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3, Webber refused the Gold Lifesaving medal. Photo Credit: Courtesy Michael J. Tougias. [27] They were also set to film at various South Shore locations and then move to Chatham, Massachusetts, in December. 2. - The Briefing 10.22.20, The end of tanks? On the day he is due to ask permission, February 18, 1952, the oil tanker SS Pendleton shears in half off the Chatham coast after getting caught in a nor'easter. When they do meet, they are instantly attracted to each other. What Happens In Your Finest Hours. I don't want it if they don't get gold,' " Tougias said. winston churchill's finest hour speech, june 18, 1940, delivered at london, uk, to the house of commons, full text transcript, audio. [27][28] In early December, filming was taking place in the town of Marshfield.
The Finest Hours also chronicles Bernie's courtship of Miriam (Holliday Grainger), a local girl and phone operator who is tasked with some of the movie's more thankless scenes. The movie begins and ends with the love story between Webber and Pentinen, newly engaged. Between Chatham Harbor and the open sea lies a bar, a series of shoals that are very dangerous even in good weather. "I think the first time [I saw it] I made the mistake of getting caught up with, 'Okay, which parts did we have to manufacture to make it a great movie?' I've seen it three times now and I liked it more each time.". For his crew's rescue of 32 of the 33 Pendleton crew members, the Coast Guard nominated Webber for its Gold Lifesaving Medal, one of the service's highest awards. No one is sure whether Pendleton ran aground. [13] Casting was done from April through October 2014.
"I was really shocked that I didn’t know anything about it. Bernie steers CG 36500 to the stricken tanker.
Relying on his knowledge of the coast and prevailing winds in place of his compass, Bernie steers CG 36500 toward home—a task made more difficult as Chatham loses power. Few people in Chatham trust Cluff, believing he could not possibly be capable of doing his job because he is not from the area. However, the essence of the real woman was there.
But, he added, Webber did tell him that he heard a groaning noise as they headed back to shore, which could have been the ship shaking loose before it sank. The speech lasted as long as 36 minutes and was written on 23 pages, which means that it was significantly longer than Churchill’s other famous speeches (eg “Blood, toil, tears, and sweat” and “We shall fight on the beaches”) . & Casey Sherman: "The Finer Hour: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue", "The Finest Hours (2016) - Craig Gillespie", "Chris Pine's 'The Finest Hours' to Open Coronado Island Film Festival", "Disney Acquires Coast Guard Rescue Saga 'The Finest Hours, "The real-life story behind Disney's forthcoming Coast Guard rescue movie, 'The Finest Hours, "Chris Pine Thriller 'The Finest Hours' Pushed to 2016 by Disney", "Chris Pine in Talks to Star in Disney Coast Guard Drama", "Ben Foster Joins Chris Pine in Disney's 'Finest Hours' (EXCLUSIVE)", "Eric Bana Cast In 'The Finest Hours', Disney's Sea-Rescue Pic", "Kyle Gallner Joins Disaster-At-Sea Drama 'The Finest Hours, "Disney Sets Sail on Chris Pine Coast Guard Drama 'The Finest Hours, "Chris Pine Coast Guard thriller 'The Finest Hours' shoving off", "More locations for filming of 'The Finest Hours' on Cape Cod", "Disney filming scenes for 'The Finest Hours' in Chatham", "Wednesday, Dec. 3 Filming Locations for Forever, Madam Secretary, Sleepy Hollow, Empire, House of Lies, NCIS L.A., Hail Caesar!, Paper Towns, & more! "He wasn't just, 'Oh I'm going to do this, and there's no ifs, ands or buts.' Meanwhile, the Pendleton's engineer, Ray Sybert, as the surviving senior officer, organizes the surviving seamen to steer the sinking stern of the tanker onto a submerged reef, where it can lodge until rescuers arrive. ", "PC Whips Up Stormy Seas for 'The Finest Hours, "Watch: Chris Pine Braves the Waves in 'Finest Hours' Trailer", "Coronado Island Film Festival Unveils Opening, Closing Night Screenings", "Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Eric Bana Honor US Coast Guard at 'Finest Hours' Premiere", "Box Office: 'Kung Fu Panda 3' Trouncing Competition on Friday for $45M Debut", "Box Office: Chris Pine's 'Finest Hours' Opens to Choppy $375,000 on Thursday", "Disney Expects $75 Million Loss on 'The Finest Hours, "Walt Disney Records Set To Release 'The Finest Hours' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack", "The Finest Hours (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Carter Burwell on Apple Music", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Finest_Hours_(2016_film)&oldid=982669731, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 9 October 2020, at 16:04. The ocean is a terrifying piece of nothingness if you happen to be among 32 survivors on a ship cut in half in the middle of the …
Engineman 3rd Class Andrew Fitzgerald, Seaman Richard Livesey and Seaman Ervin Maske were eventually awarded Gold Lifesaving Medals, after protest from Webber. Boatswain Mate 1st Class Bernard Webber refused to accept the Gold Lifesaving Medal until his crewmates, including Seaman Richard Livesey, center, and Engineman 3rd Class Andrew Fitzgerald, right, also received it. It's a good film, but one that never quite inspires in the way it could have. Webber and his crew receive the Gold Lifesaving Medal.
The film was projected to gross $10–13 million from 3,143 theaters in its opening weekend. Andrew Fitzgerald, Ervin Maske, and Richard P. Livesey volunteer to join Bernie on the rescue mission. [40] It went on to gross $10.3 million in its opening weekend, finishing 4th at the box office. Bernard "Bernie" Webber, a crewman at Coast Guard Station Chatham, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, has fallen in love with a local girl, Miriam Pentinen. Meghann Myers is the Pentagon bureau chief at Military Times. Luckily, Webber and two of the men on the CG36500 life boat that day were still alive to interview, but piecing together what happened on the tankers was much more difficult. The Finest Hours: Behind The Scenes Featurette Chris Pine and Casey Affleck take you behind the scenes of the film "The Finest Hours" and introduce …
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures originally set The Finest Hours for release on April 15, 2016, and then October 9, 2015,[33] until announcing a final release date of January 29, 2016. When Miriam hears that Bernie is leading the rescue effort, she, like a number of townspeople, thinks this is a suicide mission. She shopped it around and got an offer from Disney, who rather quickly and smoothly got the script written, the cast hired and the movie into production over the next few years, Tougias said.
Although his boat's designated capacity is only 12 people, Bernie manages to rescue 32 crewmen. I thought, 'Here I am, I’m supposed to be this expert, this is one of the greatest rescues of all time and I didn’t even know about it.' Portions of Carter Burwell's score were replaced with music composed by Philip Klein, who had served as arranger on Burwell's score. Michael J. Tougias, who spent years researching and writing the definitive account of the Coast Guard's greatest small-boat rescue, says that the movie got it right. [45][47], (Composed by Carter Burwell & Philip Klein, (Composed by Carter Burwell and Philip Klein, Tougias, Michael J. Bernie hasn't met this woman yet and is nervous that she won't like how he looks.
Her name is Miriam Penttinen (Holliday Grainger). NOTE: This spoiler was submitted by Jeremy. The Finest Hours is a 2016 American action thriller film[5][6] directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by Walt Disney Pictures.
The screenwriters consulted the author regularly, but like with any movie adaptation, some parts had to be tweaked or invented to make the story come alive. [30] Production designer Michael Corenblith reproduced the interior of Pendleton. THE FINEST HOURS.