In the Heart of the Sea

In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

Timing: 2:2 (122 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

Release date

2015-12-03

Country

Spain, United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, Roth Films, Imagine Entertainment, Spring Creek Pictures, Cott Productions, Kjam Media, Surf Film, Enelmar Productions, A.I.E.

Genre

Thriller, Drama, Adventure, Action, History

Budget

$100 000 000

Revenue

$94 320 758

Website

http://www.intheheartoftheseamovie.com/

Director

Ron Howard

Actors

Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw, Michelle Fairley, Tom Holland, Paul Anderson, Frank Dillane, Joseph Mawle
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Paula Weinstein, Joe Roth, Will Ward, Bruce Berman, Steven Mnuchin, David Bergstein, Erica Huggins, Sarah Bradshaw

Operator

Anthony Dod Mantle

Composer

Roque Baños

Artist

James Collins, Isabel Gómez-Blanco

Audition

Nina Gold, Diego Betancor

Editing

Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
All team (178)

• The film is based on the events that actually happened to the crew of the whaling ship "Essex," which sank after being attacked by a sperm whale in the South Pacific Ocean in 1820. This incident inspired Herman Melville to write the novel "Moby Dick".
• According to Chris Hemsworth, the actors involved in filming were on a diet, consuming no more than 500-600 calories per day, in order to lose weight and look more believable in scenes where the ship's crew is starving.
• This is the sixth film directed by Ron Howard based on true events. Previously, Howard directed "Apollo 13," "A Beautiful Mind," "Cinderella Man," "Frost/Nixon," and "Rush."
• Some scenes of the film were shot in the Canary Islands. John Huston also filmed his cinematic adaptation of Melville's novel there.
• Herman Melville himself never sailed on the "Essex." He was a sailor on the whaling ship "Acushnet."
• In 2000, Barry Levinson began filming a cinematic version of the novel. Miramax was to handle distribution.
• Before Benjamin Walker, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, and Henry Cavill were considered for the role of the captain.
• Michelle Fairley, Joseph Mawle, Donald Sumpter, and Jamie Sives starred in "Game of Thrones" as Catelyn Stark, Benjen Stark, Maester Luwin, and Jory Cassel, respectively.
• Cillian Murphy, Charlotte Riley, and Paul Anderson starred together in the British crime drama "Peaky Blinders."
• The crew of the "Essex", which suffered an attack by a sperm whale, is trying to reach one of the islands of the Juan Fernández Archipelago. More than a hundred years before the events described, the same island served as a refuge for a certain Alexander Selkirk from Scotland, who spent several years there. His story was described by Daniel Defoe in the novel "Robinson Crusoe".
• The film is based on the real events experienced by the crew of the whaling ship “Essex,” which sank after being attacked by a sperm whale in the South Pacific Ocean in 1820. This incident inspired Herman Melville to write the novel “Moby Dick”.
• This is the sixth film based on a true story directed by Ron Howard. Previously, Howard directed "Apollo 13", "A Beautiful Mind", "Cinderella Man", "Frost/Nixon", and "Rush".
• Herman Melville himself never sailed on the "Essex." He was a sailor on the whaling ship "Acushnet."
• In 2000, Barry Levinson began filming a cinematic adaptation of the novel. "Miramax" was to handle distribution.
• Michelle Fairley, Joseph Mawle, Donald Sumpter, and Jamie Sives appeared in "Game of Thrones" as Catelyn Stark, Benjen Stark, Maester Luwin, and Jory Cassel, respectively.
• Cillian Murphy, Charlotte Riley, and Paul Anderson all starred together in the British crime drama "Peaky Blinders."
• The crew of the "Essex," which suffered an attack by a sperm whale, is attempting to reach one of the islands of the Juan Fernández Archipelago. More than a hundred years before the events described, the same island served as a refuge for a certain Alexander Selkirk from Scotland, who spent several years there. His story was described by Daniel Defoe in the novel "Robinson Crusoe."