Deepwater Horizon (2016)

Directed by

Peter Berg

Genre

drama film, action film, disaster film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 4,946 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A disaster film about the 2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. It follows the crew members as they struggle to survive and escape the burning rig.

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What happens

Deepwater Horizon is a 2016 American biographical disaster film based on the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Peter Berg directed it from a screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan and Matthew Sand. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan O'Brien, and Kate Hudson. It is adapted from "Deepwater Horizon's Final Hours", a December 25, 2010, article in The New York Times written by David Barstow, David Rohde, and Stephanie Saul. Principal photography began on April 27, 2015, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and was theatrically released in the United States on September 30, 2016. It received generally positive reviews, but was a box-office bomb, grossing $121.8 million worldwide against a budget of $110 million, resulting in a loss of $60–112 million for the studio. The film was nominated for two Oscars at the 89th Academy Awards: Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects, and a BAFTA Award for Best Sound at the 70th British Academy Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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