Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, and Rhys Ifans star in NYAD to tell a remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of he...Mar 9, 2024 · Long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad's story is back in the spotlight thanks to the Netflix biopic and awards season contender "Nyad." Nyad is best known for being the first person to successfully ...Nov 3, 2023 · Diana Nyad is no stranger to the news and has been grabbing headlines since her 20s for her record achievements as a long-distance swimmer. Falling just a little short of her goal, Diana retired from marathon swimming at the age of 30 to become a sports journalist. Since then, she has been an author, motivational speaker and an example for ...Nov 3, 2023 · Based on the story of Nyad’s real-life attempt to make the treacherous swim, NYAD was a powerful passion project for directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. Like Nyad herself, the filmmakers were making a leap of faith — their previous credits were documentaries like The Rescue and the Oscar-winning Free Solo. “I believe that ... Aug 21, 2023 · Annette Bening is hoping to make a splash as swimmer Diana Nyad in the new biopic Nyad, coming to Netflix and select theaters this fall. The film follows 60-year-old Nyad's effort to complete an ...Nov 13, 2013 · On the morning of August 31, 2013, long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad jumped off a rock seawall in Havana, Cuba, and began her 110-mile swim to Key West across the Florida Straits. It was the 64 ... NYAD. 2023 | Maturity Rating: PG-13 | 2h 1m | Drama. Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean. Starring: Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ifans.Diana Nyad Took Up Swimming at an Early Age. Born on August 22, 1949, in New York, Diana always had a fascination for the water and started swimming seriously at the age of 12. Even in later years, she held on to something her stepfather told her about being a Nyad, a Greek word for water nymphs, indicating that swimming was in her …Kayakers escorted Diana Nyad about two miles off Key West, Fla., on her way to becoming the first swimmer to cross the 110-mile Florida Straits without the protection of a shark cage. A remarkable true story of tenacity, friendship and the triumph of the human spirit, NYAD recounts a riveting chapter in the life of world-class athlete Diana Nyad. Three decades after giving up ... So it makes sense that their narrative feature directing debut, “Nyad,” would focus on a true story — that of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad’s attempts to swim the 110 miles from Cuba to ...Time Out says. In 2013, the perfectly named endurance swimmer Diana Nyad became—at the age of 64—the first person to officially swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. Now the ...A remarkable true story of tenacity, friendship and the triumph of the human spirit, NYAD recounts a riveting chapter in the life of world-class athlete Diana Nyad. Three decades after giving up ...A remarkable true story of tenacity, friendship and the triumph of the human spirit, NYAD recounts a riveting chapter in the life of world-class athlete Diana Nyad. Three decades after giving up ...KEY WEST, Fla. -- Looking dazed and sunburned, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walked ashore Monday, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage. The ...When it comes to long-distance swimming, few athletes have set the records that Diana Nyad has in her career. She is best known for her historic swims such as swimming 28 miles around Manhattan in ...Netflix’s Nyad is a compelling retelling of Diana Nyad's incredible achievement at the age of 64. When most people spend their 60s in retirement or on ... Diana always believed that she was destined to become a swimmer, especially because Nyad, in Greek, means water nymph. She proved her talent to the world by swimming …Aug 21, 2023 · Annette Bening is hoping to make a splash as swimmer Diana Nyad in the new biopic Nyad, coming to Netflix and select theaters this fall. The film follows 60-year-old Nyad's effort to complete an ...The swimmer’s epic feat is the subject of the Netflix feature “Nyad,” which stars Annette Bening as Nyad and Jodie Foster as her best friend and supporter, Bonnie Stoll.Nov 13, 2013 · On the morning of August 31, 2013, long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad jumped