Chris Hemsworth | In the Heart of the Sea

• Directed by: Ron Howard
• Screenplay by: Charles Leavitt
• Story by: Charles Leavitt, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver
• Based on: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
• Produced by: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Will Ward, Joe Roth, Paula Weinstein
• Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson
• Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle
• Edited by: Dan Hanley, Mike Hill
• Music by: Roque Baños
• Production companies: Village Roadshow Pictures, Roth Films, Imagine Entertainment, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, COTT Productions, Enelmar Productions A.I.E., Spring Creek Pictures, Kia Jam
• Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
• Release date: December 11, 2015
• Running time: 122 minutes

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.

AWARDS

• 24th Heartland Film Festival