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The Whale (TV Movie 2013)
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Adventure , Drama
Charles Furness , Martin Sheen , Jonas Armstrong , Adam Rayner , Jolyon Coy , Jassa Ahluwalia , David Gyasi , John Boyega , Ferdinand Kingsley ,
Paul Kaye , Chris Starkie , André Agius , Joe Azzopardi , Macram Borg , Stephen Buhagiar
Alrick Riley
2013
Elderly Tom Nickerson recalls how| in 1819| he went to sea as cabin boy on the whaler 'The Essex'| leaving Nantucket. Its recently promoted captain George Pollard is
a kindly man| unlike first mate Owen Chase and Tom notes their mutual animosity though| inspired by tales from his grandfather| envisages life at sea as romantic. A
storm and a food shortage puncture his illusions but spirits are raised when a whale is sighted and caught. However some two months later another whale attacks and
sinks the ship - in what Tom believes to be an act of revenge - and the crew take to the long-boats. Chase overrules Pollard in deciding that| rather than risk
cannibals on the nearby Society Islands| they make the gruelling 2|000 mile journey to Peru. Ninety days later only five of the crew are rescued| the others either
dead or never found. An end-title relates what happened to Tom| Pollard and Chase in later life.