In the Heart of the Sea - The Story of the Essex (1 Viewer)

[jazzeum]

This movie is coming out in March.

http://youtu.be/Xs-JfPjgiA4

The movie is based on Nathaniel Philbrick's book of the same name, which is the story of the Essex.

The Essex set sail from Nantucket in 1819 and while in the Pacific, it was repeatedly rammed by a great whale. Of the original crew of 20, only five, after being adrift on the Pacific, survived.

The tribulations of the Essex, which were legendary in the 19th Century, was the basis of Melville's Moby Dick.

I am really looking forward to this movie.

 

[marco55]

They have a movie called "The Whale:Revenge From the Deep" starring Martin Sheen on Animal Planet's On Demand section which is about the Essex.Wasn't bad but not a big budget movie like the one coming out.Look forward to that one too.
Mark

 

[jazzeum]

I first heard about the Essex about a year ago. I think there was a program on PBS about whaling that discussed it. It was rather fascinating.

 

[marco55]

I think CBS had a special about it a few years ago.
Mark

 

[Warrior]

I saw the preview for this movie when I went to see Fury; seeing it on the big screen, specifically the whale, is spectacular in every way.

A must see on the big screen for sure, not to mention Ron Howard is the director, can't wait.

 

[jazzeum]

The name of the PBS program, which was part of the American Experience series, was Into the Deep: America, Whaling and the World. Great program. If you can find it, watch it. It's also available for purchase from PBS but I imagine Amazon has it.

 

[jazzeum]

Here's the intro to Into the Deep, which focuses on the Essex.

http://youtu.be/kUI6PLy5gzQ

 

[marco55]

What I saw was more like a movie and was on one of the big 3 networks.It's been a long time since I saw it.
Mark

 

[jazzeum]

I finally saw this last night and enjoyed it very much. Although the movie wasn't universally loved by the critics, it portrays the whaling industry as it existed then and shows the battle between the Great White Whale and men. It's incredible to think anyone could have survived being adrift in the Pacific for 90 days. The Whale never gives up, even shadowing them when they are in lifeboats and barely hanging onto life. Well worth watching and makes you want to read both Melville and Philbrick.

 

[lancer]

Saw this on HBO last night. Really liked it and will be ordering the Philbrick book and might even take a shot at Moby Dick.:wink2: -- Al

 

[BLReed]

This is one of the few movies that has been released on Blu-ray Ultra-HiDef so far. I recommend
you have at least a 65" television.
https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Sea-Ultra-Blu-ray-Digital/dp/B01G3MH8OY/ref=sr_1_1_twi_blu_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1472395819&sr=1-1&keywords=in+the+heart+of+the+sea+4k

Also on VUDU streaming as 4K

 

[jazzeum]

Saw this on HBO last night. Really liked it and will be ordering the Philbrick book and might even take a shot at Moby Dick.:wink2: -- Al

I will get the Philbrick book but not sure about MD. I recently finished War & Peace, which was not a hard read but just long. Moby Dick appears to the opposite. Not as long but a hard read. Not sure I'm ready for that.

 

[lancer]

I will get the Philbrick book but not sure about MD. I recently finished War & Peace, which was not a hard read but just long. Moby Dick appears to the opposite. Not as long but a hard read. Not sure I'm ready for that.

Always been reluctant to tackle some of the age old classics like 'War and Peace' and 'Moby Dick'. I will read Philbrick and see if my interest holds enough to try MD. I have always heard it is a hard read but I might give it a go. Then again, maybe I'll get the Cliff Notes.:wink2:^&grin -- Al

 

[jazzeum]

There's also a couple of whaling related books that are supposed to be good.

Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America by Eric Jay Dolin.

The Empire of Necessity by Greg Gandin. This is about a slave revolt in 1805 on a Spanish ship and was also the basis of a Melville story, Benito Cereno. A Captain Delano, hunting for seals, came upon a Spanish ship, carrying a cargo of slaves, that was in distress. After he and his crew leave the Spanish ship he realizes he's been tricked, that, in fact, the slaves have taken over the ship. He and his crew go back and brutally suppress the rebellion. As a side note, Captain Delano was an ancestor of FDR.

Both received very good reviews.

 

[Warrior]

I missed it's theatrical run and I'm sorry I did, watched it last night on HBO, I thought it was great.

What a tough way to make a buck, going out off a ship in whaleboats, throwing harpoons at gigantic whales and hoping you don't get pulled under or smashed to bits by it's tail or by it leaping out of the water and landing on your boat.

I read where it was a box office bomb, budget was 100 million and it only grossed 93 million.

It was a very good story without a love angle, extreme amounts of violence and explosions or loaded with crappy CGI effects, so it didn't pander to the average movie goer, which is a shame.....................