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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 ...
The movie was well received by film critics, with an approval rating of 85 percent on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. [ 8 ] Master and Commander garnered various awards and nominations following its release, ranging from recognition of the film itself to its direction, screenwriting, cinematography , and other technical categories.
LAWRENCE, Will: Play Empire n.179 , May 2004, p.134-135, English, illus DVD review of MASTER AND COMMANDER, including a brief interview with Peter Weir who discusses making the film. MICHÔD, David: MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD IF n.65 , May 2004, p.64, English, illus TURNER, Robyn: A personal view Australian Cinematographer ...
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 ...
The actor responded today to an online commenter who disparaged the 2003 epic Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. The film starred Crowe as Jack Aubrey, captain in the Royal Navy. 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 ...
Master and Commander is a nautical historical novel by the English author Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1969 in the US and 1970 in the UK.The book proved to be the start of the 20-novel Aubrey–Maturin series, set largely in the era of the Napoleonic Wars, on which O'Brian continued working until his death in 2000.
The novel provided part of the title and some of the plot-structure for the 2003 Peter Weir film, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. The fictional USS Norfolk morphed into the fictional American-built French privateer Acheron, and episodes also migrated from other books in the series, including Master and Commander and HMS Surprise.