Deepwater horizon tells the story of the crew members of the rig of the same name in april 2010, when the largest oil spill in u. Kemarin, pembaca setia pasti sudah menyadari ada yang tidak beres dengan ulasanpilem. District judge carl barbier assigned 67% of the liability to bp, 30% to transocean and 3% to halliburton. Directed by peter berg lone survivor, this story honors the brave men and women whose heroism would save many on board, and change everyones lives forever. About floridas deepwater horizon program on april 20, 2010, the offshore oil drilling platform deepwater horizon exploded in the gulf of mexico, causing the largest oil spill in u. But the real story of deepwater horizon had another 87 days to.
Deepwater horizon sky store dramatisation of events surrounding the 2010 explosion on board the deepwater horizon offshore drilling rig, an catastrophe that triggered the worst oil spill in american history. Toxic invisible oil from deepwater horizon spill spread. The 2015 film the runner, directed by austin stark and starring nicolas cage, is a fictional story of a politician and his family set in the aftermath of the deepwater horizon disaster. National commission on the bp deepwater horizon oil spill in their report to the. This action adventure is a fictionalized depiction of an incident which turned into the largest marine oil spill in history. Secondary tests of pressure in the piping were contradictory and ignored by the lead bp manager on board the rig evilly played by john malkovich. Its also a truecrime story, the highly detailed procedural chronicle of. Deepwater horizon mark wahlberg, kurt russell, kate. The financial times and its journalism are subject to a selfregulation.
Rent deepwater horizon 2016 on dvd and bluray netflix. Mark wahlberg leads an allstar cast in this unforgettably powerful film inspired by a thrilling story of reallife heroes. Sep 30, 2016 on april 20, 2010, the deepwater horizon drilling rig explodes in the gulf of mexico, igniting a massive fireball that kills several crew members. Deepwater horizon was an ultra deepwater, dynamically positioned, semisubmersible offshore drilling rig owned by transocean. Deepwater horizon film not an accurate portrayal, claims bp. Bp transocean deepwater horizon oil disaster part 2 of 2. Deepwater horizon bp gulf of mexico oil spill us epa.
Telling the true story of the heroes behind deepwater horizon. Pete bergs bigbudget disaster drama, starring mark wahlberg, is being positioned as an adult drama but cost far more than comparable films. Were then pushed into the lives chief technical engineer mike williams, his supervisor james, the rigs navigation officer andrea, etc. As its shore leave ends, the crew boards a helicopter for the flight out into the gulf of mexico to begin their duty on deepwater horizon, an offshore rig. You could imagine all manner of ways in which hollywood could have turned the blowout in the. Deepwater horizon mark wahlberg, kurt russell, kate hudson. Sep 30, 2016 deepwater horizon film fumbles with facts. Deepwater horizon is a 2016 american disaster film based on the deepwater horizon explosion and oil spill in the gulf of mexico.
As a result of the disaster, three funding streams were created. Much of this is masked by the films palpable sense of tension, one that builds and swelters in conjunction with the eventual underwater explosion. The first half of deepwater horizon is filled with a surprising degree of tech speechlots of conversations about psi and arguments over the horrendous state of the equipment on the rig. Get the imdb app view full site help site index imdbpro imdb tv box office mojo press room advertising. Chief electronics technician mike williams mark wahlberg and his colleagues find themselves fighting for survival as the heat and the flames become stifling and overwhelming. The story is based on true events, and berg makes it a point to keep his story. The movie deepwater horizon, which opens today in theaters across. Equally key to the casting was finding the films mr. The director of the deepwater horizon film had a replica rig built in a water tank holding 2. When he returns from vacation and finds his home occupied by squatters, a family man is caught in a conflict that escalates to. Sep, 2016 his last film at sea was battleship, a soulless. Deepwater horizon makes the emergency landing of sully look like a fun afternoon on a merrygoround. Washington bp, running weeks behind schedule and tens of millions of dollars over budget in trying. Located southeast of the louisiana coast in the gulf of mexico, it sees mounting tensions between its workers who have safety concerns and the bp executives.
