#John Volanthen

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Colin Farrell and Viggo Mortensen as John Volanthen and Rick Stanton in Thirteen Lives (2022)

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The Rescue (2021) dir. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin

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THIRTEEN LIVES:

Kids trapped in Thai Cave

Divers travel to find them

Rescue beats the odds

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Thirteen Lives Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Rick Stanton/John Volanthen Characters: Rick Stanton, John Volanthen Additional Tags: First Time, Blow Jobs, Fucking in a Cave, PWP, as usual when I write a PWP the set up is very brief, we're here for the porn folks Summary:

Rick enjoys cave camping a little too much for his own good. Fortunately, John turns out to be on the same wavelength.

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Colin Farrell as John Volanthen | Thirteen Lives (2022)

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On the set of 'Thirteen Lives'

Colin as John Volanthen

'Thirteen Lives' is streaming on @primevideo NOW

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Thirteen Lives: ***1/2 out of 5

Some news stories are so remarkable, so teeming with drama and intrigue that you just know they’ll inspire a film adaptation. Watching coverage of the Tham Luang cave rescue in the summer of 2018 was like being on the edge of your seat at the movies except the stakes were real and profoundly high. So, naturally, in the four years since that ordeal, there’ve been not only multiple films released but also documentaries, books and song as well.

Even if you remove the variables, it was still a devastating situation; twelve adolescent soccer players and a coach found themselves trapped inside a cave in northern Thailand. What made it uniquely terrifying, though, was that they were about 2.5km from the entrance, trapped there by monsoon rain that continued to flood the cave. These factors combined with the incredibly narrow underwater corridors made the idea of rescue seem impossible. Meanwhile, the team had little to no food, no light, no toilets and no way of knowing if help was on the way. Their fear and discomfort must have been excruciating.

This information makes the opening of director Ron Howard’s Thirteen Lives chilling. The gorgeous green hills that tower over the soccer field where our story begins can only do so much to distract us from the inevitable. Same goes for this joyous scene of a boys’ soccer team wrapping up practise before a birthday party which they were supposed to attend. However, as the youngsters leave the field in excitement, they decide to take a detour to explore a nearby cave and you want to literally shout at the screen, “For the love of God, just go to the party!”

But kids will be kids. There’s a palpable sense of dread when the focus shifts to their parents at the party, especially since we know what their real-life counterparts had to endure. That feeling intensifies as they head to the caves, see the kids’ bikes and fear for the worst. They, along with the audience, realize the boys are in grave danger and need to alert as many emergency crews as possible.

This is inescapably a ‘white saviour’ story in the literal sense that white men helped save Thai children. It’s a controversial trope, but in this case, it’s undeniable reality. It would’ve been irresponsible not to recruit some of the world’s greatest divers based on politics. But, Howard and writer William Nicholson wisely focus on the Thai characters as much as possible: the children, their parents, government officials, journalists, Royal Thai Navy SEALs and so on. In fact, the big Hollywood stars don’t even appear until the second act and even then, they don’t monopolize the story. There’s a true sense of unity here as Europeans and Southeast Asians come together to save lives.

This narrative dispersion is at once a commendable quality and a dramatic impediment. When the British divers Richard Stanton (Viggo Mortensen) and John Volanthen (Colin Farrell) arrive to lend their vast experience and expertise, there’s little fanfare. They don’t march in and take over; the Thai authorities are still running the show. It’s realistic, as is the depiction of these two decent, unassuming men, Richard being slightly blunter and more methodical compared to John’s warm and tactful demeanor. The authenticity is welcome but somewhat hollow and not fully realized. We sometimes struggle to identify with these men—and most of the others—as fidelity takes precedence over character and a concentrated point of view.

That’s less an overt error by the filmmakers as it is a minor side effect of their discipline and reluctance to ‘Hollywoodize’ a story that’s already brimming with drama. Howard’s more concerned with a meticulous re-enactment and in that sense he succeeds. Obstacles most films would deem inconsequential are treated with a deserved seriousness. The best example is the actual egress of the boys. It wasn’t enough just to find them and guide them out; there’s an enlightening discussion that details the problems that could arise, particularly the panic and unpredictable movement of the boys which would risk both their rescuers’ lives and their own.

