The courage to do the impossible lies in the hearts of men.
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.
- 7.2
- 2003
- Released
- 2h 18m
Russell Crowe
Captain Jack Aubrey
Paul Bettany
Dr. Stephen Maturin
James D'Arcy
1st Lt. Thomas Pullings
Robert Pugh
Mr. Allen, Master
David Threlfall
Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
Lee Ingleby
Midshipman Hollom
Max Pirkis
Midshipman Blakeney
Max Benitz
Midshipman Calamy
Billy Boyd
Barrent Bonden, Coxswain
Edward Woodall
2nd Lt. William Mowett
Chris Larkin
Captain Howard, Royal Marines
George Innes
Joe Plaice, Able Seaman
Richard McCabe
Mr. Higgins, Surgeon's Mate
Mark Lewis Jones
Mr. Hogg, Whaler
Jack Randall
Midshipman BoyleRichard Pates
Midshipman Williamson
Ian Mercer
Mr. Hollar, BoatswainTony Dolan
Mr. Lamb, Carpenter
Bryan Dick
Joseph Nagle, Carpenter's Mate
Joseph Morgan
William Warley, Cpt. of Mizzentop
William Mannering
Faster Doudle, Able Seaman
Patrick Gallagher
Awkward Davies, Able Seaman
Alex Palmer
Nehemiah Slade, Able Seaman
John DeSantis
Padeen, Loblolly BoyOusmane Thiam
Black Bill, Killick's MateThierry Segall
French Captain
Released
en
$150,000,000.00
$211,623,421.00
- #ship
- #navy
- #based on novel or book
- #surgeon
- #royal navy
- #historical fiction
- #period drama
- #napoleonic wars
- #naturalist
- #frigate
- #self surgery
- #sea battle
- #weevil
- #high seas
- #naval warfare
- #aggressive
- #19th century
- #galapagos islands
- #naval battle
- #english navy
- #commanding
- #surprise-ending
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This has shades of "Horatio Hornblower" to it, but is much grittier. Russell Crowe delivers a strong, convincing, portrayal of the doughty captain "Aubrey", in command of HMS "Surprise" and charged with tracking down a French privateer that is raiding the vital British whaling fleet during the Napoleonic wars. Coming up against an equally courageous and skilful French captain and engaging in a let
What you have here is Crowe still thinking that he's the greatest actor that ever lived. That all takes away the fun of a movie that had the potential to be a high seas epic like, say, Captain Blood. Peter Weir lets Crowe go crazy and you can almost taste the ego dripping out of the pours of every seen, so much so that he doesn't allow Paul Bettany to shine and he's a good actor in his own r
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This is a rousing sea yarn with great camera work, but it also shows comraderie and relationships in a realistic way on board a British fighting ship. As happens sometimes but not always, I enjoyed this movie more than I liked the book it was based upon. O'Brian has written a lot of great sea tales, but this one confused me. I felt like checking to see if the pages were in the correct order. Th
For England, for home, and for the prize! Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is directed by Peter Weir, it stars Russell Crowe as Jack Aubrey and Paul Bettany as Stephen Maturin. It is spliced from various novels in the Aubrey–Maturin series written by Patrick O'Brian. The film takes place during 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars and finds Captain Jack Aubrey and the crew of Briti