In the Heart of the Sea – Official Trailer
The release date has changed to the end of the year.
Based on the 1820 event, a whaling ship is preyed upon by a sperm whale, stranding its crew at sea for 90 days, thousands of miles from home.
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- Chris Hemsworth as Owen Chase, the First Mate
- Benjamin Walker as Captain George Pollard, Jr.
- Cillian Murphy as Matthew Joy, the Second Mate
- Tom Holland as Thomas Nickerson, the cabin boy
- Brendan Gleeson as Old Thomas Nickerson
- Ben Whishaw as Herman Melville
With woody intonation and a suitably somber cadence, Tony Award-winning actor Herrmann reads this chilling tale of the Essex, a whaling ship that was sunk in the middle of the Pacific by an 80-foot sperm whale in 1820. The story would come to mark the mythology of the 19th century as the Titanic did the 20thAHerman Melville, for one, based Moby Dick on certain key elements of the tragedy.
In The Hear Of The Sea Book @ Amazon
In Philbrick’s spare, well-paced version, we learn much about how Nantucket’s culture was affected by the whaling industry boom, from its economy to its social habits. But the horrific heart of the narrative details the fate of the 20 sailors who attempted to sail several thousand miles back to Chile using only three pathetic open boats. Reaching home 93 days later, only eight sailors survived the ordeal of thirst, starvation and despair. Near the tape’s end, Herrmann delivers one of the finest funereal orations ever offered on behalf of seamen.
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