Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
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2003
2h 18m
PG-13
English
Adventure, Drama, War
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
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.
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Cast
Captain Jack Aubrey
Dr. Stephen Maturin
1st Lt. Thomas Pullings
Mr. Allen, Master
Preserved Killick, Captain's Stewar...
Midshipman Hollom
Midshipman Blakeney
Midshipman Calamy
Barrent Bonden, Coxswain
2nd Lt. William Mowett
Captain Howard, Royal Marines
Joe Plaice, Able Seaman
Mr. Higgins, Surgeon's Mate
Mr. Hogg, Whaler
Midshipman Boyle
Midshipman Williamson
Mr. Hollar, Boatswain
Mr. Lamb, Carpenter
Joseph Nagle, Carpenter's Mate
William Warley, Cpt. of Mizzentop
Faster Doudle, Able Seaman
Awkward Davies, Able Seaman
Nehemiah Slade, Able Seaman
Padeen, Loblolly Boy
Black Bill, Killick's Mate
Directed By: Peter Weir
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GenerationofSwine
2 years ago
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 of the pours of e More
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 of the pours of e More
CinemaSerf
12 months ago
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 during the Napol More
John Chard
6 years ago
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'Brian. The film t More
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'Brian. The film t More
narrator56
5 years ago
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 of great sea tal More
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 of great sea tal More
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