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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 ...
2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
As it happens, 20th Century Studios is actively trying to make a Master and Commander prequel movie happen. Patrick Ness, the book author behind Chaos Walking and A Monster Calls , was reported in ...