The Whale
2013 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 545 VOTES · DIR. Alrick Riley
Overview
Dramatic retelling of the fateful last voyage of the Nantucket whaleship Essex. When the Essex is attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in November 1820, her crew take to three fragile whalers. Alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the men must decide whether to head for the nearest islands - a thousand miles downwind to the west - or set out on an epic journey of almost three thousand miles to reach the South American mainland. Fear of cannibals forces them to choose South America. Almost three months later, the first whaler is rescued by another whaleship. Only three men are still alive. A week later the captain's whaler is also rescued, with just two men aboard. The third whaler is never found. This is a story of human endurance and what men in extremis will do to survive.
Dialogue Timeline — 978 lines
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00:00:05 'Man versus whale.
00:03:07 'My grandfather once said, "You choose the man you become."
00:05:19 Yes, sir. And don't you hold with the crew calling us barrel scrapers.
00:07:47 'was from a Quaker whaling family.
00:11:00 'I didn't need to climb to the very top...
00:13:24 You are not.
00:16:37 Get a line to it.
00:19:32 Thank you.
00:22:50 Thank you.
00:26:11 And you does what you does when you want to live.
00:29:19 Clinking on the keel could use a spare nail or two. Yes, sir.
00:31:47 Keep rowing.
00:36:56 We have a whole school a league off to port.
00:42:49 We were as far away from civilisation as it was possible to be.
00:45:09 I agree. I'm making for Peru.
00:48:17 but the winds pushed us further from land.
00:52:56 'We were saved.'
00:55:48 If he fell off a mast he'd land in a hammock.
00:58:32 Save your energy! For what?!
01:02:27 You'd give 'em gut burn.
01:05:54 I have never stepped aside from anything in my life.
01:08:43 ..our story will not have been written in sand.
01:12:56 Eat that.
01:19:39 It has been an honour to have served you.