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In the Heart of the Sea

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In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. From TMDB

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  • Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 23, 2025

    Hey everyone, don’t forget tonight we are watching IN THE HEART OF THE SEA at 8pm eastern, available on Netflix. And there’s a friendly reminder if you can’t find each week’s film, you can check the Historians At The Movies Instagram page or my substack below open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...

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  • Ciara Payne 🌹🎙️☘️ @ciarapayne.comBluesky · Feb 20, 2025

    i'm late on this, but I play Ayane in the short film "In The Heart of the Sea" by Ryuko Studios! playing the best friend of my actual best friend's character is always nice 🥰 thank you JMB & of course @rebeccadanaevo.bsky.social & @erinlundquistva.bsky.social my stellar castmates! 💙💛🤍

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  • Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 26, 2024

    Did @brdemuth.bsky.social and I just have the best conversation about a movie nobody watched? Damn right we did. In The Heart of the Sea coming to the #HATM Podcast soon.

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  • Patrick Nielsen Hayden @pnh.nielsenhayden.comBluesky · Aug 9, 2026

    Uniting this thread with Bluesky _Odyssey_ discourse, in the 2015 Ron Howard movie In the Heart of the Sea, based on Nathaniel Philbrick's 2000 book of that name about the _Essex_, young cabin boy Thomas Gibson Nickerson is played by Tom Holland. 3/2

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  • Luchawhorus @luchawhorus.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 4, 2026

    In The Heart of the Sea is a fantastic movie where a large whale gets revenge on humans and not only kills a bunch but absolutely destroys the handful of survivors on a spiritual level. Amazing.

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  • Farce Majeure @vathpela.uncooperative.orgBluesky · Feb 23, 2025

    In four hours, I'm watching IN THE HEART OF THE SEA with the crowd over at #HATM. Join us!

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  • cageyratfish (they) UTC-7 🐟🏳️‍⚧️ @cageyratfish.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2026

    (Source: "In the Heart of the Sea" by Nathaniel Philbrick) oh geez, i never did get around to seeing the movie version

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  • Elisa Davis @elisa515.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 16, 2026

    Ron Howard made a movie based on the book, IN THE HEART OF THE SEA (2015). Highly recommend. Ben Whishaw, Chris Hemsworth, Brendan Gleeson, Cillian Murphy

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  • Jake @jakeh1565.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2025

    1)honestly, “In the Heart of the Sea” or the book this movie is based on. I read it about a dozen times as a kid. 2) we had Pizza earlier, we had a family Sunday afternoon movie, “Godzilla” (1998, it’s my wife’s favorite) #HATM

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  • Sinemis Pekkan @sinemispekkan.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    In the Heart of the Sea adında eski bir film var TLC’de. Orda da Tom Holland, daha 19 yaşında 🤢🤢

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  • Neat3Photography aka James @neat3.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 18, 2025

    The upcoming #HATM #FilmClub movie - “In the Heart of the Sea” it’s a whale of a movie by Ron Howard. Fun story, when I went to see Star Wars: Force Awakens in the IMAX on opening day, the theater started this movie instead. Loud boos reigned! We knew something was off when the SW trailer played.

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  • Amanda @amandabeloved.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 24, 2025

    That’s SO cool! We are watching a whaling movie (In the Heart of the Sea) at Historians at the Movies tonight! Ya’ll had a better time than these guys on this whaling ship, I’m sure! #HATM

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  • FoggyTLD @foggytld.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2026

    Oh dear. Was gonna recommend In the Heart of the Sea, a 2015 movie about the true story that Melville researched before writing Moby Dick. Maybe the other fear-haver could watch...😬

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  • BoxOfficeReport.com @boxofficereport.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 1, 2026

    Daily Top 5 Films on Prime Video at the end of Saturday, January 31, 2026 1. The Wrecking Crew 2. Sinners 3. In the Heart of the Sea 4. A Working Man 5. A Minecraft Movie #TheWreckingCrew #PrimeVideo

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  • Spooky McSkellington @gooberzilla.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 14, 2025

