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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is a 2003 American epic period war-drama film co-written, produced and directed by Peter Weir, set during the Napoleonic Wars. The film's plot and characters are adapted from three novels in author Patrick O'Brian 's Aubrey–Maturin series , which includes 20 completed novels of Jack Aubrey 's ...
Max Pirkis (born 6 January 1989) is an English actor. After appearing in two stage productions during the early 2000s, Pirkis made his film debut in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), after the film crew recruited him at his school, Eton College.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: Nominated PGA Awards [53] [54] 17 January 2004: Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Duncan Henderson, Peter Weir Nominated Satellite Awards [55] [56] 23 January 2004: Best Film – Drama: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: Nominated Best Art Direction and ...
In Master and Commander, Aubrey describes the efforts of his slightly older neighbour "Queeney" to teach him some Latin and the mathematics associated with a sailing ship and its navigation so that he could pass his examination for lieutenant, an event that happened before the first novel. Queeney's family had occupied Damplow when Aubrey was a ...
Youth is wasted on the young. At least, that Russell Crowe’s take on it. The actor responded today to an online commenter who disparaged the 2003 epic Master and Commander: The Far Side of the ...
Those novels inspired the 2003 epic “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” which nabbed 10 Oscar nominations and a boatload of great reviews when it opened in theaters. Peter Weir ...
Other winners included Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and Mystic River with two awards and The Barbarian Invasions, Chernobyl Heart, Cold Mountain, Finding Nemo, The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, Harvie Krumpet, Lost in Translation, Monster, and Two Soldiers with one. The telecast garnered ...
2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World as John Allen; 2005 Kinky Boots as Harold Price; 2005 Kingdom of Heaven as Godfrey's Elder Brother (director's cut) 2007 The Last Legion as Kustennin; 2008 Goodnight Irene as Alex; 2010 The Ghost Writer as Richard Rycart; 2010 Robin Hood as Baron Baldwin; 2010 West Is West as Mr Jordan; 2012 ...