off a rock seawall in Havana, Cuba, and began her 110-mile swim to Key West across the Florida Straits. It was the 64 ... "Nyad," a major motion picture about Diana Nyad, who swam from Havana to Key West at age 64 in 2013, is being marketed as a "remarkable true story of tenacity, friendship, and the triumph of the human spirit.". Why it matters: Nyad grew up in Fort Lauderdale.The film, poised to debut at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend before …Nov 6, 2023 · Nov. 6, 2023. Diana Nyad doesn’t give up. In the new film NYAD, Annette Bening plays the irrepressible swimmer who sets out to complete a swim from Cuba to Florida 32 years after her first attempt ended in failure. At the age of 60, and with the help of a resilient crew, Nyad is determined to finish what she started when she was 28 years old. Oct 20, 2023 · Diana Nyad (centre right) and her trainer Bonnie Stoll hug as Nyad walks ashore in Florida after her 2013 swim. Photograph: J Pat Carter/AP. As a member of the Sag-Aftra actors’ union, the ... Nov 6, 2023 · Back in 2013, 64-year-old swimmer Diana Nyad swam from Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida in 53 hours, becoming the third person to achieve the feat and the first to do it without a shark cage.By Alice Park. October 27, 2015 12:32 PM EDT. I n her new memoir, Find a Way, Diana Nyad describes her historic swim in 2013, when, at age 64, she became the first person to swim from Cuba to ...Nov 7, 2023 · Nyad, which arrived on Netflix on 3 November, picks up on the swimmer’s 60th birthday, when, after decades away from the sport, she decides to prove that she can make the Florida Straits crossing “unassisted” (without a shark cage – as Walter Poenisch and Susie Maroney had done in 1978 and 1997, respectively). It took Nyad five attempts ...Diana Nyad alleging abuse. CNN Brasil, 17 October 2020. In her 2017 New York Times op-ed, “My Life After Sexual Assault,” Diana Nyad contends that she had been “speaking out, loud and strong, for nearly five decades.”. That means she would have had to begin in the late 1960s or early 1970s.So it makes sense that their narrative feature directing debut, “Nyad,” would focus on a true story — that of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad’s attempts to swim the 110 miles from Cuba to ...Diana Nyad was at her swimming peak in 1978. Perhaps the world’s foremost female marathon swimmer, the 28-year-old seemed to set world records wherever she dipped her toes in the water. In 1975, she’d swum around Manhattan Island—a distance of 28 miles—in less than eight hours, breaking a 45-year-old mark. ...Nov 3, 2023 · Biography Drama Sport. The remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long …A remarkable true story of tenacity, friendship and the triumph of the human spirit, NYAD recounts a riveting chapter in the life of world-class athlete Diana Nyad. Three decades after giving up ...Dec 5, 2023 · The swimmer’s epic feat is the subject of the Netflix feature “Nyad,” which stars Annette Bening as Nyad and Jodie Foster as her best friend and supporter, Bonnie Stoll.Nov 4, 2023 · Movies. For Subscribers. Netflix has Oscar hopes for its Diana Nyad biopic. But the swimmer’s exaggerations cast a pall. Aug. 30, 2023. Nyad is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film about swimmer Diana Nyad's multiple attempts in the early 2010s to swim the Straits of Florida, with flashbacks to her early life. It is directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (in their feature narrative film directorial debut ) and written by Julia Cox, based on Nyad's 2015 ... Jan 23, 2024 · Annette Bening plays Diana Nyad, Jodie Foster plays Nyad’s friend and coach Bonnie Stoll, and Rhys Ifans plays John Bartlett, the captain of the boat that accompanied Nyad on her swim. “Annette is amazing,” Chin says. “She was often in the tank for hours at a time because she wanted to swim and wanted it to be authentic. NYAD is the true story of competitive swimmer Diana Nyad (Annette Bening), who sets out to achieve her lifelong dream of being the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida. With the help of her best friend Bonnie Stoll ( Jodie Foster ) and a dedicated crew, she commits to completing the 110-mile swim without assistance, no matter the personal ...Nov 11, 2017 · Diana Nyad, the champion long-distance open water swimmer, opened up about her past as a victim of sexual assault. Her op-ed