Charlie St. Cloud is a 2010 romantic drama film based on Ben Sherwood's best-selling novel, The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud published in 2004 by Bantam Books. The film is directed by Burr Steers and stars Zac Efron, and Amanda Crew. The story is of Charlie St. Cloud's choice between keeping a promise he made to his brother, who died in a car accident, or going after the girl he loves. In some markets the film used the complete title of the book. Charlie St. Cloud is a sailor who wins a professional boating race on his sailboat, the Splendid Splinter, along with his younger brother... Sam . He subsequently receives a sailing scholarship to Stanford University. Charlie graduates from Winslow High School and after getting home from his graduation ceremony, Charlie promises Sam that they will practice baseball together every day until he leaves for Stanford; at sunset when the “Bailey’s Yacht Club” ceremonial cannons sound. Later that night, Charlie was supposed to go to a graduation party with his friends, but his mother Claire makes him babysit Sam while she picks up another shift at her job as a nurse.
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| Release date: | July 30, 2010 |
| Directed by: | Burr Steers |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 99 Minutes |
| Producer: | Michael Fottrell, Marc E. Platt |
| Editor: | Padraic McKinley |
| Music by: | Rolfe Kent |
| Cinematography: | Enrique Chediak |
| Screenplay by: | Craig Pearce, Lewis Colick |
| Estimated budget: | $44,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud |
| Genre: | Fantasy |