Title: Deepwater Horizon
Original Title: Deepwater Horizon
Year: 2016
Info
- Country: USA
- Length: 107 Minutes (1 hour 47 min)
- Budget: $150,000,000
- Genre: Action Drama
- Studios: Participant Media Lionsgate
- Distributor: eOne Films Spain
Release Dates
- UK: September 29 2016
- United States: September 30 2016
Plot
Peter Berg directs 'Deepwater Horizon', famous filmmaker known for making films like 'The only survivor' and action film 'Battleship'. The film focuses on the events that occurred in April 2010 Gulf of Mexico suffered one of the greatest environmental disasters in history of United States and in the world, when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explodes in a fireball and sinks off the coast. Holders on the natural drama concealed the death of 11 workers of the plant. Mark Wahlberg as Mike Williams, one of the survivors, leads the cast of this action drama featuring Dylan O'Brien, Kate Hudson, Kurt Russell, Ethan Suplee and Gina Rodriguez, in addition to the collaboration of John Malkovich and James DuMont.
Awards
- 2017 Academy Awards (Oscars): 2 0
- 2017 BAFTA Awards: 1 0
Cast
Director:
Videos
Peter Berg ('Deepwater Horizon'): "It was like a kind of mystery"
November 24 2016
November 24 2016
Photos
Trivia
The last day of filming
The final day of filming was on 8/7/2015.
Wahlberg as older
The producers of the movie contacted Mark Wahlberg and told him they wanted a screen combo with an older and younger male lead together. Wahlberg started to contact some of the older actors he knew, like Jack Nicholson. But, to his surprise, the producers wanted Wahlberg to be the older lead, with someone like Dylan O'Brien being the younger one.
Creative Differences
J.C. Chandor was attached to direct, but dropped out citing creative differences.
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