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About
The true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith.
Theatrical
Apr 8, 2011
Box Office
$47.1M
Budget
$18.0M
Return
2.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 2, 2011
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Enticing Entertainment, Island Film Group, Brookwell-McNamara Entertainment, Life's a Beach Entertainment, Mandalay Vision, TriStar Pictures, FilmDistrict
Keywords
based on novel or book
depression
beach
surfer
hawaii
surfboard
shark attack
thailand
comeback
surfing
bikini
volunteer
based on true story
family relationships
hospital
doctor
based on memoir or autobiography
shark
prosthetic arm
swimsuit
christian film
christian
surfing contest
female surfer
severed arm
inspirational
defiant
Quotes
See all →Finding Strength in Adversity
Bethany Hamilton
Go ahead, tell me how everything's going to be okay.
Tom Hamilton
Yea that's me Mr. jump-right-in-and-fix-it, maybe I should just keep my mouth shut for once.
Bethany Hamilton
I'm done, aren't I? I can't even paddle out to the line up passed the big waves. I don't understand, what happened to... I can do all things. Why? Why did this happen? Why did I have to lose everything?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Finding Balance Between Will and Reality
Tom Hamilton
What is it that I'm not hearing?
Cheri Hamilton
You can't just fix everything just by shear will.
Tom Hamilton
If she gives up, she will never get back into the water and she will never be the same.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →A
AnnaSophia Robb
Bethany Hamilton
H
Helen Hunt
Cheri Hamilton
Dennis Quaid
Tom Hamilton
C
Carrie Underwood
Sarah Hill
K
Kevin Sorbo
Holt Blanchard
R
Ross Thomas
Noah Hamilton
C
Chris Brochu
Timmy Hamilton
L
Lorraine Nicholson
Alana Blanchard
J
Jeremy Sumpter
Byron
S
Sonya Balmores
Malina Birch
C
Craig T. Nelson
Dr. David Rovinsky
B
Branscombe Richmond
Ben Aipa
T
Titus Kinimaka
Titus
J
John Philbin
Fuel TV Reporter #2
T
Tiffany Hofstetter
Rosemary
S
Sean McNamara
Rip Curl Executive
C
Christie Brooke
National Surf Fan #1
D
David Tice
Contest Official
W
Wesley Mann
Calvin
P
Patrick Richwood
Todd
