In the Heart of the Sea
Based on the incredible true story that inspired Moby Dick
Country
Production
Budget
$100 000 000
Box office
$94 320 758
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Paula Weinstein, Joe Roth, Will Ward, Bruce Berman, Steven Mnuchin, David Bergstein, Erica Huggins, Sarah Bradshaw
Camera operator
Composer
Roque Baños
Artist
Mark Tildesley, James Collins, Isabel Gómez-Blanco
Audition
Nina Gold, Diego Betancor
Editing
Short description
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.
What's left behind the scenes
- In 2000, Barry Levinson began filming a cinematic adaptation of the novel. "Miramax" was to handle distribution.
- Cillian Murphy, Charlotte Riley, and Paul Anderson starred together in the British crime drama Peaky Blinders.
- Before Benjamin Walker, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, and Henry Cavill were considered for the role of the captain.
- 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."
- 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.
- Some scenes of the film were shot in the Canary Islands. John Huston also filmed his cinematic adaptation of Melville's novel there.
- Cillian Murphy, Charlotte Riley, and Paul Anderson all starred together in the British crime drama "Peaky Blinders."
- As Chris Hemsworth reported, the actors involved in the filming were on a diet, consuming no more than 500-600 calories a day to lose weight and look more convincing in the scenes where the ship's crew is starving.
- Herman Melville himself never sailed on the "Essex." He was a sailor on the whaling ship "Acushnet."
- Some scenes of the film were shot in the Canary Islands. John Huston also filmed his cinematic version of Melville's novel there.
- 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".
- 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”.
- Herman Melville himself never sailed on the Essex. He was a sailor on the whaling ship Acushnet.
- This is already the sixth film directed by Ron Howard based on real events. Previously, Howard directed Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, Frost/Nixon, and Rush.
- Michelle Fairley, Joseph Mawle, Donald Sumpter, and Jamie Sives appeared in the series Game of Thrones as Catelyn Stark, Benjen Stark, Maester Luwin, and Jory Cassel.
- The film is based on the actual events that befell the crew of the whaling ship Essex, which sank after being attacked by a sperm whale in the South Pacific in 1820. This incident inspired Herman Melville to write the novel Moby-Dick.
- In 2000, Barry Levinson began filming a cinematic version of the novel. Miramax was intended to handle the distribution.
- The crew of the Essex, devastated by a sperm whale attack, attempts to reach one of the islands of the Juan Fernández archipelago. More than a hundred years before the events described, this very island served as a refuge for one Alexander Selkirk from Scotland, who spent several years there. His story was described by Daniel Defoe in the novel Robinson Crusoe.
- 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.
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