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Deepwater Horizon
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Deepwater Horizon is a 2016 American drama, action, thriller, and disaster film directed by Peter Berg. The screenplay was written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, with Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Wahlberg serving as producers. The cast includes Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, and Dylan O'Brien. Steve Jablonsky composed the score, while Enrique Chediak was the director of photography and Victor J. Zolfo was the production designer. The film is in English and is set in Louisiana.
Produced by Starz Entertainment and Summit Entertainment, the movie was distributed by Summit Entertainment and Netflix. It has a runtime of 107 minutes. The production had a capital cost of 156,000,000 and a budget of 110,000,000. Box office revenue reached 118,807,390, with total revenue listed as 121,790,376. The film received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing.
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6.9A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Cast
- Mark Wahlberg as Mike Williams
- Kurt Russell as Jimmy Harrell
- John Malkovich as Donald Vidrine
- Gina Rodriguez as Andrea Fleytas
- Dylan O'Brien as Caleb Holloway
- Kate Hudson as Felicia Williams
Themes
- rescue
- sea
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- based on true story
- disaster
- explosion
- oil spill
- trapped
- oil rig
- disaster movie
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Peter Berg
- Screenplay by
- Matthew Michael Carnahan Matthew Sand
- Story by
- Matthew Sand
- Based on
- "Deepwater Horizon's Final Hours", by David Barstow David Rohde Stephanie Saul
- Produced by
- Lorenzo di Bonaventura Mark Vahradian Mark Wahlberg Stephen Levinson David Womark
- Starring
- Mark Wahlberg Kurt Russell John Malkovich Gina Rodriguez Dylan O'Brien Kate Hudson
- Cinematography
- Enrique Chediak
- Edited by
- Colby Parker Jr. Gabriel Fleming
- Music by
- Steve Jablonsky
- Production companies
- Summit Entertainment Participant Media Di Bonaventura Pictures Closest to the Hole Productions Leverage Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Lionsgate
- Release dates
- September 13, 2016 ( 2016-09-13 ) ( TIFF ) September 30, 2016 ( 2016-09-30 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 107 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $156 million (gross) $110–120 million (net)
- Box office
- $121.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- disaster film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Deepwater Horizon
- Main subject
- Deepwater Horizon explosion
- Director
- Peter Berg
- Screenwriter
- Matthew Michael Carnahan
- Composer
- Steve Jablonsky
- Producer
- Mark Wahlberg
- Production company
- Summit Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Enrique Chediak
- Narrative location
- Louisiana
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 582922
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.deepwaterhorizon.movie
- Image
- Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling unit on fire 2010.jpg
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- publication date
- 2016-00-00
- title
- Deepwater Horizon
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 156000000
- box office
- 118807390
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
- production designer
- Victor J. Zolfo
- social media followers
- 10053
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 68/100
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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