''The Sundowner'' is an American
documentary short film directed by
Steve Christolos and starring
Jon Bendz and
Tim Tomchak. It is the story of a
civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing ...
who builds a 53-foot
yacht completely by himself, and tries to
sail
A sail is a tensile structure—which is made from fabric or other membrane materials—that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and even sail-powered land vehicles. Sails may ...
around the world. The film premiered at
Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on January 25, 2010. It was produced by Alan Wigley.
Premise
Unable to ignore the call of the ocean, a civil engineer builds his own fifty-three foot sailboat and sets sail, transforming his dream of life at sea into reality. In jagged waters, he is in turn transformed from a man of hubris to a man of humility.
Cast
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Jon Bendz as Self
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Tim Tomchak as Self
References
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Slamdance Film Festival 2010 short documentaries
American short documentary films
2010 films
2010 short documentary films
Sailing films
Documentary films about water transport
2010s English-language films
2010s American films
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