"The Whale" (TV film)
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"The Whale" is a British television drama film that recounts the true story of the 1820 sinking of the whaling ship Essex, which inspired Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick."
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| "The Whale" (TV film) canonical | 1 |
| The Whale (2013 TV film) | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historical drama
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television film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
sinking of the whaling ship Essex
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true story ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Alrick Riley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Simon Wheeler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | live action ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastOnChannel | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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historical drama ⓘ |
| hasFormat | TV film ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
cannibalism
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shipwreck ⓘ survival at sea ⓘ whaling ⓘ |
| inspired | Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick (indirectly, via the Essex story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | sinking of the whaling ship Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
George Pollard Jr.
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Owen Chase NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Nickerson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
Animal Planet
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BBC One ⓘ |
| partOf | BBC drama programming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
attack on the Essex by a sperm whale
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ordeal of the Essex crew in lifeboats ⓘ voyage of the whaling ship Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Mike Dormer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Animal Planet
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BBC ⓘ BBC Factual NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 90 ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
Pacific Ocean
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at sea ⓘ |
| setInYear | 1820 ⓘ |
| stars |
Adam Rayner
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John Boyega NERFINISHED ⓘ Jolyon Coy NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonas Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Compston NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Terry Cafolla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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The Whale (2013 TV film)