Deepwater horizon the movie begs comparison to lone survivor not only because both feature the same two key players on opposite sides of the camera berg as director and mark wahlberg as the star, but also because each film recreates the actual terrifying incidents that inspired them with meticulous attention to detail, creating an effectively. Government employees are not eligible for protection in the united states. Amid louisiana film downturn, deepwater horizon sets new mark. Louisiana backs deepwater horizon disaster film while hunting. It might look like the disaster drama deepwater horizon was shot on a real oil rig, but you can thank movie magic for that. David hayes, deputy secretary, department of the interior. Bp shortcuts led to gulf oil spill, report says the new. Deepwater horizon the worst ecological disaster in american history becomes a whiteknuckle disaster movie, focusing on the men who survived the transocean oil rig explosion. Jimmy, jimmy harrell, who was the offshore installation manager of the deepwater horizon essentially in charge of the entire crew. Ken salazar, secretary, department of the interior. Thus, while it may have underestimated dispersed oil, it predicted sufficient amounts of subsurface oil as to encourage a largescale watersampling program. A professor of petroleum engineering assesses what the film gets right and wrong.
Parents need to know that deepwater horizon is an action drama based on the reallife 2010 explosion of a bp oil rig that led to 11 deaths and the greatest oil spill in history. But as a visually rich disaster movie, it passes the. Bp is to blame for deepwater horizon, but its mistake was. Deepwater horizon disaster in 2010 is the worst oil spill in us history 210 million gallons of oil poured into the gulf of mexico over 87 days but study finds a toxic and invisible chemical from.
Deepwater horizon movie gets the facts mostly right, but. The deepwater horizon spill was anything but ordinary, and a special tool had to be developed to construct a workable oil budget useful to the unified command in making its response decisions. On april 20, 2010, the deepwater horizon drilling rig explodes in the gulf of mexico, igniting a massive fireball that kills several crew members. Deepwater horizon film fumbles with facts financial times. Rent deepwater horizon 2016 starring mark wahlberg and kurt russell on dvd and bluray. On april 20, 2010, the oil drilling rig deepwater horizon, operating in the macondo prospect in the gulf of mexico, exploded and sank resulting in the death of 11 workers on the deepwater horizon and the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil drilling operations. The oil budget calculator is believed to be sufficiently accurate to meet the needs of the deepwater horizon spill response. As it happens, the release of the bigbudget production which had a.
Financial analysis of deepwater horizon 2016 including budget, domestic and. Peter berg directed it from a screenplay by matthew michael carnahan and matthew sand. Deepwater horizon florida department of environmental. Apr 23, 2020 the new movie deepwater horizon depicts the blowout that triggered the 2010 bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico. Theres something admirable about getting the technical details right in a film like this one, but it makes for a very dry setup. Deepwater horizon movie filmed on oil rig set kftv. I was wondering if there might be an evil cameo here for ralph fiennes or patrick stewart, but no, the wicked bean counter is played by. Based on the true events that occurred on an oil rig in the gulf of mexico on april 20, 2010, the story chronicles the courage of those who worked on the deepwater horizon and the extreme moments of bravery and survival in the face of what would become one of the biggest manmade disasters in world history. Deepwater horizon is a 2016 american disaster film based on the deepwater horizon. Under the states generous filmsubsidy program, louisiana issued tax credits. This legal process, known as natural resource damage assessment nrda, determines the type and amount of restoration needed to compensate the public for damages caused by the oil spill. But thats not going to affect the films performance.
Sep 29, 2016 by grafting disasterfilm skin onto the bones of reallife tragedy, deepwater horizon accepts the inherent risk of hugging the exploitation line. Its the factbased story about 126 men and women on 52,590 tons of steel and concrete 40 miles off the louisiana coast during a worst case scenario. Deepwater horizon is remarkably fossilfuel friendly for an. In his new film deepwater horizon, director peter berg takes a drastically different approach in his disaster movie. Deepwater horizon was an ultradeepwater, dynamically positioned, semisubmersible offshore drilling rig owned by transocean. Its filled with images of bloody violence that likely get pretty close to the boundaries of what a moviemaker can get away with in a pg film. This film is based on a true and terrible story that made headlines around the world. A story set on the offshore drilling rig deepwater horizon, which exploded during april 2010 and created the worst oil spill in u. National catholic register harrowing is the best word for deepwater horizon. Though it has its flaws, it also has moments of astonishment that show it for what it is. It was years of cutting corners, not one careless mistake, that caused the explosion. The rest of the film depicts that disaster with astonishing detail and realism as everyone on that rig fights for survival and for the goal of getting back safely to their families. Banding together, the coworkers must use their wits to.
