The whale
(DVD)
Contributors
Riley, Alrick Director
Cafolla, Terry. Screenwriter
Dormer, Mike. Producer
Sheen, Martin Actor
Armstrong, Jonas Actor
Cafolla, Terry. Screenwriter
Dormer, Mike. Producer
Sheen, Martin Actor
Armstrong, Jonas Actor
Status
Page Public Library - Dvd
DVD THE WHALE
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DVD THE WHALE
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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
883929439157
Notes
General Note
Title from screen.
General Note
Originally broadcast on television in 2013.
Participants/Performers
Charles Furness, Martin Sheen, Jonas Armstrong, Adam Rayner.
Description
On November 20, 1820, in the Southeast Pacific, an enormous 85-foot sperm whale rammed and sank Nantucket whale ship The Essex and set its crew adrift more than a thousand miles from land. Only eight members of the young crew survived starvation, thirst and exposure, rescued at last by British whale ships three months later. Elderly Tom Nickerson recalls how, in 1819, he went to sea as cabin boy on The Essex, leaving Nantucket. Its recently promoted captain George Pollard is a kindly man, unlike first mate Owen Chase and Tom notes their mutual animosity though, inspired by tales from his grandfather, envisages life at sea as romantic. A storm and a food shortage puncture his illusions but spirits are raised when a whale is sighted and caught. However some two months later another whale attacks and sinks the ship -- in what Tom believes to be an act of revenge -- and the crew take to the long-boats. Chase overrules Pollard in deciding that, rather than risk cannibals on the nearby Society Islands, they make the gruelling 2,000 mile journey to Peru. Ninety days later only five of the crew are rescued, the others either dead or never found. An end-title relates what happened to Tom, Pollard and Chase in later life.
Target Audience
Rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD, widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Language
English audio.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Riley, A., Cafolla, T., Dormer, M., Sheen, M., Armstrong, J., Furness, C., Rayner, A., & Melville, H. (2015). The whale . BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Alrick Riley et al.. 2015. The Whale. BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Alrick Riley et al.. The Whale BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Riley, Alrick, et al. The Whale BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc., 2015.
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