
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 made history in literature, and the movie 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.
Directed by Ron Howard, writing Credits: Marshall Herskovitz, Rick Jaffa, Charles Leavitt (screenplay), Peter Morgan, Nathaniel Philbrick (book), Amanda Silver, Edward Zwick.
Cast: Cillian Murphy (Matthew Joy), Chris Hemsworth (Owen Chase), Michelle Fairley (Mrs. Nickerson), Paul Anderson (Thomas Chappel), Charlotte Riley (Peggy), Brendan Gleeson (Old Thomas Nickerson), Ben Whishaw (Herman Melville), Benjamin Walker (George Pollard), Jordi Mollà (Spanish Captain), Tom Holland (Young Thomas Nickerson), Joseph Mawle (Benjamin Lawrence), Jamie Sives (Isaac Cole), Donald Sumpter (Paul Macy), Frank Dillane (Owen Coffin), Sam Keeley.