The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea Genre: Drama Directed by: Bill Purple. BECOME A TRIBECA INSIDER. Purple has recently been directing episodic network television while trying to get The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea off the ground. Here is an exclusive look at The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. Subscribe Subscribed Unsubscribe 5,940,711 5M. The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (original title) PG-13 . IMDb Special Correspondent Dave Karger breaks down why the Golden Globes are so much more entertaining. The Book of Love (originally titled The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea). The sea turned blue much later and the phrase became well- known via the title of a popular song Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, written by Ted Koehler and Harold Arlen, and recorded by Cab Calloway in 1. What's the source of the original phrase? Well, we would really like to know. CANOE, the Committee to Ascribe a Nautical Origin to Everything, would have us believe that it has a nautical origin (well, they would wouldn't they?). In her book 'When a loose cannon flogs a dead horse there's the devil to pay' Olivia Isil unambiguously attributes a nautical origin to the phrase, albeit without providing any evidence for that. Set against that there's the explanation that this is from the usual meaning of Devil, that is, the supreme spirit of evil. If it's that Devil we are talking about then the origin is straightforward - the Devil is bad and falling in the deep sea is bad, so when being caught between the two would be cause for concern. People who like that explanation can point back to Greek mythology for an earlier version of the idea of being caught between evil and the sea. Homer's Odyssey refers to Odysseus being caught between Scylla (a six- headed monster) and Charybdis (a whirlpool). To explain the nautical theory we'll need to define some sailing terminology. That's always dangerous ground for landlubbers and usually results in some horny- handed sailing type writing in to say that I don't know my scuppers from my square knots, but here goes anyway.. That definition wasn't entirely clear to me, but a correspondent who describes himself as 'an engineer and vessel constructor' clarified it this way. This seam would need to be watertight and would need filling (caulking) from time to time. On a ship at sea this would presumably require a sailor to be suspended over the side, or at least to stand at the very edge of the deck. Either way it is easy to see how that might be described as 'between the devil and the deep sea'. Incidentally, another term for filling a seam is 'paying'. Those that like nautical origins also give this as the source for the Devil to pay, although the evidence is against them on that one. The first recorded citation of 'the Devil and the deep sea' in print is in Robert Monro's His expedition with the worthy Scots regiment called Mac- keyes, 1. Was the nautical term 'devil' in use when the phrase was coined? We've no evidence to show the word in that context until over two hundred years after the first sighting of the phrase. If the phrase really does pre- date the word then the nautical derivation is clearly incorrect. The onus falls on the nautical believers to provide the evidence - and I'm not holding my breath on that. CANOE doesn't quite convince with this one. On balance it seems wise to stay on dry land and stick with the Devil we know. Maudlin flashbacks, contrived twists, transparent themes and a soppy score all slosh about Bill Purple. Its every gesture phonier than the last, the Tribeca- launched film appears destined for a watery theatrical grave. Stuffy architect Henry (Jason Sudeikis) has his life upended when, on the eve of completing a big New Orleans waterfront- restoration deal with boss Wendell (Paul Reiser), he. This sends Henry into a tailspin of sitting around his under- renovation house looking dazed and confused and reminiscing about happy times spent with his colorfully crazy spouse, though Sudeikis. However, between Williams and Biel. Millie has a diary of a doomed sailor that. More frustrating still, neither character is remotely plausible, thanks to a script (by Purple and Robbie Pickering) that imagines them as hoary archetypes, and to turns by Sudeikis and Williams comprised of skin- deep verbal and expressive affectations. Purple. Pseudo- revelatory bombshells and heart- healing epiphanies inevitably arrive by film. Executive producers, Bill Purple, Ross Dinerstein, Greg Shockro, Rob Ortiz, Jason Sudeikis, Rick Yorn, Kevin Connolly, Stefan Nowicki, Joey Carey. Co- producers, Ryan Charles Griffin, , Paulie Litt, Will Greenfield, Robbie Pickering. Co- executive producers, Kristin Winkler, Carter Swan, Luca Garbero, Sasha Yelaun. Crew. Directed by Bill Purple. Screenplay, Bill Purple, Robbie Pickering. Camera (color, widescreen, HD), J. Michael Muro; editor, Tara Timpone; music, Justin Timberlake; music coordinator, Andrew Person; production designer, Sue Chan; art director, Christina Kim; set decorator, Sophie Kosofsky; costume designer, Claire Breaux; sound (DTS/SDDS/Dolby Digital); supervising sound editor, Michael Baird; re- recording mixers, Jason Dotts, Paul Knox; visual effects supervisor, Danny Braet; visual effects, Cognition; stunt coordinator, Bill Scharpf; associate producer, Sam Warren, Ansley Seaver Marshall; first assistant director, Paul B. Uddo; casting, Stephanie Holbrook. With. Jason Sudeikis, Maisie Williams, Jessica Biel, Mary Steenburgen, Orlando Jones, Richard Robichaux, Paul Reiser, Bryan Batt, Jayson Warner Smith, Christopher Gehrman.
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