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Two featurettes are included as well: Making Waves (the making of The Guardian) and Unsung Heroes (a tribute to the real - life Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers).

The Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers are a part of the select group.

«The Finest Hours,» based on the true story of the valiant 1952 Coast Guard rescue of a sinking oil tanker off the coast of Massachusetts, splits in two much like the wounded vessel at its heart.

Ben Foster as Richard Livesey (left) and Chris Pine as Bernie Webber in «Finest Hours,» the skillfully executed real - life drama about a terrifying Coast Guard rescue of a ship's crew.

The action - adventure starring Chris Pine, Eric Bana and Casey Affleck tells the tale of a perilous Coast Guard rescue mission set in the early 50's.

The Guardian: Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher star in this homage to the Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers.

Film Review by Kam Williams Soaring Seafaring Saga Reenacts Daring Coast Guard Rescue On February 18, 1952, one of the worst nor'easter s in history hit New England.

Eastwood doesn't give up the goods easily, holding back the sequence until nearly an hour into the film's lean 96 - minute runtime, but he revisits the harrowing event multiple times, revealing new details and the different perspectives of everyone involved, from the pilots, to the passengers, to the flight crew, to the air traffic controller, to the U.S. Coast Guard rescue teams.

The two short featurettes are fine but of unsurprisingly little value to those not already taken by the movie and Coast Guard rescue missions in general.

Affleck has turned in superb performances in that film, as well as Gone Baby Gone, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Out Of The Furnace, and he stars in The Finest Hours, the Coast Guard rescue tale which Disney opens Friday.

The Finest Hours Rated PG - 13 Studio: Disney Formats available: BD, DVD, VOD THis inspirational Disney movie tells the story of a daring Coast Guard rescue mission.

First up, is The Finest Hours, the «incredible true story» of a Coast Guard rescue, starring Captain Jim Kirk himself, Chris Pine.

Synopsis: A Coast Guard rescue swimmer (Kevin Costner), who still mourns losing his crew in a fatal accident, copes by dedicating his life to training new re... [MORE]

Bonus content includes a look at the real town behind the story, two spotlights on the cast, some stories of real Coast Guard rescues and a look at the real heroes of the Coast Guard.

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After Hurricane Harvey devastated parts of the Gulf Coast and brought up to 50 inches of rain to parts of Houston, the US military and state National Guard joined in rescue and recovery efforts.

U.S. Coast Guard air units and boats have rescued more than 4,000 people, Captain Kevin Oditt, commanding officer of U.S. Coast Guard Sector Houston - Galveston, said at an afternoon news conference.

The Coast Guard has 25 helicopters and three airplanes conducting search and rescue operations, he said.

There was a time when, if you wedged your boat on a sandbar or ran out of gas while racing a dolphin, you could call the U.S. Coast Guard for a rescue.

Though four of the crewmembers were able to board a small life vessel and were rescued, as of Monday morning, the Coast Guard was still searching for 22 - year - old Aaron Bremner.

Though the Greek Coast Guard has undertaken a rescue operation, the death toll could still rise, as at least 11 are still missing.

Under the new system, once the refugees use the satellite phone, the Italian rescue center dispatches the closest coast guard or navy ship for a search and rescue mission.

The Stearns Infant Classic Boating Vest (click here to see it in more detail) has a float above the neck designed to keep the child's head above the water if they fall in, and of course, meets all of my criteria, being Coast Guard approved and with a strap and rescue handle.

A spokesperson for Italy's coast guard, which coordinates and participates in rescues, confirmed the five bodies were on board Proactive's ship, the Golfo Azzurro, which he said would remain in the area in case of any emergency calls.

He likely would have been thrilled by the crowd of more than 100 people, the beautiful weather and mostly by the large flotilla of boats — including the Coast Guard, fire and rescue craft from Greenport, Shelter Island, and Orient, and the Suffolk County Sheriff's Patrol — in the harbor to pay homage to him, hospital president and CEO Paul Connor III said.

