LAST FLARE
An original screenplay by
Scott Marshutz
and
Tané McClure
Based on the true story and article written by:
Scott Marshutz
Published in the San Diego Reader
Director: Tané McClure
Director of Photography: Keith Jefferies
Line Producer: Angela Duncan-Sander
FILMING: DEC. 9th - 20th, 2024
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A high-end short film, based on the frightening true story of the fishing vessel known as the A.C.E. and it's crew.
On Nov. 26, 2005, the A.C.E. Adolphus Charles Everingham, a 58-foot drum seiner, was en route to the Dana Point Harbor after a night of bait fishing. Offshore winds, which kicked up a sharp and quick chop producing vertically shaped waves breaking only seconds apart, slammed the boat relentlessly
until it finally capsized; the vessel was already listing from a leaking deck hatch. Because it flipped so quickly, the crew was unable to grab any life jackets. The emergency radio beacon failed to send a signal to the Coast Guard and the life raft failed to automatically inflate.
Some say it was a miracle that the Captain and all three crew members survived. The A.C.E now hauntingly rests on the sea floor just off the California coast at Dana Point.