in the New York Times is yet another case of a woman speaking out about ... Nov 7, 2023 · Nyad, which arrived on Netflix on 3 November, picks up on the swimmer’s 60th birthday, when, after decades away from the sport, she decides to prove that she can make the Florida Straits crossing “unassisted” (without a shark cage – as Walter Poenisch and Susie Maroney had done in 1978 and 1997, respectively). It took Nyad five attempts ...Diana Nyad. Her four attempts to swim from Cuba to Florida after the age of 60. The controversy that followed the final, successful one in 2013. And the criticism of Diana personally, by some members of the marathon swimming community (including, at times, myself). The controversy and criticism continues even now — flaring up again …Diana Nyad is most well known for accomplishing a remarkable feat in 2013 when she swam from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, the first swimmer to do so on that route. She was subsequently a contestant on "DWTS" Season 18, and it was a dream for the athlete to compete. Nyad was disappointed when she was one of two contestants …Diana Nyad’s dream was to swim from Cuba to Florida. She failed when she was 28, then retired, and at age 60, decided to try again. A new Netflix film tells her story. ... but she was just not done and didn’t want to just fade away,” says Nyad director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi about swimmer Diana Nyad. Credit: Liz Parkinson/Netflix. ...Nyad, the legendary long-distance swimmer and former ABC “Wide World of Sports” correspondent, fits firmly within that category. And “Nyad,” Chin and Vasarhelyi’s first narrative feature, tells the tale of her quest at age 64 to swim from Cuba to Florida, a brutal stretch of 110 miles.Mar 5, 2024 · Netflix's "Nyad" takes viewers on the inside story of how famed marathon swimmer Diane Nyad swam across the Florida Strait — the waters between Cuba and Key West — at age 64. The film, based ... Dec 1, 2011 · Dec. 1, 2011. Today Diana Nyad is swimming for four hours. She does this four days a week in the 50-meter pool at the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center, in Pasadena, Calif. Her stroke is rhythmic, high in ... a wild & precious life. “Whatever your Other Shore is, whatever you must do, whatever inspires you, you will find a way to get there.”. - Diana Nyad. It was ten years ago, September 2, 2013, that I at long last stumbled up onto Smathers Beach in Key West, on the fifth try over thirty-five years, after swimming across that epic ocean between ... Diana Nyad’s dream was to swim from Cuba to Florida. She failed when she was 28, then retired, and at age 60, decided to try again. A new Netflix film tells her story. ... but she was just not done and didn’t want to just fade away,” says Nyad director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi about swimmer Diana Nyad. Credit: Liz Parkinson/Netflix. ...Nov 7, 2023 · Nyad, which arrived on Netflix on 3 November, picks up on the swimmer’s 60th birthday, when, after decades away from the sport, she decides to prove that she can make the Florida Straits crossing “unassisted” (without a shark cage – as Walter Poenisch and Susie Maroney had done in 1978 and 1997, respectively). It took Nyad five attempts ...Sep 2, 2013 · EmbedVideo(7278, 482, 304); Diana Nyad has reached Key West on the coast of Florida. You can watch the final leg of her swim here. Update: 6:30 p.m. ET Shortly before 2 p.m. ET, a sunburned and ... Diana Nyad was at her swimming peak in 1978. Perhaps the world’s foremost female marathon swimmer, the 28-year-old seemed to set world records wherever she dipped her toes in the water. In 1975, she’d swum around Manhattan Island—a distance of 28 miles—in less than eight hours, breaking a 45-year-old mark. ...Oct 20, 2023 · If 444 swimmers had spent 30+ hours in 48-degree water, 444 swimmers would have died.” The 1968 Olympic Trials? “I remember it like it was yesterday,” said Nyad, “I looked up at the ...Dec 11, 2023 · Annette Bening stars as controversial marathon swimmer Diana Nyad in the first narrative feature from documentarians Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. Oct. 20, 2023Diana Nyad was never top or dominant marathon swimmer at any time in her career. Her specialization was long solo swims coupled with publicity, even though her actual results in that space were mixed.Nov 2, 2023 · A record-breaking long-distance swimmer, she’s