The Finest Hours (2016 film)

The Finest Hours
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCraig Gillespie
Screenplay by
Based onThe Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue
by Michael J. Tougias
and Casey Sherman
Produced by
  • Jim Whitaker
  • Dorothy Aufiero
Starring
CinematographyJavier Aguirresarobe
Edited byTatiana S. Riegel
Music byCarter Burwell
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures[1]
Release dates
  • January 25, 2016 (2016-01-25) (TCL Chinese Theatre)
  • January 29, 2016 (2016-01-29) (United States)
Running time
117 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$70–80 million[4][5]
Box office$52.1 million[6]

The Finest Hours is a 2016 American action thriller film[7][8] directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. The screenplay, written by Eric Johnson, Scott Silver, and Paul Tamasy, is based on The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman.[9] The film stars Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger, John Ortiz, and Eric Bana, and chronicles the historic 1952 United States Coast Guard rescue of the crew of SS Pendleton, after the ship split apart during a nor'easter off the New England coast.[10][11][12]

The Finest Hours was released on January 29, 2016. The film, which received mixed reviews from critics, was considered a box office flop for only grossing $52 million worldwide on a $70–80 million production budget.

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  2. ^ Linden, Sheri (January 18, 2022). "'The Finest Hours': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  3. ^ "THE FINEST HOURS [2D] (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. January 18, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  4. ^ FilmL.A. (May 2017). "2016 Feature Film Study" (PDF). FilmL.A. Feature Film Study. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
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  6. ^ "The Finest Hours (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  7. ^ "The Finest Hours (2016) - Craig Gillespie". AllMovie.
  8. ^ "Chris Pine's 'The Finest Hours' to Open Coronado Island Film Festival". TheWrap. December 16, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  9. ^ Tougias, Michael J. & Casey Sherman: "The Finer Hour: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue"
  10. ^ Barbo and Webster, pp 87-89
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Disney was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Dan Lamothe (July 13, 2015). "The real-life story behind Disney's forthcoming Coast Guard rescue movie, 'The Finest Hours'". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 9, 2015. The daring rescue of those mariners is the subject of a forthcoming Disney movie, 'The Finest Hours.' The first trailer for the film was released last week, underscoring the bravery of the Coast Guardsmen involved in the Feb. 18, 1952, recovery.