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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 ...
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 version sung in the film was arranged in 1978 by Jim Mageean [3] from his album 'Of Ships... and Men.' [4] The song is sung in the wardroom scene of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and is still sung aboard surface combatant ships of the Royal Navy. Safe and sound at home again, let the waters roar, Jack.
Pirkis completed the amputation scene in two takes, thinking of the death of a family friend for inspiration. [8] Soon after being cast in Master and Commander, Pirkis was contracted to be represented by Hollywood talent agency ICM. [5] The income he earned for the film was placed into a bank, making him wait until he turned eighteen. [2]
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.
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 ...
The actor responded today to an online commenter who disparaged the 2003 epic Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Youth is wasted on the young. At least, that Russell Crowe’s take ...
The ship was sold to the 20th Century Fox film studio in March 2001, [8] and underwent extensive modifications to be used in the making of the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, in which she portrayed the Royal Navy frigate HMS Surprise with a story based on several of the books by Patrick O'Brian. The modifications included ...