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      • A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.
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  2. Plot. In 1850, author Herman Melville visits innkeeper Thomas Nickerson, the last survivor of the sinking of the whaleship Essex, offering money in return for his story. Nickerson initially refuses, but then finally agrees when his wife intervenes.

  3. Dec 28, 2015 · The men spent over three months at sea and had to resort to cannibalism in order to survive. Captain Pollard and Charles Ramsdell were discovered gnawing on the bones of their shipmates in one...

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  4. Jun 10, 2018 · But that real-life tale – that of a vengeful whale taking out a whaling ship – has now been adapted in true swashbuckling style by Ron Howard. The film, ‘In the Heart of the Sea’, is based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s maritime history book of the same name.

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  5. What is “In the Heart of the Sea” about? There are so many ways to answer that question. You could say that Ron Howard’s latest feature, adapted from Nathaniel Philbrick’s acclaimed nonfiction book “In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex,” is about the real incident that partly inspired Herman Mellville’s ...

  6. Dec 14, 2015 · When historian Nathaniel Philbrick's book "In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex" came out in 2000, the true-life tale of the whale ship that inspired Herman Melville's...

  7. In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story.

  8. In the Heart of the Sea: Directed by Ron Howard. With Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson. A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.

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