Leslie & I went to the NY Film Circles screening of the new Robert Redford sailing movie "All is Lost" last night at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center. Redford (you can't believe how short he is in real life) made a few remarks about his age and the director also spoke then the movie rolled. There wasn't a noise in the packed house as the sailor played by Redford battles a collision at sea, down flooding of his sailboat, a horrific storm which turns his boat turtle, thirst, starvation and heat in the Indian ocean awaiting rescue. I would have died with the first wave, I joked with Leslie. Well, we "real" sailors can find fault with some of the equipment ( it looked like a ICOM VHF rather than a single sideband, and some other stuff) and his sailboat ( it looked fitted out for a day sail rather than a transoceanic crossing) and this sailors use of a storm sail in the midst of the raging storm, its a wonderful action movie that all who go out sailing will want to see. It was supposed to be the story of a resourceful sailor overcoming all adversity, and Redford did a credible job doing it.