🦈On August 20, 2004 “Open Water” was released in theaters! Written and directed by Chris Kentis and starring Blanchard Ryan and Daniel Travis. The film is loosely based on the true story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan, who in 1998 went out with a scuba diving group, Outer Edge Dive Company, on the Great Barrier Reef, and were accidentally left behind because the dive-boat crew failed to take an accurate headcount. Before filming began, the Lonergans' experience was re-created for an episode of ABC'