Title In the Heart of the Sea Overview 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. “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. Tagline Based on the incredible true story that inspired Moby Dick Genres Thriller, Drama, Adventure, Action, History Keywords suicide, ocean, sea, hunger, shipwreck, ship, whale, based on true story, stranded, survival, whaling, death, new england, lost at sea, based on true events, whaling ship, starvation, 19th century, cannibalism, reference to moby dick, whale oil, nantucket Production Companies Imagine Entertainment, Spring Creek Productions, Warner Bros., Roth Films, K. JAM Media, Cott Productions, Surf Film, Enelmar Productions, A.I.E. Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 122 Release Year 2015
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 94 million USD