Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (2003-11-14) |
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| Awards: | Won 2 Oscars. 23 wins & 90 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $93,927,920 |
| Screen: | Patrick O'Brian, Peter Weir, John Collee |
| Productions: | 20th Century Fox, Miramax, Universal Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Films |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | Français, Português, English |
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Casts
- 934: Russell Crowe - Captain Jack Aubrey
- 6162: Paul Bettany - Dr. Stephen Maturin
- 19655: James D'Arcy - 1st Lt. Thomas Pullings
- 47643: Robert Pugh - Mr. Allen, Master
- 59081: David Threlfall - Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
- 229672: Lee Ingleby - Midshipman Hollom
- 215661: Max Pirkis - Midshipman Blakeney
Crews
- 62543: Alan B. Curtiss - Executive Producer - Production
- 55475: Patrick O'Brian - Novel - Writing
- 31027: Russell Boyd - Director of Photography - Camera
- 2690: Peter Weir - Director - Directing
- 2690: Peter Weir - Screenplay - Writing
- 65043: Samuel Goldwyn Jr. - Producer - Production
- 2690: Peter Weir - Producer - Production
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Reviews
John Chard
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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'Bri ....
Continue reading ->Peter McGinn
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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 ....
Continue reading ->r96sk
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I enjoyed <em>'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'</em>. The early scenes are surprisingly (given the relatively close release dates) similar to fellow 2003 release <em>'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'</em>, with a hidden enemy ship spotted ami ....
Continue reading ->GenerationofSwine
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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 o ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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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 ....
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