Arthur A. Allen, a physical oceanographer with the U.S. Coast Guard Office of Search and Rescue in Washington, D.C., answers (as told to Adam Hadhazy):

Among other things, I ran the Great Wall of China Marathon; worked out on a pearl boat in the Kimberley; appeared semi-naked in a music video wrapped only in cling wrap; worked on a Norwegian reality TV show filmed in Malta; trained eagles in Mongolia; donned a wig and lived like Dolly Parton in her hometown in Tennessee for a month; rode a bicycle around Taiwan; sailed on a pirate ship from Seattle towards Mexico before hitting a storm and having to be rescued by theUS Coast Guard; and helped educate young girls in Kosovo who are banned from attending school because they wear headscarves.

Some Houstonians had to be rescued from their homes by boat or a Coast Guard helicopter, the national guard is here helping with resGuard helicopter, the national guard is here helping with resguard is here helping with rescues.

This is historical action drama based off the Pendleton rescue mission of 1952 attempted by the US Coast Guard.

Thanks to the bravery and skill of the US Coast Guard, he is airlifted out; rescued again to live another day.

Lisa is rescued by faceless Coast Guard diving members and brought to the surface.

It tells the true story of the Pendleton rescue mission attempt in 1952 by Coast Guard ships after two oil tankers were split apart by a nor» easter storm.

Directed by Craig Gillespie from a screenplay written by Scott Silver, Eric Johnson and Paul Tamasy, «The Finest Hours» chronicles the greatest small - boat rescue in Coast Guard history.

February of 1952 brought about an epic winter storm off the coast of Cape Cod, the Coast Guard made one of history's bravest attempts at rescuing a split in half oil tanker (one of two ships demolished that evencoast of Cape Cod, the Coast Guard made one of history's bravest attempts at rescuing a split in half oil tanker (one of two ships demolished that evenCoast Guard made one of history's bravest attempts at rescuing a split in half oil tanker (one of two ships demolished that evening).

He then loses the rest of his crew at sea, and until his head gets screwed on right, he is sent away to teach rescue training at a Coast Guard facility.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Disaster Flick Revisits Coast Guard 1952 Rescue off Cape Cod On February 18, 1952, one of the worst nor'easter s in history hit New England.

Based on the daring 1952 rescue of the oil tanker Pendleton by a Massachusetts - based Coast - Guard crew — or, rather, based on the book about that rescue — The Finest Hours does its best to immerse the audience in the derring - do of its heroes — and succeeds for a while — before merely submerging us in the overflow of its melodramatic waters.

Not only is it well made, but it tells the true story of the most daring small boat rescue in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard, its thrills enhanced in Digital and IMAX 3D.

If this is indeed one of the greatest rescues in Coast Guard history, then its cinematic equivalent deserves the same.

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News of their tragedy spreads to the Coast Guard and Bernie Webber (Pine) risks it all by taking a small crew in a motor boat out to rescue them.

Disney's new action - thriller, The Finest Hours, is based on «the remarkable true story of the most daring rescue mission in Coast Guard history.»

They've done that with many underdog sports films (Remember the Titans, Miracle, McFarland, USA...) Their latest is focused on the 1952 Coast Guard mission that is considered to be one of the greatest and most daring rescues to date.

Most of the picture toggles between the Coast Guard effort and the struggles of the crew aboard the stern section of the Pendleton, most notably chief engineer Ray Sybert (Casey Affleck, best in show)-- who assumes leadership and proffers a plan to hold out in hopes of rescue — his tough - as - nails ally «Pops» (Graham McTavish) and a Doubting Thomas named Brown (Michael Raymond James).

Three screenwriters (Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson) share credit for adapting Michael J. Tougias & Casey Sherman's non-fiction book The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue.

While necessarily simplifying (and, at times, unnecessarily Hollywood - izing) the true story, the film adheres to the basic facts: in 1952, with a nor» easter battering the seas off Cape Cod, two oil tankers break in two more or less simultaneously, dividing the Coast Guard's resources in mounting rescue efforts.

Like the inexperienced players who sign up to play for Marshall, another group of recruits learns what it takes to succeed as members of the elite Coast Guard Search and Rescue team in The Guardian.

THE FINEST HOURS: Based on the extraordinary trust story of the greatest small - boat rescue in Coast Guard history, THE FINEST HOURS is a tale of courage, loyalty and honor in the face of overwhelming odds.

Cinema Siren reviews Disney's new release based on the unbelievably true story of the daring and heroic rescue in 1952 by the Coast Guard.

The action thriller is based on the true story of the greatest small boat rescue in Coast Guard history.