The ocean sunfish or common mola Mola mola is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. Adults typically weigh between 247 and 1,000 kg 5452,205 lb. The Guardian 2. 00. Wikipedia. The Guardian is a 2. Andrew Davis. The film stars Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher and Melissa Sagemiller. The films title is introduced by a mythic tale people lost at sea often claim they feel a presence lifting them to the surface, breathing life into their bodies while they are waiting for help to arrive. They call this presence The Guardian. Cleft&blend64=aHR0cHM6Ly91cGxvYWRzLmd1aW0uY28udWsvMjAxNi8wNi8wNy9vdmVybGF5LWxvZ28tMTIwMC05MF9vcHQucG5n&s=a3a0940b911b4c9146de0538b0c1314b' alt='Ocean Guardian Program' title='Ocean Guardian Program' />The setting for the film is the United States Coast Guard and their Aviation Survival Technician AST program. The Guardian was released on September 2. Download Program Inheritance Pada Java there. Ben Randall Kevin Costner is the top rescue swimmer at the United States Coast Guards Aviation Survival Technician AST program. Centropy&bm=normal&ba=bottom%2Cleft&blend64=aHR0cHM6Ly91cGxvYWRzLmd1aW0uY28udWsvMjAxNi8wNS8yNS9vdmVybGF5LWxvZ28tMTIwMC05MF9vcHQucG5n&s=a6045c552f164d6a6a0d523837ea0639' alt='Ocean Guardian Program' title='Ocean Guardian Program' />Due to his frequent time at work, Bens wife requests a separation. When on a rescue, he loses his rescue team in an HH 6. J Jayhawk helicopter crash at sea. While waiting in a survival raft, his best friend, Chief Petty Officer Carl Billings Omari Hardwick, dies. Shaken, Ben considers retiring but becomes an instructor at a Coast Guard training school. Jake Fischer Ashton Kutcher, a hot shot candidate for AST, comes on the scene. Ranked as a top high school competitive swimmer with scholarships to every Ivy League college, Jake opted to enlist in the Coast Guard. Latest US news, world news, sports, business, opinion, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the worlds leading liberal voice. The Florida Guardian ad Litem GAL Program is a partnership of community advocates and professional staff providing a powerful voice on behalf of Floridas abused. Plastics in the Ocean Affecting Human Health. Author Gianna Andrews. This case study is part of a collection of pages developed by students in the 2012 introductory. At the A school, Ben is considered a legend with a countless number of rescues. During training, Jake meets local schoolteacher, Emily Thomas Melissa Sagemiller, and they begin a casual relationship, both knowing their time together is limited. Once the initial weeks of training end with most of the students dropping out, advanced instruction begins. After sleeping at Emilys house, Jake arrives late to class, and Ben punishes him and his entire team for his tardiness. Ben tries to force Jake to quit, but later sees Jakes persistence and dedication. Meeting Emily in a bar, Jake recounts his beating all of Ben Randalls records. Maggie the barkeep Bonnie Bramlett, Bens old friend, tells Jake one unbeatable record Ben set when a hospital ship full of invalid patients caught fire, and Ben worked tirelessly to save all the victims. With one man left and a broken winch, Ben held the man by his fingertips till they landed safely, but received extensive injuries to his hand and shoulder. Later, Jakes friend Billy Hodge is unable to cope with panicked victims in the water and afraid of failing school Jake takes him out for a drink to cheer him up. In a Navy bar, they get in a fight and land in jail, standing up Emily. Jake arrives back at base beaten and bandaged, and takes the blame entirely. Ben confronts Jake about his past. On a late night out, Jake, who flipped a coin for designated driver and lost, crashed, and high school relay team members died. Ben and Jake share common ground they both know how it feels to be the only survivor. Near graduation, only a handful of the original candidates remain, with Jake emerging as the leader during exercises. Emily comes to see Jake graduate, but the two part ways because Jake is leaving town. Jake is assigned to CG Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, Randalls previous post. On a mission together, Ben and Jake are sent to rescue two kayakers trapped in a cave. Ben experiences flashbacks and