In the Heart of the Sea

2015·122'

★ 6.8

Letterboxd TMDB #205775

Based on the incredible true story that inspired Moby Dick

In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.

Cast

Chris Hemsworth Owen Chase

Benjamin Walker George Pollard

Cillian Murphy Matthew Joy

Brendan Gleeson Old Thomas Nickerson

Ben Whishaw Herman Melville

Michelle Fairley Mrs. Nickerson

Tom Holland Young Thomas Nickerson

Paul Anderson Thomas Chappel

Frank Dillane Owen Coffin

Joseph Mawle Benjamin Lawrence

Edward Ashley Barzallai Ray

Sam Keeley Ramsdell