When my younger son was 13 years OLD, he asked me to read 'Swallows and Amazons' to him while he MADE models. He liked it so much that I ENDED up reading all thirteen of Ransome's BOOKS, INCLUDING the ones that I missed out on. This led my son to 'Treasure Island,' 'Robinson Crusoe' and 'Coral Island.'
Read MoreThe first treasure CALIFORNIA BEGAN to surrender after the GOLD RUSH as the oldest: her land.
Read MoreWhen we were kids, we would just go walking: just walk in a DIRECTION and hope that you were gonna find a crashed ALIEN SPACESHIP or buried pirate's treasure or something LIKE that. You NEVER did. You'd find, like, a coyote skeleton, something like that. That was the most exciting thing you'd ever find.
Read MoreI was fascinated by making a submarine movie, inspired by the Kursk DISASTER. This idea of being trapped down at the bottom of the SEA seemed so TERRIFYING. I was very interested in making a sub FILM which wasn't a military film. You think, Well, why are they there, then, if they're not in the military? Oh, well, they MUST be looking for treasure.
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