An oil budget ics form 209 is normally prepared as part of the incident action plan for ordinary oil spills. Based on the newberywinning childrens books, this animated film follows a young boy who runs away to an island to rescue and befriend a baby dragon. A still from the deepwater horizon film shows the rig ablaze. Watch in hd or streaming movie at download movie at. Directed by 1 writing credits 6 cast 125 produced by 16. Sep 15, 2016 deepwater horizon, set for release at the end of the month, is an intense, big budget depiction of the events immediately before, during and after the blowout and explosion at the ultradeep. Like most big budget docudramas, the newly released film deepwater horizon takes some liberties with the facts in the name of big budget thrills. The factbased disaster dramas offered wellworn tropes but while clint eastwoods hudson tale became a hit, the bp oil spill thriller has failed. Before days end, the world would bear witness to one of. In april 2010, all is not well at the deepwater horizon offshore drilling unit. Review of peter bergs reallife disaster picture, deepwater horizon, starring mark wahlberg.
I filmen medverkar mark wahlberg, kurt russell, john malkovich, gina rodriguez, dylan obrien och kate hudson. Ulasan film deepwater horizon part of the journey is the end. Deepwater horizon is a fascinating, entertaining and inspiring take on a reallife disaster. Meski tak menggali lebih dalam, deepwater horizon adalah suguhan nikmat bagi yang mencari film yang dibuat dengan baik, dimana sesuatu meledak dengan spektakuler. As an informative piece on the catastrophe at the deepwater horizon, the movie just doesnt dig deep enough. Deepwater horizon is a gruelling disaster movie and a reminder of one companys catastrophic oversights, and it stands as a worthy tribute to. Truelife disaster movie deepwater horizon built an oil rig film set in louisiana to tell the story of the offshore drilling station in the gulf of mexico that exploded in the spring of 2010. May 19, 2017 april 20, 2010 started out like any other day for oil rig chief of maintenance mike williams mark wahlberg and superintendent jimmy harrell kurt russell.
Directed by peter berg and starring mark wahlberg, the movie should appeal to teens and adults who enjoy lifeanddeath stories that involve acts of heroism, courage. This represented a 12% drop in production jackson, 2011. In both this film and his previous one, berg has met the challenges of. Oct 05, 2016 deepwater horizon is remarkably fossilfuel friendly for an oil rig disaster film.
A dramatization of the disaster in april 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the deepwater horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in american history. In the 2010 deepwater horizon disaster, a judge placed most of the blame on bp. In peter bergs telling of the 2010 oil rig explosion, theres no clear villain, but theres still someone to blame. For the one hundred and twentysix people aboard the deepwater horizon offshore oil rig, april 20, 2010 began like any normal day. Swift, nononsense and pummelingly intense, this is the bigbudget. The movie deepwater horizon gets the facts right, and admirably so but only up to a point. The incident killed and injured many oil rig workers and caused an unprecedented environmental disaster in the gulf of mexico. Watch deepwater horizon online stream full movie directv. Mark wahlberg in deepwater horizon 2016 kurt russell and ethan suplee in deepwater horizon 2016 mark. Deepwater horizon is a swift and suspenseful action movie, full of noise, peril, muck and fire. Six years ago, the deepwater horizon spill left us with tv images of oily waves and gulls coated in sebaceous gunk. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
In 2016, deepwater horizon, a film based on the explosion, directed by peter berg and starring mark wahlberg was released. Sep 28, 2016 the first half of deepwater horizon is filled with a surprising degree of tech speechlots of conversations about psi and arguments over the horrendous state of the equipment on the rig. Deepwater horizon is deeply entertaining, visually stunning, and emotional. Deepwater horizon is the first of two peter berg directed films this year, and if patriots day is anywhere near as good as this film we could be looking at quite a few nominations for berg come february. It stars mark wahlberg, kurt russell, john malkovich, gina rodriguez, dylan obrien, and kate hudson. Deepwater horizonthe new mark wahlberg disaster filmhas the look and feel of a typical movie in the genre. Sep 15, 2011 the deepwater horizon oil drilling rig burning at a well in the gulf of mexico in april 2010. Deepwater horizon film not an accurate portrayal, claims bp movie about oil rig disaster intended to honour those killed, says actor mark wahlberg. Deepwater horizon and the rise of the docubuster mark wahlbergs bp oilspill drama is the best of the recent rippedfromtheheadlines disaster flicks. Louisiana sends dollars to deepwater horizon disaster flick as charities. The oil pollution act authorizes certain state and federal agencies to evaluate the impacts of the deepwater horizon oil spill. Deepwater horizon recounts the 2010 oil rig explosion in the gulf.
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