That’s where Richard Harris (Joel Edgerton) comes in. Harris is an anesthesiologist who plans to sedate the boys and have them carried out like packages. But, as he explains to the authorities in a pitch perfect scene, if the dosage isn’t precise, it could kill them and with the hours-long dive, they’d need a second dose at some point, administered by mostly amateurs. As he tells them bluntly but with deep compassion, he expects several casualties. Even though we know the outcome, Edgerton’s so convincing, he puts doubt in our minds.

From there, we finally see the long and gruelling rescue. Outside the cave, we witness the politics involved and the brutal decisions faced by governor Narongsak Osatanakorn (Sahajak Boonthanakit). We follow thousands of volunteers including the poor farmers who sacrifice their crops by allowing water to be diverted from the mountains to their fields. Meanwhile, in the caves, Howard and cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom work wonders with light, space and water to maximize tension. Claustrophobia builds as the divers negotiate dangerously narrow underwater passages with stalactites hanging from the cave ceiling like sharp teeth ready to bite down any second. Periodically, a map appears onscreen showing us how deep inside the cave characters are, just in case we weren’t nervous enough. And the whole time you’re thinking, “How…in the hell…did they pull this off?”

As drama goes, Thirteen Lives has its flaws. You wish for more insight into the minds of the characters, especially the kids who are virtually blank slates. And in its steadfast pursuit of realism, the filmmakers cut some emotional moments a bit too short. But, as a technical feat, it’s mesmerizing. Like the rescue, this is the work of countless dedicated and talented people who’ve recreated an event as accurately and tactfully as possible. Moreover, it’s a testament to what can be accomplished when people from dozens of countries work together instead of succumbing to petty differences.

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Colin Farrell is having a terrific 2022, first with his role as the Penguin in The Batman and then in Ron Howard’s Tham Luang cave rescue movie, Thirteen Lives. In the film, Farrell portrays British cave diver John Volanthen who, alongside fellow divers Richard Stanton (Viggo Mortensen) and Richard Harris (Joel Edgerton), fight to save the lives of a soccer team. Since that movie is streaming on…

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""The Batman" actor who plays caver John Volanthen in "Thirteen Lives" (2 wds.)" Daily Pop Crosswords Crossword clue

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'Thirteen Lives' Movie Review

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Thirteen Lives is a retelling of the 2018 Tham Luang rescue, when twelve schoolboys and their football coach were saved from a flooded cave in Thailand against almost impossible odds. Starring Viggo Mortensen as Richard Stanton and Colin Farrell as John Volanthen, the film is a relatively straightforward account of the details and specifics of the rescue. There’s very little in the way of flair…

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Thirteen Lives (2022) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Rick Stanton/John Volanthen Characters: Rick Stanton, John Volanthen Additional Tags: Drunk Sex, Frottage, Laughter During Sex, Fluff Series: Part 7 of Kinktober 2022 Summary:

There's a reason Rick has never seen John drink. (A fun reason.)

Kinktober Day 7 - Drunk Sex

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L’episodio di cronaca che ha trafitto il mondo nel 2018, conclusosi con un felice epilogo grazie al salvataggio di dodici ragazzi di una squadra di calcio e del loro allenatore dal profondo di una grotta allagata nel nord della Thailandia, è il soggetto del prossimo film di #RonHoward dal titolo Thirteen Lives, la cui storia è stata raccontata quest’anno nel documentario di successo #TheRescue. La pellicola di Howard è l’adattamento cinematografico del romanzo Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives scritto da John Volanthen, il sommozzatore britannico che ebbe un ruolo chiave nei soccorsi. Il cast comprende #ViggoMortensen nei panni di Richard Stanton, #ColinFarrell nei panni di John Volanthen, #JoelEdgerton nei panni di Richard Harris, un anestesista, più un cast tailandese con Sukollawat Kanarot, Thiraphat Sajakul, Sahajak Boonthanakit , Vithaya Pansringarm, Teeradon Supapunpinyo e Nophand Boonyai. #Amazon distribuirà #ThirteenLives in alcune sale americane selezionate il 29 luglio 2022 , e successivamente in streaming su #PrimeVideo a partire dal 5 agosto. GUARDA: https://youtu.be/R068Si4eb3Y https://www.instagram.com/p/CfY3wqRj0oN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The Rescue (12A)

The Rescue (12A) Director: E. Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin Runtime: 1h 47m Cast: Rick Stanton, John Volanthen   Synopsis: The Rescue chronicles the dramatic 2018 rescue of twelve Thai boys and their soccer coach, trapped deep inside a flooded cave. Academy Award®-winning directors and producers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin reveal the perilous world of cave diving, the bravery of the rescuers,…