In the Heart of the Seatells the true story of the tragedy at sea that inspiredMoby Dick, including some of the most disturbing parts of the tale. Although Ron Howard’s feature film adaptation was expected to be a true epic, it received mixed reviews, which often criticized its pacing but praised the talent of the actors.The cast ofIn the Heart of the Seaincludes Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, and Tom Holland. The film’s story takes place across two different timelines, andIn the Heart of the Seais partly told through the flashbacks of Thomas Nickerson, who was the youngest survivor.
In the Heart of the Seais one of thebest movies about being lost at sea, capturing the horror of the open water, and the crew’s desperate attempt to survive. It is about the whaling ship “Essex,” which sank after being attacked by a sperm whale. Nickerson is based on the ship’s cabin boy and played by Brendon Gleeson in the movie’s present timeline, while Tom Holland plays him in the past sequences. Though the movie might not be completely historically accurate,In the Heart of the Sea’s endinginspires Herman Melville to writeMoby-Dick,which is historically accurate.
Eight Crewmen Survived The Sinking Of The Essex
Cillian Murphy’s In The Heart Of The Sea Fate Is Different From The Original Story
After the real-life sinking of theEssex,only eight men survived to return home, and they are all represented in Ron Howard’sIn the Heart of the Sea. As the movie shows, after the whale’s attack, the men reach Henderson Island, where some of the men stay. The rest set sail in three boats, which were then separated, with one boat disappearing and the other two being rescued at different times. Five men were rescued from the boats while three were found on the island. That said, one key movie character’s fate is slightly different from the true story.
In the Heart Of The Seareunites Cillian Murphy and Brendan Gleeson, after they both played main roles in the horror28 Days Later.
In the Heart of the Seais one ofCillian Murphy’s best movies, andMurphy plays Matthew Joy, theEssex’s second mate. In the movie, he is too weak to survive getting back on the boat and chooses to stay on the island to die. The real Matthew Joy had been in poor health since before theEssexeven left for its voyage, and though he left the island in one of the boats, Joy died two weeks later. This fate may have been changed in the movie to allow for the powerful scene between Chris Hemsworth and Murphy.
Did The Essex Survivors Really Turn To Cannibalism?
Captain Pollard’s Fate Is Even More Heartbreaking In Real Life
In the Heart of the Seamay have some beautiful cinematography, but it does not shy away from depicting the disturbing events that happened during theEssexshipwreck. One of these is the desperate crew beginning to eat each other.In the Heart of the Seadepicts the men first turning to cannibalism after one of their number dies, and then beginning to draw lots to determine which of them would sacrifice themselves. This reflects real events, with the men eating the bodies of their dead before drawing lots, and it is estimated that seven of the crew were eaten.
The surviving crew of The Essex, their jobs and their actors
Real name
Actor name
Thomas Chappel (Caleb Chappel in the movie)
Sailor
Luca Tosi
In the Heart of the Seaadded dramatic conflict to Pollard’s character, with him beginning the movie as an arrogant man, who becomes humble and protective of his men by the end. While the real man and his movie counterpart both had to retire from whaling after another shipwreck led to him being considered unlucky by the other sailors,In the Heart of the Seamissed an even more tragic detail. The real Pollard became a night watchman, and every year on the anniversary of theEssex’s sinking, he observed a fast in honor of his crew.
