

The Rescue
2021-10-08 · 107 min · ★ 8.0
The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.
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Production details
- Directors
- Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
- Production companies
- Cavalry Media, Little Monster Films, National Geographic, Ventureland, Storyteller Productions, Passion Pictures, Michael De Luca Productions, National Geographic Documentary Films
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 946,634
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