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Despite influencing multiple books and movies, in many ways, the sailors' real-life tale is even more harrowing. “Where Moby-Dick ends is really where the story of the story of the Essex kicks ...
After a period of idleness, Bligh took temporary employment in the mercantile service and in 1785 was captain of the Britannia, a vessel owned by his wife's uncle, Duncan Campbell. [16] Bligh assumed the prestigious Bounty appointment on 16 August 1787, at a considerable financial cost.
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Rose-Noëlle was a trimaran that capsized at 6 AM on June 4, 1989, in the southern Pacific Ocean off the coast of New Zealand. [2] [3] Four men (John Glennie, James Nalepka, Rick Hellriegel and Phil Hoffman) survived adrift on the wreckage of the ship for 119 days.
Blossoms in the Dust (1941) – biographical drama film telling the true story of Edna Gladney, who helped orphaned children find homes and began a campaign to remove the word "illegitimate" from Texas birth certificates, despite the opposition of "good" citizens [45] Buck Privates (1941) – musical comedy film based on the peacetime draft of ...
Despite being released over a decade ago, Craig Zobel’s 2012 film Compliance has garnered a newfound interest online because of the harrowing true story it is based on. Starring Ann Dowd, Dreama ...
The Miner (Slovene: Rudar) (2017) – Slovenian drama film following the true story of a miner, who discovers thousands of executed people in Barbara Pit massacre [117] Molly's Game (2017) – biographical crime drama film about Molly Bloom who became known as the "Poker Princess" for organizing high stakes underground poker in Los Angeles that ...
The film kicks into high gear with the introduction of Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce), a pompous patriarch and industrialist who commissions Tóth to design an elaborate community center.