got the lung capacity of a real blowhard. Her ever-patient best friend, Bonnie (Jodie Foster), spends this exuberant and enervating biopic cutting ... Nov 14, 2023 · Nyad depicts long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad's dream to be the first person to swim from Havana, Cuba, to Key West, Florida, without the use of a shark cage or any assistance. But the movie doesn't reveal the controversies that followed her after her feat in 2013. The 2023 Netflix biographical sports film tells the true story of Nyad's 35-year journey to …Netflix is set to release a sports biopic about endurance swimmer Diana Nyad. Nyad, who will be played by four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening, was at the peak of her athletic career in the ...Mar 9, 2024 · Long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad's story is back in the spotlight thanks to the Netflix biopic and awards season contender "Nyad." Nyad is best known for being the first person to successfully ...Nov 3, 2023 · NYAD is based on the true story of Diana Nyad (Annette Bening in the movie), a long-distance swimmer who achieved her life’s dream of swimming from Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida in 2013 when ...Nov 4, 2023 · The brand-new film Nyad, streaming now on Netflix, stars Annette Bening as swimmer Diana Nyad. It follows Nyad's attempts to swim from Cuba to Florida, which she first …Nov 3, 2023 · Three decades after retiring from marathon swimming to embark on a second act as a sports journalist, Nyad became obsessed with the feat that had eluded her as a 28-year-old in 1978. Dec. 1, 2011. Today Diana Nyad is swimming for four hours. She does this four days a week in the 50-meter pool at the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center, in Pasadena, Calif. Her stroke is rhythmic, high in ...Nov 9, 2023 · Nyad, which arrived on Netflix on 3 November, picks up on the swimmer’s 60th birthday, when, after decades away from the sport, she decides to prove that she can make the Florida Straits ... Time Out says. In 2013, the perfectly named endurance swimmer Diana Nyad became—at the age of 64—the first person to officially swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. Now the ...Oct 20, 2023 · Diana Nyad (centre right) and her trainer Bonnie Stoll hug as Nyad walks ashore in Florida after her 2013 swim. Photograph: J Pat Carter/AP. As a member of the Sag-Aftra actors’ union, the ... Sep 1, 2023 · The film, poised to debut at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend before showing in theaters and on Netflix, is putting her controversial career back in the spotlight. Nyad's famous swim led to her being cast on "Dancing With the Stars," getting a book deal and becoming a motivational speaker. She has published numerous op-eds in the New ... Nov 3, 2023 · Yes. NYAD is based on the true story of Diana Nyad (Annette Bening in the movie), a long-distance swimmer who achieved her life’s dream of swimming from Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida in 2013 ... “Nyad” tells the true story of athlete Diana Nyad (Annette Bening), who, at the age of 60, decided to attempt swimming the 110 miles between Cuba and Florida — a goal she failed to achieve ... A remarkable true story of tenacity, friendship and the triumph of the human spirit, NYAD recounts a riveting chapter in the life of world-class athlete Diana Nyad. Three decades after giving up ... NYAD is the true story of competitive swimmer Diana Nyad (Annette Bening), who sets out to achieve her lifelong dream of being the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida. With the help of her best friend Bonnie Stoll ( Jodie Foster ) and a dedicated crew, she commits to completing the 110-mile swim without assistance, no matter the personal ...Sep 29, 2023 · Annette Bening trained for a year to portray long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad in 'Nyad,' co-starring Jodie Foster as her best friend and coach Bonnie Stoll. Co-director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi ...Nov 14, 2023 · Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida in 2013, but her feat was never certified by WOWSA and was revoked by Guinness. Learn how Nyad became …KEY WEST, Fla. -- Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walked ashore on Key West's Smathers Beach about 1:30 p.m. on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, becoming the f...A