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''In the Heart of the Sea'' is a 2015 biographical adventure film based on Nathaniel Philbrick's 2000 non-fiction [[TheFilmOfTheBook book of the same name]]. The film was directed by Creator/RonHoward and stars Creator/ChrisHemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Creator/BenjaminWalker, Creator/CillianMurphy, Creator/TomHolland, Creator/BenWhishaw and Creator/BrendanGleeson.
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* WorkingClassHero: [[ValuesDissonance Moral implications]] notwithstanding, traditional whaling is realistically depicted as hard, dangerous, ''filthy'' work that could potentially earn a man a decent living or just as easily kill him.
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* WorkingClassHero: [[ValuesDissonance Moral implications]] notwithstanding, traditional whaling is realistically depicted as hard, dangerous, ''filthy'' work that could potentially earn a man a decent living or just as easily kill him.him.
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** He opposes every questionable decision made by his incompetent captain. In real life, his heroic leadership of his open boat is certainly commendable, but he also made several questionable decision before, during, and after the sinking that may have put the crew in further danger, particularly the decision to head south into the open sea to find winds instead of heading for the relatively close Society Islands, which arguably led to [[spoiler: the whole [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty cannibalism]] situation]].
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** He opposes every questionable decision made by his incompetent captain. In real life, his heroic leadership of his open boat is certainly commendable, but he also made several questionable decision decisions before, during, and after the sinking that may have put the crew in further danger, particularly the decision to head south into the open sea to find winds instead of heading for the relatively close Society Islands, which arguably led to [[spoiler: the whole [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty cannibalism]] situation]].
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The Owen Chase of the film can do no wrong, which is rather ironic since the film uses an elderly Nickerson as it's FramingDevice while Philbrick's book uses the elderly Nickerson's account to challenge Chase's more famous account which probably made Chase as heroic as possible so he could keep getting jobs as a whaler:
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** He holds his officers in contempt and steers the ''Essex'' recklessly into a storm. In reality, the ''Essex'' did get caught in a storm four days out of Nantucket, but it was due to the officers' collective miscalculation not Pollard's arrogance, and there were no NeverMyFault recriminations afterward. In fact, Pollard was if anything ''too'' willing to heed the advice of Chase and Joy, who didn't always make the best decisions, particularly in heading south in search of variable breezes after the sinking instead of making for the Society Islands (ironically because they probably feared being CapturedByCannibals]]
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** He holds his officers in contempt and steers the ''Essex'' recklessly into a storm. In reality, the ''Essex'' did get caught in a storm four days out of Nantucket, but it was due to the officers' collective miscalculation not Pollard's arrogance, and there were no NeverMyFault recriminations afterward. In fact, Pollard was if anything ''too'' willing to heed the advice of Chase and Joy, who didn't always make the best decisions, particularly in heading south in search of variable breezes after the sinking instead of making for the Society Islands (ironically because they probably feared being CapturedByCannibals]]CapturedByCannibals).
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: The ''Essex'' crew resorting to NoPartyLikeADonnerParty is treated like a supreme taboo that must be jealously concealed, when in fact it was an acceptable possibility of seafaring life with no particular social stigma in a community as tied to the sea as Nantucket.
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The Owen Chase of the film can do no wrong, which is rather ironic since the film uses an elderly Nickerson as it's FramingDevice while Philbrick's book uses the elderly Nickerson's account to challenge Chase's more famous account which probably made Chase as heroic as possible so he could keep getting jobs as a whaler:
** He opposes every questionable decision made by his incompetent captain. In real life, his heroic leadership of his open boat is certainly commendable, but he also made several questionable decision before, during, and after the sinking that may have put the crew in further danger, particularly the decision to head south into the open sea to find winds instead of heading for the relatively close Society Islands, which arguably led to [[spoiler: the whole [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty cannibalism]] situation]].
** He heroically dives into the sinking ''Essex'' to retrieve valuable navigation equipment, complete with OutrunTheFireball, a feat actually committed by [[CompositeCharacter the ship's steward]] in real life.
** Ultimately, he has an epiphany that [[PoliticallyCorrectHistory whaling is immoral]] and decides to settle down with his family. This cannot be further from the truth of the man who went on to have a long and successful career as a whaling captain while going through ''four'' marriages in his lifetime, and was said by some who served under him to have carried a personal vendetta against the whale that stove the ''Essex'' before spending his later years in a mental institution.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Captain George Pollard, which is rather ironic since the Philbrick's book takes pains to portray Pollard sympathetically.
