Thirteen Lives with Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman (Ep. 368)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Director Ron Howard discusses his new film, Thirteen Lives, with fellow director Akiva Goldsman in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, Howard reveals how much of the stunts the actors performed, his thoughts on the future of theatrical film, and his favorite scene in the film. The film follows the miraculous story of the 2018 Tham Luang Nang Non rescue, in which an international team of divers was assembled to save a group of 12 young boys and their soccer coach after they became trapped in a system of flooded caves in Thailand. Please note: spoilers are included. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/Events/2022/September2022/ThirteenLives_QnA_0822.aspx

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0:00.0	I felt like it was a movie of the moment.
0:02.2	These people had actually, who had achieved this,
0:04.7	had actually handed us an object lesson
0:07.1	in the viability of hope.
0:31.2	Music Hello and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Director's Guild of America.
0:39.0	In this episode, a rescue team attempts a seemingly impossible task in director Ron Howard's 13 lives.
0:45.0	The film follows the miraculous story of the 2018 Tom Luang Nang Nong Rescue,
0:51.6	in which an international team of divers was assembled to save a group of 12 young boys and their soccer coach,
0:55.7	after they became trapped in a system of flooded caves in Thailand.
1:02.3	In addition to 13 Lives, Mr. Howard's many directorial credits include feature films Cinderella Man and In the Heart of the Sea, documentary features Pavarotti, and The Beatles
1:08.4	Eight Days a Week, the Touring touring years and the pilot episode of genius
1:12.8	Einstein. He is a two-time winner of the DGA's feature film award for 1995's Apollo 13 and
1:21.6	2001's A Beautiful Mind and received nominations for 1985's cocoon and 2008's Frost Nixon.
1:30.7	Following a recent screening of the film,
1:33.4	Mr. Howard spoke with director
1:34.8	Akiva Goldsman about filming 13 lives.
1:38.7	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
1:49.8	Thank you. conversation. You know, this one is quite something.
1:54.0	I mean, I was entirely undone by this experience of, you know, and I'm not even
2:00.4	claustrophobic. My wife just
2:01.6	had to walk out of the room. So I guess I'd sort of start as one does. And I have a bunch of
2:08.4	questions on my phone because like writing pages for you, I do my homework I know to come
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