'Sanctum'

The 3D cave-diving thriller bombed at the box office, but it was inspired by a real-world disaster: Producer <a href="http://blogs.sacurrent.com/index.php/streetview/interview-with-sanctum-inspiration-andrew-wight/" target="blank"><b>Andrew Wight</b></a> was leading an expedition in a remote cave system in Australia when a freak storm made the entrance collapse. But the real-life story differed in a few key places: Everyone in real life survived, and none of the actual people had to endure any ham-fisted father-son sparring and by-the-numbers dialog.

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The 3D cave-diving thriller bombed at the box office, but it was inspired by a real-world disaster: Producer Andrew Wight was leading an expedition in a remote cave system in Australia when a freak storm made the entrance collapse. But the real-life story differed in a few key places: Everyone in real life survived, and none of the actual people had to endure any ham-fisted father-son sparring and by-the-numbers dialog.

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