** Pollard is portrayed as a haughty and inexperienced BlueBlood who owes his captaincy to {{nepotism}} when in reality Pollard had already served as a Mate on the ''Essex'' itself for several years and was justly deserving of his promotion.
** He holds his officers in contempt and steers the ''Essex'' recklessly into a storm. In reality, the ''Essex'' did get caught in a storm four days out of Nantucket, but it was due to the officers' collective miscalculation not Pollard's arrogance, and there were no NeverMyFault recriminations afterward. In fact, Pollard was if anything ''too'' willing to heed the advice of Chase and Joy, who didn't always make the best decisions, particularly in heading south in search of variable breezes after the sinking instead of making for the Society Islands (ironically because they probably feared being CapturedByCannibals]]
** Pollard did indeed reprimand his young cousin for trying to invoke [[{{Nepotism}} familial privilege]], but the film turns an understandable and somewhat comical moment into a sinister one since historically the boy was hoping to be excused from duty due to seasickness (which many other young sailors were also suffering), not standing up to Pollard on behalf of the whole crew.
** Lastly, in the film Pollard is implied to have wrecked his second ship pursuing a personal vendetta against the whale, when by all evidence it was ''Chase'' who carried on a vendetta (unlike in the film where Chase has [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade an epiphany and gives up whaling]]) and just about everyone who served under Pollard had only praise for him and felt it unfair he was forced to retire from the sea after the luckless loss of his second ship.
** He opposes every questionable decision made by his incompetent captain. In real life, his heroic leadership of his open boat is certainly commendable, but he also made several questionable decision before, during, and after the sinking that may have put the crew in further danger, particularly the decision to head south into the open sea to find winds instead of heading for the relatively close Society Islands, which arguably led to [[spoiler: the whole [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty cannibalism]] situation]].
** He heroically dives into the sinking ''Essex'' to retrieve valuable navigation equipment, complete with OutrunTheFireball, a feat actually committed by [[CompositeCharacter the ship's steward]] in real life.
** Ultimately, he has an epiphany that [[PoliticallyCorrectHistory whaling is immoral]] and decides to settle down with his family. This cannot be further from the truth of the man who went on to have a long and successful career as a whaling captain while going through ''four'' marriages in his lifetime, and was said by some who served under him to have carried a personal vendetta against the whale that stove the ''Essex'' before spending his later years in a mental institution.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Captain George Pollard, which is rather ironic since the Philbrick's book takes pains to portray Pollard sympathetically.
** Pollard is portrayed as a haughty and inexperienced BlueBlood who owes his captaincy to {{nepotism}} when in reality Pollard had already served as a Mate on the ''Essex'' itself for several years and was justly deserving of his promotion.
** He holds his officers in contempt and steers the ''Essex'' recklessly into a storm. In reality, the ''Essex'' did get caught in a storm four days out of Nantucket, but it was due to the officers' collective miscalculation not Pollard's arrogance, and there were no NeverMyFault recriminations afterward. In fact, Pollard was if anything ''too'' willing to heed the advice of Chase and Joy, who didn't always make the best decisions, particularly in heading south in search of variable breezes after the sinking instead of making for the Society Islands (ironically because they probably feared being CapturedByCannibals]]
** Pollard did indeed reprimand his young cousin for trying to invoke [[{{Nepotism}} familial privilege]], but the film turns an understandable and somewhat comical moment into a sinister one since historically the boy was hoping to be excused from duty due to seasickness (which many other young sailors were also suffering), not standing up to Pollard on behalf of the whole crew.
** Lastly, in the film Pollard is implied to have wrecked his second ship pursuing a personal vendetta against the whale, when by all evidence it was ''Chase'' who carried on a vendetta (unlike in the film where Chase has [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade an epiphany and gives up whaling]]) and just about everyone who served under Pollard had only praise for him and felt it unfair he was forced to retire from the sea after the luckless loss of his second ship.
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* LighterAndSofter: At the end, Melville assures the Nickersons that he's going to write a novel VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory, and doesn't intend to include the goriest parts of the crew's ordeal. [[spoiler:Nor does he. ... Instead, ''his'' crew is killed when Moby Dick sinks the ship -- save the narrator, who is immediately rescued]].