source close to Nyad confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that the swimmer had made inaccurate statements about her past accomplishments, from claiming that she placed sixth at the 1968 Olympic ...Oct 22, 2023 · The film tells the real-life story of Diana Nyad (a staunch performance from Annette Bening), a retired endurance swimmer who decided, aged 60, to get back in the water and attempt, once again ...Nov 3, 2023 · Did Diana Nyad really swim from Cuba to Florida? How accurate is the Netflix film starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster? Find out the truth behind the record-breaking feat …Nyad became a champion swimmer early in life, winning three Florida state high school championships in the backstroke. She dreamed of competing in the 1968 Summer Olympics but, in 1966, was forced ...Netflix's "Nyad" captures the true-life story of competitive swimmer Diana Nyad (Annette Bening), who tried to cut through the briny blue from Cuba to Florida four times before succeeding in 2013 ...John Bartlett serves as Diana Nyad’s chief navigator when the latter decides to swim from Cuba to Florida in Netflix’s biographical film ‘Nyad.’ He shares his expertise with Diana without even expecting money in return. After realizing that he is slowly dying, he gives his all to the swimmer for her to succeed and rewrite history.John Bartlett serves as Diana Nyad’s chief navigator when the latter decides to swim from Cuba to Florida in Netflix’s biographical film ‘Nyad.’ He shares his expertise with Diana without even expecting money in return. After realizing that he is slowly dying, he gives his all to the swimmer for her to succeed and rewrite history.Nov 4, 2023 · The brand-new film Nyad, streaming now on Netflix, stars Annette Bening as swimmer Diana Nyad. It follows Nyad's attempts to swim from Cuba to Florida, which she first …Sep 3, 2013 · Diana Nyad has beautifully muscled arms, shoulders and thighs. She had a team of experts that helped her make the swim from Cuba to Key West, giving her water to drink, nourishing food, protecting ... Aug 29, 2019 · Just over a year ago, the New York Times issued a correction to an op-ed in which Diana Nyad accuses her high school swim coach, Jack Nelson, of sexual abuse. The correction reads: An earlier version of this article incorrectly described an event associated with the initial assault on the author. It was a swim … Continue reading "New Evidence that Diana Nyad …Sep 3, 2013. She made it! On her fifth attempt, marathon swimmer Diana Nyad finished a 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida Monday afternoon. She swam for nearly 53 hours over the treacherous waters ...Annette Bening trained for a year to portray long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad in 'Nyad,' co-starring Jodie Foster as her best friend and coach Bonnie Stoll. Co-director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi ...Nov 3, 2023 · Based on the story of Nyad’s real-life attempt to make the treacherous swim, NYAD was a powerful passion project for directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. Like Nyad herself, the filmmakers were making a leap of faith — their previous credits were documentaries like The Rescue and the Oscar-winning Free Solo. “I believe that ...Just over a year ago, the New York Times issued a correction to an op-ed in which Diana Nyad accuses her high school swim coach, Jack Nelson, of sexual abuse. The correction reads: An earlier version of this article incorrectly described an event associated with the initial assault on the author. It was a swim meet, not the state swimming ...Nov 3, 2023 · Movies. Behind the True Story of Annette Bening’s Netflix Movie Nyad: All About Marathon Swimmer Diana Nyad. ‘Nyad,’ starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster, is based …Nyad almost certainly wants us to ignore the exaggerations and nagging details that threaten to taint her legacy as a swimmer, and focus on the big-picture assertion that anyone who reaches nigh ... When it comes to long-distance swimming, few athletes have set the records that Diana Nyad has in her career. She is best known for her historic swims such as swimming 28 miles around Manhattan in ... 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honda fairfaxNov 3, 2023 · Diana Nyad failed four times trying to make the Cuba-to-Florida swim. She was successful on her fifth attempt. The dates and descriptions of each failed attempt are listed below. 