Sanctum: The Real Story documents the tale of how veteran cave diver Andrew Wight’s real-life adventures inspired the movie. In 1988, Wight – a long-time Cameron collaborator and diving partner, who is also a producer and co-writer of the feature film – faced a near-death experience while leading a diving expedition deep into a system of underwater caves in Western Australia. When a freak storm brought two years worth of rain down in 25 minutes, collapsing the entrance and causing a massive landslide, Wight and 14 others were trapped underground with a car-size boulder blocking the way, and a torrent of water gushing into the cave system.
The documentary premieres on Sunday, January 30 at 7:30pm on National Geographic. Sanctum is released nationally on February 3.
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