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* {{Nepotism}}: George Pollard, Jr. is chosen over Owen Chase as Captain of the Essex because Pollard is coming from a well-established family and his father is one of the investors.
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* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: [[spoiler:The ''Essex's'' survivors eventually have to resort to cannibalism, which haunts Thomas for decades.]]
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: [[spoiler:Owen Chase refuses to lie about the ''Essex's'' ''Essex'''s fate even after his employers offer him a bribe. Pollard eventually also decides the truth is more important than his family's good name]].
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* NeverMyFault: The ship survives a storm, but someone died. Pollard puts it down as an accident. Owen Chase, a more experienced sailor, calls him out on poor seamanship because he didn't listen to them when they said they had to cut the sails in preparation of the storm.
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* NeverMyFault: The ship survives a storm, but someone died. thanks to Owen's efforts. Pollard puts instructs him to tell the crew they'll be heading back to Nantucket for repairs, where Owen would resign in public for decisions that nearly sunk the ''Essex''. Owen points out that it was Pollard's decision to not take down as an accident. Owen Chase, a more experienced sailor, calls him out on poor seamanship because he didn't listen to them when they said they had to cut the sails in preparation of that nearly got the storm.ship sunk until it was too late to do so and Pollard won't have any of it.
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* SuperPersistentPredator: The white sperm whale [[spoiler: [[TheHunterBecomesTheHunted pursues the survivors of the ''Essex'' shipwreck]]]] with no reason given. Given the aforementioned attack, it probably acknowledged their [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters dangerousness]] very quickly.
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* SuperPersistentPredator: The white sperm whale [[spoiler: [[TheHunterBecomesTheHunted pursues the survivors of the ''Essex'' shipwreck]]]] with no reason given. Given the aforementioned attack, it probably acknowledged their [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters dangerousness]] very quickly.quickly however given to the fact that sperm whales are very aggressive creatures by nature and have been known to attack ships without reason it seems unlikely that the monster was attacking out of any feeling for its mate and offspring and only because it needed something to unleash its natural aggression on until it finally became bored.
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''In the Heart of the Sea'' is a 2015 biographical adventure film based on Nathaniel Philbrick's 2000 non-fiction book of the same name. The film was directed by Creator/RonHoward and stars Chris Hemsworth, Creator/ChrisHemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Ben Whishaw Creator/CillianMurphy, Creator/TomHolland, Creator/BenWhishaw and Brendan Gleeson.
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* AnimalsNotToScale: The titular sperm whale turns out to be a 100 ft (30 meters) bull. That is, it is almost as long as your [[TheGiant average blue whale]]. The largest known sperm whales measured up to 65.5 ft (20 meters). Accounts of 100-ft sperm whales were not unheard of, but no such beast has ever been scientifically verified. Whether the white whale really was that big or exaggerated as "the one that got away" often is is uncertain.
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* AnimalsNotToScale: The titular sperm whale turns out to be a 100 ft (30 meters) bull. That is, it is almost as long as your [[TheGiant average blue whale]]. The largest known sperm whales measured up to 65.5 ft (20 meters). Accounts of 100-ft sperm whales were not unheard of, but no such beast has ever been scientifically verified.
** The real whale was estimated by eyewitnesses to be roughly 85 feet long, as he surfaced immediately after ramming ''Essex'' the first time and was observed to be comparable in length to the 88-foot ship. This is still 20 feet longer than the largest confirmed sperm whale. Whether the white whale really was that big or exaggerated as "the one that got away" often is is uncertain.
** The real whale was estimated by eyewitnesses to be roughly 85 feet long, as he surfaced immediately after ramming ''Essex'' the first time and was observed to be comparable in length to the 88-foot ship. This is still 20 feet longer than the largest confirmed sperm whale. Whether the white whale really was that big or exaggerated as "the one that got away" often is is uncertain.
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* SuperPersistentPredator: The white sperm whale [[spoiler: [[TheHunterBecomesTheHunted pursues the survivors of the ''Essex'' shipwreck]]]] with no reason given. Given the aforementioned attack, it probably acknowledged their [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters dangerousness]] very quickly.
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* SuperPersistentPredator: The white sperm whale [[spoiler: [[TheHunterBecomesTheHunted pursues the survivors of the ''Essex'' shipwreck]]]] with no reason given. Given the aforementioned attack, it probably acknowledged their [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters dangerousness]] very quickly.quickly.
