The Wind Gods Explained

The Wind Gods
Director:Fritz Mitchell
Producer:David Ellison
Narrator:Jeremy Irons
Music:Pinar Toprak
Production Companies:Skydance Productions
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Country:United States
Language:English

The Wind Gods: 33rd America's Cup is a 2011 documentary sailing yacht racing sports film about the 2010 America's Cup (the 33rd Cup) revised in 2013. The film is narrated by Jeremy Irons, directed by Fritz Mitchell, and produced by Skydance Productions. The soundtrack composed by Pinar Toprak won the 2011 IFMCA Best Documentary Score award. The film aired nationally on PBS (the U.S. Public Broadcasting Service) in 2013.[1]

Film

The film The Wind Gods: 33rd America's Cup was produced by David Ellison, son of Larry Ellison, and his production company, Skydance Productions. Larry Ellison is the syndicate CEO of Oracle Team USA, the winning team in the 33rd America's Cup (AC33), and chairman and founder of Oracle Corporation, the title sponsor of the winning syndicate. David Ellison collaborated with Julian Guthrie on the film. Guthrie wrote the nonfiction book The Billionaire and the Mechanic about the history of Oracle Team USA.[2] [3] The DVD and advertising campaign were produced by Bean Labs, in conjunction with Mt. Philo Films.[4]

Synopsis

The film profiles Larry Ellison, Russell Coutts, and Ernesto Bertarelli. Coutts is the skipper for Oracle Team USA who was hired away from Bertarelli's Switzerland's Team Alinghi. Bertarelli is the head of the defending champion, the Swiss syndicate Team Alinghi, running the yacht Alinghi 5, while Oracle runs the yacht USA-17. The film proceeds to cover the proceedings of the America's Cup regatta, a championship composed of multiple rounds of racing.[2] [5]

Soundtrack

The Wind Gods
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Pinar Toprak
Studio:Caldera Records
Genre:Film score

A soundtrack album was released, The Wind Gods: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, composed by Pinar Toprak, released by Caldera Records, ID# C6012, containing 19 tracks, 18 music and one commentary. The film score received the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Score in 2011.[6] [7] [8]

Track listing

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TrackTitleLengthNotes
01The Wind Gods2:50
02First Race 1851 5:52
03Ellison vs. Bertarelli 1:06
04The Best Man To Steer The Boat 2:04
05Childhood 1:52
06We Are The American Team 1:02
07There Is No Second Place 1:39
08Jimmy And His Father 1:04
09The Final Race 3:30
10It Was Personal 2:07
11The America's Cup is America's Again 2:17
12What's At Stake 1:05
13The Trophy 1:33
14Dreams Are To Pursue 1:15
15One Australia 1:26
16The 12 Minute Cue 12:18
17A Noble Defeat 1:26
18Dreams Are To Pursue II2:40
19Audio Commentary by Pinar Toprak 2:54Bonus Track

Workography

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wind Gods . 2013 . PBS Northern California KQED 9 .
  2. News: Larry Ellison's private America's Cup party . Patrick Hoge . 9 May 2013 . San Francisco Business Times . 25 April 2018 . 5 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201205122103/https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/05/ellison-party-celebrates-movie-and.html . live .
  3. News: Larry Ellison Graciously Stopped A Journalist From Being Tossed Out Of His Private Party . Julie Bort . 10 May 2013 . Business Insider . 25 April 2018 . 6 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181106210722/https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-ellison-graciously-stopped-a-journalist-from-being-tossed-out-of-his-private-party-2013-5 . live .
  4. Web site: The Wind Gods . Bean Labs . 2014 . 2018-04-26 . 2018-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181106132522/http://beanlabs.com/project/the-wind-gods/ . live .
  5. Web site: The Wind Gods – the story of the 33rd America's Cup . 26 April 2013 . Sailing Scuttlebutt . Scuttlebutt Sailing News . 25 April 2018 . 8 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180508053923/https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2013/04/26/the-wind-gods-the-story-of-the-33rd-americas-cup/ . live .
  6. News: Wind Gods . 25 April 2013 . WTTW National Productions . PRNewsWire . 25 April 2018 . 25 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200925112653/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wttw-national-productions-to-present-the-wind-gods-204756291.html . live .
  7. Web site: The Wind Gods . Caldera Records . 2014 . 2018-04-25 . 2019-05-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190515114830/http://caldera-records.com/portfolio/the-wind-gods/ . live .
  8. Web site: The Wind Gods . James Southall . 5 January 2016 . Movie Wave . 25 April 2018 . 2 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214225/http://www.movie-wave.net/the-wind-gods/ . live .