The Bay poster

The Bay (2012)

Directed by Barry Levinson

Two million fish washed ashore. One thousand blackbirds dropped from the sky. On July 4, 2009 a deadly menace swept through the quaint seaside town of Claridge, Maryland, but the harrowing story of what happened that Independence Day has never been told—until now. The authorities believed they had buried the truth about the tragedy that claimed over 700 human lives. Now, three years later, a reporter has emerged with footage revealing the cover-up and an unimaginable killer: a mysterious parasitic outbreak. Told from the perspective of those who were there and saw what happened, The Bay unfolds over 24 hours through people's iPhones, Androids, 911 calls, webcams, and whatever else could be used to document the nightmare in Claridge. What follows is a nerve-shredding tale of a small town plunged into absolute terror.

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Long ago, Levinson established his career exploring the personal journeys of blue-collar Baltimore denizens in such films as “ Diner ,” “ Avalon ” and “ Liberty Heights .”
Ryan Little, Macy L. Freeman, Fritz Hahn, Maura Judkis • The Washington Post
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Though perhaps best known as the director of Rain Man and Diner, Levinson has never been one to shy away from genre entertainment, whipping out films like Disclosure, Young Sherlock Holmes and Sphere betwixt more well regarded films like Avalon and Wag the Dog, albeit with mixed success.
Ariel Olea • Crave • Feb 14, 2013
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Then it was Jaws; now it is The Bay. Director Barry Levinson (Diner, Rain Man) has done everything in his career bar eco-horror; now he ticks that box.
Financial Times
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Director Barry Levinson returns to his native Maryland for “The Bay,” which unfortunately is not part of the delightful series of autobiographical films he began with “Diner.”
Lou Lumenick • New York Post • Nov 2, 2012
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A change of pace is what he must have been looking for, and, save for a return to his old Maryland stomping ground much like his "Baltimore" trilogy?1982's "Diner," 1990's "Avalon," and 1999's "Liberty Heights"?"The…
The veteran director of such earnest endeavors as Rain Man, Diner, Bugsy and Sleepers has always entertained a lighter streak.
Rex Reed, observer.com, rex-reed • The New York Observer • Oct 30, 2012
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In Berlin, Donovan learns of the plight of American student Frederic Pryor (Will Rogers, "The Bay"), taken by the east when attempting to return to the west after visiting a professor, and he becomes determined to save this young man as well, despite the C.I.A.'s insistence that he only work to get Powers back, their concern not so much for the downed military pilot but for the information he may disclose.
Reeling Reviews • Jan 10, 2020
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John Carpenter’s The Thing plays a role here, as do the works of David Cronenberg, Stuart Gordon and even Barry Levinson, for those who saw his 2012 found footage flick The Bay, and each of these names are contained by the weird framework set by Lovecraft’s text.
Andy Crump • Paste Magazine • Jan 23, 2020
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