    I watched In the Heart of the Sea (2015), and the whole time I was wondering why the movie was so cheesy, slow-paced, and over-stuffed. The credits roll. "Directed by Ron Howard". Ah, that explains it. 😆

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  • normaforhumanity.bsky.social @normaforhumanity.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 4, 2025

    Last night following a delicious dinner, Bri searched for the movie “Tao of Steve” Donal Logue, could not find it for free. We watched “In the Heart of the Sea” Chris Hemsworth, it was an excellent movie, then we watched Pt 1 of the series The Ocean narrated by Obama. It was good. Both of Netflix🎬

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  • Valiant Tor Johnson @theswolenerd.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2026

    Because I’m pushing 40 YouTube keeps feeding me clips from the movie In The Heart of The Sea and a weird thing has happened where people are treating it like the first movie in the Moby Dick Cinematic Universe and not as a bit

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  • James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2026

    That’s Atlas. He has yet to show his mouser chops but he has captured a gecko or two. Interestingly, there were NO cats in the movie, In the Heart of the Sea.

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  • Marc McKenzie @marcmck.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2026

    Yep. And was the inspiration for MOBY DICK and also the story behind the film IN THE HEART OF THE SEA.

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  • Elisa Davis @elisa515.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 9, 2026

    I enjoyed it before I realized the issue. Have you seen the Ron Howard movie about the real story that inspired Moby Dick? It's called IN THE HEART OF THE SEA. Watching that huge whale destroy a whaling ship is amazing. It's on Amazon Prime.

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  • Through The Canon @throughthecanon.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 25, 2025

    🎥📽️🍿If you have not seen the #film "In the Heart of the Sea", a true story in 1820, the sinking of the Nantucket whaleship Essex, rammed and sunk by a giant sperm whale, leading to a horrific 90-day ordeal at sea. 🎥📽️🎞️🍿 I recommend it. I LOVE history. This story was the inspiration of "Moby Dick". 🐳

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  • Adam Music @musicadamt.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 7, 2025

    The movie list doesn't have: The Cook, the Thief, the Wife and Her Lover Silence of the Lambs Ravenous In The Heart of the Sea Eating Raoul Sweeney Todd Bones and All

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  • Heidi in Montana @inmontana.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 1, 2025

    No kidding. We watched In the Heart of the Sea last night, (which was not great) because I had just read the book (which was very great). The book was graphic about the awful spectacle of whale hunting, the movie kind of skimmed over it. Not sure why we're still hunting whales?

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  • Polycule of One, Hive of K #🟦 @polyculeofone.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 15, 2025

    #filmsky #moviesky #movies #filmchallenge Choose one film from each of your 30 favourite directors. Name of the film and director, along with a still. 24/30 Ron Howard In the Heart of the Sea

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  • Meg @mak506.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 28, 2025

    In the meantime, I'll prob watch the In the Heart of the Sea movie again this weekend just to compare portrayals of events now that I've read the book! This really took me on an unexpected but fun ride. I'm still a bit too fascinated by cannibalism for my own liking, for one thing! 😂🤢🙃 #HATM

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  • Scott Pfitzinger @pfitzinger.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 8, 2025

    Tonight it's a seafaring movie! In the Heart of the Sea (2015) is set in 1820 and follows a New England whaling ship. It's streaming on NetFlix. Stars Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, & Tom Holland Directed by Ron Howard Music by Roque Baños #movies #NowWatching #whaling #nautical

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  • Layman @themightylayman.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 29, 2025

    20. RUSH. 2013, American. A great character study and look at determination, grit, ambition and success disguised as a racing movie. Daniel Brühl is magnificent, and this is one of Thor's best movies, the others being Cabin in the Woods and In The Heart Of The Sea.

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  • corinabrito.bsky.social @corinabrito.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 21, 2025

    Just saw the movie "In the Heart of the Sea" and some of the dialogue really struck me like lightening: “In our arrogance, our greed, look where we find ourselves.”