1st Attempt - August 1978: One year after the Cuba travel restrictions that Kennedy imposed were lifted, Diana Nyad made her first attempt to swim from Havana, Cuba to Key West, Florida.Mar 5, 2024 · Netflix's "Nyad" takes viewers on the inside story of how famed marathon swimmer Diane Nyad swam across the Florida Strait — the waters between Cuba and Key West — at age 64. The film, based ...Nov 4, 2023 · Nyad, starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster, tells the story of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, who one day woke up aged 60 and decided she would swim the 110-mile trek from Cuba to Florida - a ...Nov 3, 2023 · Did Diana Nyad really swim from Cuba to Florida? How accurate is the Netflix film starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster? Find out the truth behind the record-breaking feat …NYAD. 2023 | Maturity Rating: PG-13 | 2h 1m | Drama. Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean. Starring: Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ifans.Sep 1, 2023 · Free Solo followed the determination of an obsessed mountain climber, and Nyad also investigates an obsessive athlete: marathon swimmer and journalist Diana Nyad, who …Nyad is from the directing duo behind Free Solo. (Netflix) Nyad is based on a true story and the feats achieved throughout the life of competitive long-distance swimmer and sports journalist Diana Nyad. Nyad made headlines as far back as 1975 when she swam around the circumference of Manhattan. She followed this up with another …Diana Nyad alleging abuse. CNN Brasil, 17 October 2020. In her 2017 New York Times op-ed, “My Life After Sexual Assault,” Diana Nyad contends that she had been “speaking out, loud and strong, for nearly five decades.”. That means she would have had to begin in the late 1960s or early 1970s.KEY WEST, Fla. -- Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walked ashore on Key West's Smathers Beach about 1:30 p.m. on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, becoming the f...“Nyad” tells the true story of athlete Diana Nyad (Annette Bening), who, at the age of 60, decided to attempt swimming the 110 miles between Cuba and Florida — a goal she failed to achieve ... KEY WEST, Fla. -- Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walked ashore on Key West's Smathers Beach about 1:30 p.m. on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, becoming the f... Netflix has released the official trailer for the swimmer biopic “ Nyad ,” starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster. Based on Diana Nyad’s memoir “Find a Way,” the sports drama follows ...Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Nyad, Julia Cox’s adaptation of Diana Nyad’s memoir that was the diving-off point for directors Elizabeth Chai Vásárhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s Netflix movie. The plot follows the true story of Nyad’s attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida at age 63. A remarkable true story of tenacity, friendship and the triumph of the human spirit, NYAD recounts a riveting chapter in the life of world-class athlete Diana Nyad. Three decades after giving up ... Oct 18, 2023 · Most people, including Nyad herself, thought she had retired from competitive swimming at the age of 30. But more than three decades later, she decided to chase the goal that eluded her in her 20s. Oct 22, 2023 · The film tells the real-life story of Diana Nyad (a staunch performance from Annette Bening), a retired endurance swimmer who decided, aged 60, to get back in the water and attempt, once again ... Nyad tells the story of Diana Nyad, a marathon swimmer who broke records and achieved a number of firsts in the sport.At the age of 60, she decided to complete the feat she wasn’t able to when ...Time Out says. In 2013, the perfectly named endurance swimmer Diana Nyad became—at the age of 64—the first person to officially swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. Now the ...Diana Nyad, the champion long-distance open water swimmer, opened up about her past as a victim of sexual assault. Her op-ed in the New York Times is yet another case of a woman speaking out about ...Nov 13, 2013 · On the morning of August 31, 2013, long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad jumped off a rock seawall in Havana, Cuba, and began her 110-mile swim to Key West across the Florida