oct. 16, and Kingston, Ontario, Oct. 23. More are being planned.
The formal world premiere for invited guests will be Oct. 7 at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.
Also, EPSN2 will broadcast film of the Morning Light tryouts Thursday Oct. 8, at 8 p.m. Eastern time, 5 p.m. Pacific and 2 p.m. Hawaii, and again on Friday, Oct. 9, at 9 p.m. Pacific and 6 p.m. Hawaii.
KITV-Hawaii interview
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