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Sep 29, 2006 · With Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward, Melissa Sagemiller. A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's "A" School, where legendary rescue swimmer Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.
- (99K)
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Andrew Davis
- 2006-09-29
The film stars Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger, John Ortiz, and Eric Bana, and chronicles the historic 1952 United States Coast Guard rescue of the crew of SS Pendleton, after the ship split apart during a nor'easter off the New England coast.
Jan 29, 2016 · The Finest Hours: Directed by Craig Gillespie. With Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana. The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
- (71K)
- Action, Drama, History
- Craig Gillespie
- 2016-01-29
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- The Perfect Storm. Wolfgang Petersen directed the 2000 biographical disaster drama The Perfect Storm, which is based on the Sebastian Junger novel of the same name and features the talents of George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, and John C. Reilly, and recounts the tale of the commercial fishing vessel Andrea Gail that became stranded at sea during the 1991 Perfect Storm.
- The Finest Hours. Touting a phenomenal ensemble cast led by Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, and Ben Foster, the 2016 action thriller The Finest Hours takes place in 1952 and recounts the real-life harrowing rescue of the crew of the SS Pendleton, during which at least 30 sailors were left stranded at sea after a nor'easter caused the ship to split in two.
- The Lightship. Robert Duvall stars as a New Orleans criminal who takes a Coast Guard captain's vessel hostage in the 1985 drama The Lightship, an adaptation of the Siegfried Lenz novella of the same name that chronicles Captain Miller's efforts to protect his crew and teenage son from the corrupt ringleader of the group of thugs.
- Fighting Coast Guard. The 1951 adventure extravaganza Fighting Coast Guard focuses on the dedicated men who trained and served in the Coast Guard to help America and their involvement during World War II, demonstrating their methods and measures to prepare for the crucial ongoing battle.
The U.S. Coast Guard is the only domestic Armed Service of the United States. It patrols the waters in and around the U.S. providing maritime security against human traffickers and drug dealers while also conducting rescues from the sea or the air above of stranded boaters and others.
One student is hot-shot candidate Jake Fischer, a top high school competitive swimmer who rejected scholarships to every Ivy League college to enlist in the Coast Guard. During training, Jake meets local school teacher, Emily Thomas, and they begin a casual relationship.
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Based on the extraordinary true story of the greatest small-boat rescue in Coast Guard history, The Finest Hours is a tale of courage, loyalty and honor in the face of overwhelming odds.
