Deepwater Horizon is a 2016 American biopic disaster film directed by Peter Berg,
written by Matthew Sand and Matthew Michael Carnahan, and starring an ensemble cast including Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan O'Brienand Kate Hudson.
It is based on the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Principal photography began on April 27, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film
Festival[7] and was theatrically released in the
United States on September 30, 2016. It received generally positive reviews and
has grossed over $95 million worldwide.
Ratings
IMDb- 7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes- 83%
Mr. Man- 4/5
Plot
On April 20, 2010, a massive blowout and a pair
of violent explosions on the oil rig Deepwater Horizon irreparably damage and sink the oil
rig, resulting in the deaths of eleven workers and releasing tens of millions
of gallons of petroleum into the Gulf of Mexico in the U.S.' worst ever oil spill. Michael 'Mike' Williams and Caleb
Holloway, just two of more than 120 crew members on board the crippled oil rig,
frantically try to rescue some of their shipmates and get them to safety, while
trying to escape from the burning rig themselves.
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Directed
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Produced
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Mark Vahradian
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Stephen Levinson
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Screenplay
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Matthew Sand
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Story
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Matthew Sand
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Based
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Deepwater Horizon's Final
Hours
by David Barstow David Rohde Stephanie Saul |
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Starring
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Mark Wahlberg
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Music
by
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Cinematography
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Enrique Chediak
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Edited
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Colby Parker Jr.
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Gabriel Fleming
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Production
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Closest to the Hole Productions
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Leverage Entertainment
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Distributed
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Release
dates
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September 13, 2016(TIFF)
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September 30, 2016(United States)
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Running
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107 minutes
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Country
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United States
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Language
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English
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Budget
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$156 million (gross)
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$110–120 million (net)
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Box
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$95.9 million
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