January 10 - Soul Surfer

This drama film has a scene that happens today – January 10. I hope you will enjoy this movie and watch it tonight.

SOUL SURFER                        

Teenager Bethany Hamilton grows up in Hawaii in a religious and surfing family. Bethany and her best friend Alana Blanchard finish first and third in a surf competition. Bethany offers to put both of them on the top pedestal with her, but the second place competitor, Malina Birch petulantly refuses. The Rip Curl swimwear company offers to sponsor Bethany and Alana. Alana and Bethany sneak out to go night surfing, upsetting her mother. Then on the day when her father is to have knee surgery, Bethany goes surfing with Alana, as well as Alana’s father, Holt Blanchard and brother. While resting on her board, a tiger shark lunges and bites off Bethany’s left arm. Holt makes a tourniquet. Bethany is rushed to the hospital and even though she loses 60% of her blood she lives. Her injury and recovery cause a media frenzy and the Hamiltons have to live with the Blanchards for a while. Inside Edition offers her a prosthetic arm in return for an interview, but she turns the offer down when she learns she can’t use the arm to surf. She tries to resume surfing, but she cannot stay on the board long enough to catch good waves and decides to give up surfing. Tension arises as her father refuses to give up on trying to get Bethany to surf again, while Bethany herself wonders how boys will now perceive her. Bethany goes to Thailand on a church mission trip to assist in the aftermath of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami and realizes she can use her abilities to inspire people. Her father has built a surfboard with a handle that will allow her to stay on. On January 10, 2005 [1:23:05 to 1:39:09] Bethany competes in the National Surfing Championship and finishes in fifth place, but Malina pulls her up on the top platform with her. 

A very good biopic. The rare film that presents a positive image of people of faith.

http://bethanyhamilton.com/2004/01/the-comeback-kid-people-mag/ gives the date

Producers - David Zelon, Douglas Schwartz, Dutch Hofstetter, David Brookwell and Sean McNamara

Director - Sean McNamara

Screenplay - Sean McNamara, Deborah Schwartz, Douglas Schwartz and Michael Berk

Runtime – 1 hour 46 minutes

Released – April 8, 2011

Starring – 

AnnaSophia Robb as Bethany Hamilton

Helen Hunt as Cheri Hamilton

Dennis Quaid as Tom Hamilton

Carrie Underwood as Sarah Hill

Kevin Sorbo as Holt Blanchard

Ross Thomas as Noah Hamilton

Lorraine Nicholson as Alana Blanchard

Sonya Balmores as Malina Birch