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Oct 20, 2023 · With her outstanding athletic achievements and outsized ego, Diana Nyad seems like the perfect subject for filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi to explore. The married documentarians, who earned an Academy Award for their jaw-dropping 2018 film “Free Solo,” have always been drawn to extremes, to the limits of the human body’s physical and mental capabilities.
Sep 1, 2023 · Oscar-winning documentary filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin ('Free Solo') direct their first narrative feature, about Diana Nyad's history-making swim from Cuba to Florida at age 64.
Sep 17, 2023 · “Nyad” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, where plenty of audiences found it inspiring, and yet, the conclusion on practically everyone’s lips was how unlikable they found Bening’s ...
Aug 21, 2023 · Nyad got involved in the film about her life early on, and assisted the filmmakers with those nitty-gritty details regarding long-distance swimming—how it feels, where your mind goes, why it so ...
Sep 7, 2023 · Nyad, which co-stars Rhys Ifans, marks the narrative film debut for directors Vasarhelyi and Chin, whose previous work includes the Oscar-winning 2018 documentary Free Solo.Bill Johnson, Jim ...
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Nov 2, 2023 · The film, in its first minutes, prefers the latter, opening with a rat-a-tat montage of her many successes: author, linguist, Phi Beta Kappa scholar. I groaned.
