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1. www.npr.org › 2012/02/02 › 146108194Movie Review - 'Big Miracle' : NPR

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   Feb 2, 2012 · I wouldn't call Ken Kwapis' impish Big Miracle a radical departure from the rule. But it's at least refreshing that, in this story of a struggle to save three stranded gray...

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2. blogs.oregonstate.edu › gemmlab › 2021/01/25The past and present truths of “Big Miracle”

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   Jan 25, 2021 · How will the social and environmental dynamics that “Big Miracle” depicted – environmentalism, resource exploitation, and Indigenous rights – adapt and evolve in a changing Arctic? What will the Alaskan Arctic look like in another 40 years?

3. alaskapublic.org › 2012/02/10 › real-history-behindReal History Behind the “Big Miracle” Story - Alaska Public Media

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   Feb 10, 2012 · Big Boy Neakok performed his famous flips. In the movie Big Miracle, Malik is the captain who guides the paddling of the umiak toward the whale in the opening scene. He is a fictitious Malik,...

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4. www.vulture.com › 2012 › 02Movie Review: Big Miracle Is a Minnow of a Tale - Vulture

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   Feb 4, 2012 · Adam Carlson (John Krasinski), a TV reporter filing from Barrow, a remote corner of Alaska populated mostly by Inupiat tribesmen, happens upon the story of a lifetime when three California grays...

5. www.hollywoodreporter.com › news › general-news‘Big Miracle’: What the Critics Are Saying

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   Feb 2, 2012 · Big Miracle tells the story of a small town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer who are joined by rival world superpowers to save a family of majestic gray whales trapped by rapidly...

6. thecriticalcritics.com › movie_review-big_miracleMovie Review: Big Miracle (2012) - The Critical Movie Critics

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   Revisionist history being what it is, it’s still interesting to view a movie or documentary based on something one remembers. Such is the case with Universal’s newest offering, Big Miracle, starring John Krasinski and Drew Barrymore and directed by Ken Kwapis (“He’s Just Not That Into You,” “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants ...

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   Is big Miracle a radical departure from the rule?

   • I wouldn't call Ken Kwapis' impish Big Miracle a radical departure from the rule. But it's at least refreshing that, in this story of a struggle to save three stranded gray whales off the coast of Alaska, the universe divides into greater and lesser humans, every flawed one of them with a personal dog in the fight.

   Movie Review - 'Big Miracle' : NPR

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   Does big Miracle have a plot?

   • Big Miracle doesn't have much of a plot, other than the comic escalation of interested parties who descend like vultures on the tiny town, hoping to convert the whales' plight into all manner of capital.

   Movie Review - 'Big Miracle' : NPR

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   Who is Malik in Big Miracle?

   • In the movie Big Miracle, Malik is the captain who guides the paddling of the umiak toward the whale in the opening scene. He is a fictitious Malik, but is named for a real Malik who I have been told harpooned more bowheads in his life than any other hunter. In the movie, Malik proves to be the leading force in the whale rescue.

   Real History Behind the “Big Miracle” Story - Alaska Public Media

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   Is 'Big Miracle' based on a true story?

   • During a great Zoom conversation, I learned more from Craig George, a whale biologist who has worked in Utqiaġvik since the 1970s and was involved during the entire 1988 rescue mission. Like all Hollywood movies based on real events, “Big Miracle” mixes facts with a healthy dose of fiction and storytelling.

   The past and present truths of “Big Miracle”

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   Who plays a Greenpeace activist in 'Big Miracle'?

   • Just before the holidays, we watched “Big Miracle,” which tells the story of the historic whale entrapment event in Utqiagvik, Alaska (formerly called “Barrow”) that captured the world’s attention. The 2012 film stars Drew Barrymore, who plays a Greenpeace activist, and John Krasinski, a television reporter covering the story.

   The past and present truths of “Big Miracle”

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   Does big Miracle have a destination?

   • With a film like Big Miracle, the problem isn’t the destination, but how it gets there, and over and over, Jack Amiel and Michael Begler’s script takes the easy, pre-digested way out.

   Movie Review: Big Miracle Is a Minnow of a Tale - Vulture

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8. www.northcountrypublicradio.org › news › npr'Big Miracle': A Whale Tale As The Cold War Wanes

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   'Big Miracle': A Whale Tale As The Cold War Wanes Based on Thomas Rose's 1989 book, the film follows an Alaska town's real-life struggle to free whales from thickening ice that prevents...