Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Movie Details

Original Title Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Original Language EN

Budget $150,000,000

Revenue $212,000,000

Status Released

Popularity 7.6

Cast

Russell Crowe

Captain Jack Aubrey

Popularity: 2.8

Paul Bettany

Dr. Stephen Maturin

Popularity: 3.7

James D'Arcy

1st Lt. Thomas Pullings

Popularity: 1.8

Robert Pugh

Mr. Allen, Master

Popularity: 1.3

David Threlfall

Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward

Popularity: 1.5

Lee Ingleby

Midshipman Hollom

Popularity: 2.3

Max Pirkis

Midshipman Blakeney

Popularity: 0.4

Max Benitz

Midshipman Calamy

Popularity: 0.1

Billy Boyd

Barrent Bonden, Coxswain

Popularity: 1.2

Edward Woodall

2nd Lt. William Mowett

Popularity: 0.3

Chris Larkin

Captain Howard, Royal Marines

Popularity: 0.3

George Innes

Joe Plaice, Able Seaman

Popularity: 0.5

Key Crew

Screenplay John Collee, Peter Weir

Producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Duncan Henderson, Peter Weir

Executive Producer Alan B. Curtiss

Editor Lee Smith

Director Peter Weir

Production

20th Century Fox

Miramax

Universal Pictures

Samuel Goldwyn Films

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Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 9/10

Jan 20, 2019

For England, for home, and for the prize! Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is directed by Peter Weir, it stars Russell Crowe as Jack Aubrey and Paul Bettany as Stephen Maturin. It is spliced from various novels in the Aubrey–Maturin series written by Patrick O'Brian. The film t ... Read more

Peter McGinn 10/10

Apr 4, 2020

This is a rousing sea yarn with great camera work, but it also shows comraderie and relationships in a realistic way on board a British fighting ship. As happens sometimes but not always, I enjoyed this movie more than I liked the book it was based upon. O'Brian has written a lot of great sea tal ... Read more

r96sk 8/10

Aug 12, 2022

I enjoyed <em>'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'</em>. The early scenes are surprisingly (given the relatively close release dates) similar to fellow 2003 release <em>'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'</em>, with a hidden enemy ship spotted amid foggy conditio ... Read more