Monday, January 11, 2016

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)


Academy Awards, USA 2004

Won
Oscar
Best Cinematography
Russell Boyd
Best Sound Editing
Richard King
Nominated
Oscar
Best Picture
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Peter Weir
Duncan Henderson
Best Director
Peter Weir
Best Film Editing
Lee Smith
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
William Sandell (art director)
Robert Gould (set decorator)
Best Costume Design
Wendy Stites
Best Makeup
Edouard F. Henriques
Yolanda Toussieng
Best Sound Mixing
Paul Massey
Doug Hemphill
Art Rochester
Best Visual Effects
Daniel Sudick
Stefen Fangmeier
Nathan McGuinness
Robert Stromberg

Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Directed by Peter Weir
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, 20th Century Fox)

A British sea captain pursues a faster, better equipped French ship around South America for a confrontation near the Galapagos Islands. His crew includes a scientist more interested in cataloging insects than defeating the French and several boys barely old enough to shave much less be serving in the military. The attention to period detail is stunning: an absolutely convincing portrait of life on a fighting vessel in the early 1800s, somewhat compensating for the lack of plot and character development.

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