The Finest Hours
Short description
The Finest Hours is a survival drama set in February 1952, when a severe winter storm strikes off the New England coast. Two oil tankers are torn apart in the heavy seas, leaving their crews in the water and on the broken remains of the ships. A small Coast Guard station in Chatham, Massachusetts receives word of the disaster and orders a rescue attempt, even though conditions make the mission extremely perilous.
The film follows Bernie Webber, a Coast Guard officer who takes a wooden motor lifeboat out into the storm with a small volunteer crew. At the same time, Ray Sybert, the senior surviving officer aboard the tanker SS Pendleton, works to keep the stranded section of his ship afloat and to keep his men alive while they wait for help.
Directed by Craig Gillespie, the film sits between Million Dollar Arm and I, Tonya in his filmography. Chris Pine plays Webber, with Casey Affleck as Sybert, supported by Ben Foster, Eric Bana, Holliday Grainger and John Ortiz. Made for a budget of around 80 million dollars, it earned roughly 52 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds a rating of 6.7 from about 74,000 votes, while on TMDB it has 6.6 from around 1,800 votes; the film critics' rating of 5.9 from 200 reviews is somewhat lower than either audience figure.
What's left behind the scenes
- An old model police car used in the film was borrowed from the Orleans, Massachusetts, city police.
- In 2011, the U.S. Coast Guard named a 46-meter high-speed boat of a new design after Boatswain's Mate Bernard Webber of CG 36500. These boats were the first vessels to be named after enlisted personnel.
- Filming took place primarily in the town of Chatham, Massachusetts.
- The film's screenplay is based on the book by Michael J. Tagias and Casey Sherman, “The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue.”
- Ben Foster and Eric Bana played “Navy SEALs” in the film “Lone Survivor” (2013), and Kyle Gallner played a Marine in the film “Sniper” (2014).
- Chris Pine and Eric Bana starred together in “Star Trek” (2009).
- Chris Pine and Holliday Grainger had previously starred in films from “Disney,” Pine in “Into the Woods” (2014) and “The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement” (2004), and Grainger in “Cinderella” (2015).
- Casey Affleck and Josh Stewart worked together on the film "Interstellar" (2014). Stewart did not appear on screen, but voiced the robot CASE.
- Kyle Gallner and Michael Raymond-James starred in the popular television series "The Walking Dead" (2010) on the "AMC" channel, but in different seasons. Gallner played Zach in season 4, and Raymond-James played Dave in season 2.
- Casey Affleck and Ben Foster worked together on the film "Ain't Them Bodies Saints" (2013).
- Chris Pine and Ben Foster starred together in the film "Hell or High Water" (2016).
- Of the entire team involved in rescuing the sailors of the "Pendleton", only Captain 3rd Rank (retired) Mel “Gus” Gutro and Andy Fitzgerald were still alive at the time of filming. On November 10 and 11, 2014, they visited the set and observed the filming of scenes depicting the rescue of the surviving sailors of the "Pendleton".
- The CG 36500 boat, launched by the Coast Guard vessel to rescue the crew of the tanker Pendleton, was maintained in perfect condition as of 2016 in Rock Harbor, Orleans, Massachusetts.
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