Straits. It was the 64 ... Diana Nyad, American distance swimmer and journalist who, in 2013 at age 64, became the first person to complete a swim from Cuba to Florida without the protection of a shark cage. It took her 52 hours 54 minutes 18.6 seconds to accomplish the feat. Learn more about Nyad’s life and career.Nyad is from the directing duo behind Free Solo. (Netflix) Nyad is based on a true story and the feats achieved throughout the life of competitive long-distance swimmer and sports journalist Diana Nyad. Nyad made headlines as far back as 1975 when she swam around the circumference of Manhattan. She followed this up with another …Oct 20, 2023 · Diana Nyad (centre right) and her trainer Bonnie Stoll hug as Nyad walks ashore in Florida after her 2013 swim. Photograph: J Pat Carter/AP. As a member of the Sag-Aftra actors’ union, the ... Nyad is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film about swimmer Diana Nyad's multiple attempts in the early 2010s to swim the Straits of Florida, with flashbacks to her early life. It is directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (in their feature narrative film directorial debut ) and written by Julia Cox, based on Nyad's 2015 ... Diana Nyad doesn’t give up. In the new film NYAD, Annette Bening plays the irrepressible swimmer who sets out to complete a swim from Cuba to Florida 32 years after her first attempt ended in failure. At the age of 60, and with the help of a resilient crew, Nyad is determined to finish what she started when she was 28 years old.Jack Weyman Nelson (November 8, 1931 – November 5, 2014) was an American competition swimmer and swimming coach.. Nelson competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia representing the United States. He later served as a head coach for the U.S. Olympic women's swim team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in …Diana Nyad just kept on swimming. And that's how s... In the pitch-black night, stung by jellyfish, choking on salt water, singing to herself, hallucinating ...NYAD is the true story of competitive swimmer Diana Nyad (Annette Bening), who sets out to achieve her lifelong dream of being the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida. With the help of her best friend Bonnie Stoll ( Jodie Foster ) and a dedicated crew, she commits to completing the 110-mile swim without assistance, no matter the personal ...Nov 3, 2023 · Movies. Behind the True Story of Annette Bening’s Netflix Movie Nyad: All About Marathon Swimmer Diana Nyad. ‘Nyad,’ starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster, is based …On Sept. 2, 2013, marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, then 64 years old, staggered onto the beach at Key West after swimming for nearly 53 hours from Cuba. For the athlete-turned-broadcaster, the death ...Sep 3, 2013 · Diana Nyad has beautifully muscled arms, shoulders and thighs. She had a team of experts that helped her make the swim from Cuba to Key West, giving her water to drink, nourishing food, protecting ... Dec 7, 2023 · Jerod Harris/Getty Images. Famed long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, the subject of a recent Netflix biopic, has had a change of heart when it comes to the inclusion of transgender athletes in sports. “I am today firmly on the side of inclusion,” she said in a statement to Out magazine, which included her in the publication’s annual Out 100 ...Nov 4, 2023 · So in 2013, at the age of 64, Nyad completed the 53-hour, 110-mile trek from Cuba to Florida on her fifth attempt, cementing her place as one of the most accomplished swimmers of her discipline.Dec 7, 2023 · Jerod Harris/Getty Images. Famed long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, the subject of a recent Netflix biopic, has had a change of heart when it comes to the inclusion of transgender athletes in sports. “I am today firmly on the side of inclusion,” she said in a statement to Out magazine, which included her in the publication’s annual Out 100 ... When it comes to long-distance swimming, few athletes have set the records that Diana Nyad has in her career. She is best known for her historic swims such as swimming 28 miles around Manhattan in ... Oct 20, 2023 · Nyad, the legendary long-distance swimmer and former ABC “Wide World of Sports” correspondent, fits firmly within that category. And “Nyad,” Chin and Vasarhelyi’s first narrative feature, tells the tale of her quest at age 