In our Today’s TV tip Master & Commander – The Far Side of the World Two warships engage in a spectacular duel. But the microcosm on board and the rough life at sea are also portrayed in all its facets. Director Peter Weir brought a gripping war and adventure film on the screen.
Realistic sea battles in today’s TV tip Master & Commander
In 1805, Europe was Napoleonic Wars The battle is not only raging on land, the British and French forces are also clashing on the water. The British Captain Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) is given the task of capturing the privateer ship sailing under the French flag Acheron to sink off the coast of Brazil.
Aubrey and his 197-man crew are a well-rehearsed team, especially his good friend and ship’s doctor Dr. Stephen Maturin (Paul Bettany). They also have to stick together, because the Acheron is the British ship superior in size and equipment.
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Russel Crowe in Master & Commander
Master & Commander lives in addition to the attention to detail and realistic and brutal acts of war also about the close friendship between Aubrey and Maturin, who have two very different personalities. Characters and plot are based on the 21-volume Aubrey Maturin novel series by British author Patrick O’Brian.
Master & Commander without sequel, despite novels and ten Oscar nominations
Master & Commander has no shortage of templates for further adventures and critics and audiences were enthusiastic. In 2004, the film nominated in ten Oscar categoriesincluding Best Picture. At Rotten Tomatoes it received a Critics score of 85 percentAt Moviepilot, editor-in-chief Jenny Jecke wrote about the film adaptation of a novel by Patrick O’Brian:
As with Das Boot […] What interests us here is everyday life on the ship, the power dynamics, bullying attacks and sheer boredom. This Interest in humanity within the war machine transforms Master & Commander into a great film that should serve as a model for film adaptations of literature.
Why was the epic not continued? This is probably due to the complex filming and high costs of the film. With a budget of 135 million US dollars, the mixture of adventure and war film could just 212 million recoupwhich is not enough on this scale to make an expensive sequel.
But who knows what the future will bring, because Gladiator is still being continued after 24 years. Since 2021, there has been Hopes for a Master & Commander prequelwhen screenwriter Patrick Ness announced that he was working on a script for Aubrey and Maturin’s backstory (via Deadline ). Since then, the rumor mill has gone quiet.
When will the adventure film Master and Commander with Russell Crowe be shown on TV?
Tele5 shows Master and Commander on today Saturday, July 20th at 20:15The repeat will be broadcast on July 18th at 5:50 p.m. Regardless of the TV schedule, you can stream the adventure film on Disney+.
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