Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

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Rating

PG-13

Author

Patrick O'Brian (novels); Peter Weir (screenplay); John Collee (screenplay);

Length

138 min

Director

Peter Weir

Synopsis

"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is a 2003 American epic historical drama film directed by Peter Weir, starring Russell Crowe as Jack Aubrey, with Paul Bettany as Stephen Maturin and released by 20th Century Fox, Miramax Films and Universal Studios. The film's plot and characters are adapted from three novels in author Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin series, which has a total of 20 novels of Jack Aubrey's naval career." [Wikipedia]

Genre

Historical

Released

2003

Location

South America

Period

Opens in 1805 off the north coast of Brazil during the Napoleonic Wars; Orders are to intercept the Acheron, a French privateer;

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