appears to be incapacitated during the rescue. Jake, however, is able to guide him and together they successfully rescue the kayakers. Ben retires and tells Jake of his only record he kept track of the 2. Ocean Guardian Program' title='Ocean Guardian Program' />As Jake is sent out on another mission to rescue the crew of a sinking fishing trawler, Ben visits and apologizes to his wife and gives her signed divorce papers. Meanwhile, during the rescue, Jake becomes trapped in the ship after attempting to rescue the captain. His helicopter is forced to return to base, where Ben hears of the situation and opts to suit up to rescue Jake. Once on scene, Ben finds and frees Jake from the hull, and as they hook up to the winch and proceed upwards towards the helicopter, their combined weight causes the cable to begin separating. Knowing that the cable would not last, Ben unclips himself from the cable so that Jake can survive. As Ben falls, Jake catches him by the hand and tells him he will not let him go. Ben sees that Jake will do anything to keep him alive and he says, I know., but Ben does not want him to die, so he unstraps his glove, plummeting from a fatal height into the ocean. Ben does not resurface and his body is never found. Jake is on a rescue mission sometime later, when one of the survivors tells of a man in the sea who refused to let go. Jake connects this to the legend of the Guardian Theres a legend of a man who lives beneath the sea. He is a fisher of men, the last hope of all those who have been left behind. Many survivors claim to have felt his gripping hands beneath them, pushing them up to the surface, whispering strength until help could arrive, as well as to Ben. He goes back to Emily and they rekindle their relationship. Productionedit. A wave pool used during filming. A ship located on a hydraulic gimbal used for filming. David Dobkin was originally slated to helm The Guardian until being replaced by Andrew Davis. Ron Brinkerhoff was also originally involved, making the pitch for a mid six figure budgeted film, before Disney took over the production. Following the series of hurricanesin the southern United States in 2. Shreveport, Louisiana. Some of the base scenes were filmed at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, Louisiana and at Camp Minden in Minden, Louisiana. Some of the scenes that were supposed to be filmed in Kodiak, Alaska were actually filmed at CG Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The training pool used in the movie was LSU Shreveports natatorium. The film was revised after Hurricane Katrina, with the addition of several comments on the storm and the rescues. The end credits are replete with glory shots of U. S. Coast Guard helicopters conducting rescues in the greater New Orleans area. The DVD contains a special feature on U. S. Coast Guard rescue operations, especially in the aftermath of Katrina. Many of the supporting actors in The Guardian, including ASTC instructors, helicopter pilots, and support personnel, are actual U. S. Coast Guard rescue swimmers, pilots, and ground personnel. Several characters, including Kutchers, identify themselves as Airman. An Airman is the enlisted rating of a Coast Guardsman who is undesignated andor currently undergoing training in an aviation related field. Similar ratings within the Coast Guard are those of Seaman and Fireman. One of the students was Mark Gangloff, an Olympic swimmer who received a gold medal in the Athens Olympic Games. The production company hired local contractors to build a massive indoor wave pool for production. Historical relevanceeditThe mishap in The Guardian where Randall loses his crew is loosely based on an actual U. S. Coast Guard aviation mishap in Alaska. The aircraft was an HH 3. F Pelican USCG variant of the Jolly Green Giant instead of the HH 6. J Jayhawk USCG variant of the BlackhawkSeahawk pictured in the movie. Alternate endingeditIn an alternate ending to The Guardian, found on the DVD, Randall survives. As he unhooks and tries to fall, Jake again grabs him and vows not to let go. Instead of unstrapping his glove, Randall lets the cable pull them up and it breaks just as they get into the helicopter. This ending was added because some of the writers were worried that the original ending was too strong for viewers.