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  • @Skribbler.bsky.social @skribbler.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 10, 2025

    It was fantastic.. needs to be a film, Ala In the Heart of the Sea

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  • Rick Gualtieri @rickgualtieri.comBluesky · Jan 8, 2025

    Was watching “In the Heart of the Sea” tonight, a movie in which Thor, Spider-man, and the Scarecrow battle Moby Dick.

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  • Cheryl Jones-Head @cheryljoneshead.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 4, 2025

    Interesting. I just watched the film “In the Heart of the Sea" which tells the harrowing true story of the whaleship The Essex, out of Nantucket, which was sunk by a vengeful sperm whale in 1820, an event that heavily inspired Herman Melville's epic novel "Moby Dick."🐋

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  • Luna @doctor-panda.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 13, 2024

    Both! In the Heart of the Sea goes into the brutal conditions on the ship, danger in a true way. Ignore the movie 'cus it's like the Brad Pitt version of World War Z. I kinda thought Pitt was a narcissist for it and the FBI report proved it. Ya can't tell truth about Depp&Pitt being dicks though.

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  • James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2026

    In a more pleasant – depending on your definition of pleasant – #MobyDickVirgins moment, Laurie and I started watching, this evening, In the Heart of the Sea. We are halfway through and the White Whale that takes down the Essex has appeared. It’s not a GREAT film but it’s a ripping good yarn.

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  • James R (Randy) Fromm @randyfromm.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2026

    As an alternative for less ‘adventurous’ members of #MobyDickVirgins, we have queued up in our watchlist a relatively recent film based on Philbrick’s book, In the Heart of the Sea, about the Essex, the sinking of which was the nugget of inspiration for Melville:

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  • gratefuldougmc.bsky.social @gratefuldougmc.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2026

    Did you see the movie In the Heart of the Sea?

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  • The Venerable Weed @simonberman.bsky.socialBluesky · May 20, 2026

    In the Heart of the Sea Fascinating book, terrible movie.

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  • Dannie G @dgodin1234.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 29, 2026

    Sunday morning puttering done. Coffee and movie. In The Heart Of The Sea. Moby Dick whale ship film. Cinematography and production values were top shelf. Didn't shy away from drawing lots for starvation cannibalism either. Intense scenes. Deserved to do better at the box office.

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  • carlring.bsky.social @carlring.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 3, 2026

    read part 2, dear reader. though I will note there is a great popular history of Nantucket whaling and the Essex specifically by Nathaniel Philbrick titled "In the Heart of the Sea" (it was also made into a mediocre movie)

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  • Emily Sore-Heart @hangryghosts.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 11, 2025

    So I watched In the Heart of the Sea on the plane coming back from KEF. It's a deeply familiar story to me, intimate as my very breath, and I felt like film (or at least this film) maybe wasn't the best way to tell it. It's a terrible tale, and all of it felt cheapened somehow.

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  • corinabrito.bsky.social @corinabrito.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 21, 2025

    Just saw the movie "In the Heart of the Sea" and some of the dialogue really struck me like lightening: “We are in the oil business. All of us. And a in any business, the probability of success must always be greater than the risk incurred.”

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  • corinabrito.bsky.social @corinabrito.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 21, 2025

    Just saw the movie "In the Heart of the Sea" and some of the dialogue really struck me like lightening: “We are supreme creatures made in God’s own likeness. Earthly kings whose business it is to circumnavigate the planet bestowed to us. To bend nature to our will.”

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  • Andy Harbick @aharbick.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 14, 2025

    After going to the whalingmuseum.org for the Moby Dick marathon…. In the Heart of the Sea was a perfect movie (can’t believe I hadn’t seen it) www.netflix.com/us/title/800...