* WorkingClassHero: [[ValuesDissonance Moral implications]] notwithstanding, traditional whaling is realistically depicted as hard, dangerous, ''filthy'' work that could potentially earn a man a decent living or just as easily kill him.
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* MobySchtick: Naturally, since the events inspired the novel, but subverted in that this is the first contact with the leviathan and the ''Essex'' is unable to put up a fight. The ending narrates that Pollard went out again looking for the white whale but he never found it.
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* MobySchtick: Naturally, since the events inspired the novel, but subverted in that this is the first contact with the leviathan and the "Essex" is unable to put up a fight. The ending narrates that Pollard went out again looking for the white whale but he never found it.
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* IAmAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:The ''Essex's'' survivors eventually have to resort to this, which haunts Thomas for decades.]]
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* SuperPersistentPredator: The white sperm whale [[spoiler: [[TheHunterBecomesTheHunted pursues the survivors of the Essex ''Essex'' shipwreck]]]] with no reason given. Given the aforementioned attack, it probably acknowledged their [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters dangerousness]] very quickly.
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* PluckyMiddie: Thomas. He's a teenager on his first sail and the youngest of the crew by a margin. The plucky part has to be coaxed into him by Chase, and he ends up traumatized for life due to the horrors they lived through.
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* {{Nepotism}}: George Pollard, Jr. is chosen over Owen Chase as Captain of the Essex because Pollard is coming from a well-established family and his father is one of the investors.
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* FakeAmerican: Lots and lots. Pretty much the entire cast.
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* ActionSurvivor: Thomas Nickerson, who survive the ordeal to tell the tale (obviously).
* TheAlcoholic: Joy used to be one, and he managed to stay sober throughout the entire movie.
* ChildhoodFriends: First Officer Owen Chase and Second Officer Matthew Joy. Thomas also has an older friend whom he sees as a brother.
* CurbStompBattle: The white whale vs the Essex. [[spoiler: The whale wins in less than a minute]].
* DwindlingParty: The Essex's survivors.
* FramingDevice: The main story is told by the elderly Thomas Nickerson to Herman Melville.
* [[spoiler: IAmAHumanitarian: The Essex's survivors eventually have to resort to this, which haunts Thomas for decades.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Owen Coffin acts like a dick to pretty much everyone. However, near the end, he [[spoiler:sacrifices himself to save his cousin Pollard]].
* TheAlcoholic: Joy used to be one, and he managed to stay sober throughout the entire movie.
* ChildhoodFriends: First Officer Owen Chase and Second Officer Matthew Joy. Thomas also has an older friend whom he sees as a brother.
* CurbStompBattle: The white whale vs the Essex. [[spoiler: The whale wins in less than a minute]].
* DwindlingParty: The Essex's survivors.
* FramingDevice: The main story is told by the elderly Thomas Nickerson to Herman Melville.
* [[spoiler: IAmAHumanitarian: The Essex's survivors eventually have to resort to this, which haunts Thomas for decades.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Owen Coffin acts like a dick to pretty much everyone. However, near the end, he [[spoiler:sacrifices himself to save his cousin Pollard]].
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: [[spoiler:Owen Chase refuses to lie about the Essex's fate even after his employers offer him a bribe. Pollard eventually also decides the truth is more important than his family's good name]].name]].
* SeaMonster: The white whale, inspiration to Moby Dick itself.
* SeaMonster: The white whale, inspiration to Moby Dick itself.
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Inkeeper Thomas Nickerson is the last survivor of the whaleship Essex and agrees to tell the secret details of the experience to novelist Creator/HermanMelville, who seeks inspiration for a novel he intends to call [[Literature/MobyDick "Moby Dick"]].
!!Tropes:
* {{Nepotism}}: George Pollard, Jr. is chosen over Owen Chase as Captain of the Essex because Pollard is coming from a well-established family and his father is one of the investors.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: [[spoiler:Owen Chase refuses to lie about the Essex's fate even after his employers offer him a bribe. Pollard eventually also decides the truth is more important than his family's good name]].
!!Tropes:
* {{Nepotism}}: George Pollard, Jr. is chosen over Owen Chase as Captain of the Essex because Pollard is coming from a well-established family and his father is one of the investors.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: [[spoiler:Owen Chase refuses to lie about the Essex's fate even after his employers offer him a bribe. Pollard eventually also decides the truth is more important than his family's good name]].
