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Storyline
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. "In the Heart of the Sea" reveals the encounter's harrowing aftermath, as the ship's surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive. Braving storms, starvation, panic and despair, the men will call into question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade, as their captain searches for direction on the open sea and his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down.
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Plot Synopsis
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Experience the true encounter that inspired the myth Moby Dick.
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Motion Picture Rating
(MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and peril, brief startling violence, and thematic material
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Details
Release Date:
11 December 2015 (USA)
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Also Known As:
En el corazón del mar
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Box Office
Budget:
$100,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend:
$11,053,366
(USA)
(11 December 2015)
Gross:
$24,985,612
(USA)
(5 February 2016)
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Trivia
Part of this movie was shot in the Canary Islands.
Moby Dick (1956), directed by
John Huston, was also shot in the Canaries.
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Goofs
The interview between Melville and Nickerson is set in 1850. After that interview is over and Melville is leaving, the characters discuss the rumors that (petroleum) oil has been discovered in the ground. The discovery of oil in Titusville, PA, by Colonel Edwin Drake, occurred in August 1859, and is considered the beginning of the "oil from the ground" industry, and that was roughly 9 years after the interview took place. Abraham Gesner's first patent for kerosene was granted in 1854, also following the interview in the movie, and it was distilled from oil shale and bituminous coal.
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Quotes
Peggy Chase:
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when Owen returns alive]
Oh my God... Oh my God...
Owen Chase:
I promised you, didn't I?
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