64 to swim from Cuba to Florida, a brutal stretch of 110 miles. The long-distance swimmer shot to fame in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan In 1979, she swam 102 miles from Bimini, Bahamas, to Florida in 27.5 hours, setting a record for distance swimming ...NYAD. 2023 | Maturity Rating: PG-13 | 2h 1m | Drama. Athlete Diana Nyad sets out at 60 to achieve a nearly impossible lifelong dream: to swim from Cuba to Florida across more than 100 miles of open ocean. Starring: Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ifans.Diana Nyad’s dream was to swim from Cuba to Florida. She failed when she was 28, then retired, and at age 60, decided to try again. A new Netflix film tells her story. ... but she was just not done and didn’t want to just fade away,” says Nyad director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi about swimmer Diana Nyad. Credit: Liz Parkinson/Netflix. ... Nyad, which began streaming on Netflix today, is arguably the feel-good sports drama of the year. Starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster, the biopic is based on the true story of a swimmer who ... Dec 5, 2023 · The swimmer’s epic feat is the subject of the Netflix feature “Nyad,” which stars Annette Bening as Nyad and Jodie Foster as her best friend and supporter, Bonnie Stoll.A source close to Nyad confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that the swimmer had made inaccurate statements about her past accomplishments, from claiming that she placed sixth at the 1968 Olympic ...By Alice Park. October 27, 2015 12:32 PM EDT. I n her new memoir, Find a Way, Diana Nyad describes her historic swim in 2013, when, at age 64, she became the first person to swim from Cuba to ...About Diana Nyad. From 1969 to 1979, Diana Nyad was known as the world's best long-distance swimmer. In 1979, she finished the then-longest swim in history: 102.5 miles from Bimini to Florida. At ...Sep 9, 2013, 10:25 AM PDT. REUTERS. In the wake of 64-year-old Diana Nyad completing her life-long dream of swimming the 110 miles between Cuba and Florida, some hardcore open-water swimmers are ...Netflix’s Nyad is a compelling retelling of Diana Nyad's incredible achievement at the age of 64. When most people spend their 60s in retirement or on ... Diana always believed that she was destined to become a swimmer, especially because Nyad, in Greek, means water nymph. She proved her talent to the world by swimming …Diana Nyad. 103,770 likes · 1,628 talking about this. World champion swimmer, record breaker, story teller, inspiration to many.Nyad plot . Based on Diana Nyad's memoir, Find a Way, Nyad tells the story of the former marathon swimmer who decides to attempt a dangerous swim never before completed at the age of 60. Here is the official synopsis for Nyad: "A remarkable true story of tenacity, friendship and the triumph of the human spirit, Nyad recounts a riveting …“Nyad,” directed by husband and wife Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi of “Free Solo” fame, is a biopic of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad during her 110-mile open water journey from ...By Alice Park. October 27, 2015 12:32 PM EDT. I n her new memoir, Find a Way, Diana Nyad describes her historic swim in 2013, when, at age 64, she became the first person to swim from Cuba to ... ABOUT DIANA. On September 2, 2013, at the age of sixty-four, Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a shark cage, swimming 110.86 miles in fifty-three hours from Havana to Key West. In the 1970s, she became known as the world’s greatest long distance swimmer with her open-water achievments ... Nov 14, 2023 · Nyad depicts long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad's dream to be the first person to swim from Havana, Cuba, to Key West, Florida, without the use of a shark cage or any assistance. But the movie doesn't reveal the controversies that followed her after her feat in 2013. The 2023 Netflix biographical sports film tells the true story of Nyad's 35-year journey to …Nov 3, 2023 · Based on the story of Nyad’s real-life attempt to make the treacherous swim, NYAD was a powerful passion project for directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. Like Nyad herself, the filmmakers were making a leap of faith — their previous credits were documentaries like The Rescue and the Oscar-winning Free Solo. “I believe that .... 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