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  • ghostofcain.bsky.social @ghostofcain.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 12, 2025

    In the Heart of the Sea (Netflix) is an excellent, wonderful movie and I hope you watch it! The acting is top - notch. (and Ron Howard is forgiven for screwing up DaVinci Code)

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  • Twisted @twisted.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 11, 2025

    Well the snow is coming down in droves and will be all night. #familymovienight was a success. We watched In the Heart of the Sea. The newer telling of Moby Dick starring Chris Hemingsworth. Very enjoyable movie. Looking forward to #dnd tomorrow

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  • not anymore said knife horse @inlovewithnight.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 10, 2025

    The movie on now is In the Heart of the Sea and it's just oh, a very young Chris Hemsworth. A very young Tom Holland. Oh no dead whale. I want to watch the college football playoff game tbh. Another hour.

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  • jniehof.bsky.social @jniehof.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2025

    My mom, bless her soul, is watching IN THE HEART OF THE SEA for the first time, about the inspiration behind Moby-Dick

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  • Justin @valenti2justin.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 6, 2025

    What do you do when it snows, all of your programs are closed, and work is slow? I will usually read a book or watch a movie. The movie that I’m watching is called “In The Heart of The Sea”. The book that I’m reading is called “Bernie and the Game Master” by Steve LeBel.

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  • BoulderCat @bouldercat2.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 3, 2025

    I just finished watching a very good movie on NF. Directed by Ron Howard. “In The Heart of the Sea”. The description only mentions a small part of the story.

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  • Ole Hermann Melby @ohmelby.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 21, 2024

    Film 191, 2024. In the Heart of the Sea (2015). Drama fra virkeligheten. Filmen er best når den holder seg til det som skjedde. Dramatiseringen/kamp mot hval blir teit. At filmen ikke berører katastrofen som slakting av hval var, er heller ikke bra. Totalt ganske middels film.

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  • The Weirdling @theweirdling.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 13, 2024

    That’s what I was wondering, if you meant In the Heart of the Sea. That was an AMAZING book. I loved it. And yeah, the movie really didn’t capture what those guys went through at all. I actually think about that book quite a lot, even though I read it 9 yrs ago.

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  • bomuchoki.bsky.social @bomuchoki.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 11, 2024

    In the Heart of the Sea is one of the best movies I've ever seen. This is a good example of when the critics are totally wrong about a film. Amazing performances from Tom Holland, Chris Hemsworth, and Cillian Murphy. Powerful storytelling. Gripping whale attack scenes. #filmsky

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  • Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 26, 2024

    Oh man I’d love to take that class. Moby Dick is my favorite fiction, and ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ is my favorite non-fiction. Wish the Ron Howard movie did them both justice.

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  • James @galaxymodzTMDB reviews · Aug 13, 2026

    I think this is a film more people should see to understand how fragile our world is there are other films that show this, too. In this movie, nature fights back after most of the whales have been killed for their oi that killer whale only exists because humans hunted them for such a long time.

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  • OneSheet.org @onesheet.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 22, 2026

    In the Heart of the Sea (2015) Directed by Ron Howard https://onesheet.org/movie/in-the-heart-of-the-sea-2015/

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  • Alice Von Amerling. ❄️ @aliceamerling.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 4, 2026

    Haha. Did Carice Lost at Schiphol? She posted that when I left the movie session of "In The Heart of The Sea". Ok Chris Hemsworth & Did You come back to Her? Ok Linda Will return.

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 18, 2026

    The (movie) In the Heart of the Sea 1080p (iTunes)(CA) C$7.99 (Adventure) (iMDB) 6.8 Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw, Michelle Fairley

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    The (movie) In the Heart of the Sea 4K (Prime)(US) $7.99 (Adventure) (iMDB) 6.8 Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw, Michelle Fairley

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · May 16, 2026

    The (movie) In the Heart of the Sea 4K (Prime)(US) $5.00 (Adventure) (iMDB) 6.8 Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw, Michelle Fairley

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · May 14, 2026

    The (movie) In the Heart of the Sea 4K (iTunes)(AU) AU$7.99 (Adventure) (iMDB) 6.8 Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw, Michelle Fairley

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    The (movie) In the Heart of the Sea 4K (iTunes)(US) $4.99 (Adventure) (iMDB) 6.8 Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw, Michelle Fairley

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