"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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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical drama
television film
basedOn sinking of the whaling ship Essex NERFINISHED
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
historical drama
hasFormat TV film
hasSubject cannibalism
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. NERFINISHED
Owen Chase NERFINISHED
Thomas Nickerson NERFINISHED
medium television
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork Animal Planet NERFINISHED
BBC One
partOf BBC drama programming NERFINISHED
portrays attack on the Essex by a sperm whale
ordeal of the Essex crew in lifeboats
voyage of the whaling ship Essex NERFINISHED
producer Mike Dormer NERFINISHED
productionCompany Animal Planet NERFINISHED
BBC
BBC Factual NERFINISHED
releaseYear 2013
runtimeMinutes 90
setInLocation Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
at sea
setInYear 1820
stars Adam Rayner NERFINISHED
John Boyega NERFINISHED
Jolyon Coy NERFINISHED
Jonas Armstrong NERFINISHED
Martin Compston NERFINISHED
Paul Kaye NERFINISHED
writer Terry Cafolla NERFINISHED

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this entity surface form: The Whale (2013 TV film)