Sentences with phrase «cabin boy»

Accounts by the ship's cabin boy as well as by the first mate add to the immediacy of the adventure.

Told from the retrospective viewpoint of cabin boy Thomas Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson), as Herman Melville endeavours to collect information for his novel, Nickerson recounts the true story behind the whale ship Essex's battle for survival.

In the film, actor Brendan Gleeson portrays cabin boy Thomas Nickerson (played at a younger age by Tom Holland), who when he is older tells the story of the ship to Herman Melville («Skyfall» actor Ben Whishaw), who wrote a book about a whale you might have heard of.

He's come to meet with the now aged former cabin boy of the Essex (Brendan Gleeson, Calvary, also wasted), in search of inspiration for his next book, which he hopes will place him among the ranks of writers like his (older) contemporary Nathaniel Hawthorne.

As Wedgwood begins to sense a method to Mabbot's madness, he must rely on the bizarre crewmembers he once feared: Mr. Apples, the fearsome giant who loves to knit; Feng and Bai, martial arts masters sworn to defend their captain; and Joshua, the deaf cabin boy who becomes the son Wedgwood never had.

Burton also produced the somewhat disappointing Cabin Boy, a 1994 film vehicle for Chris Elliott which Burton co-produced.

In the aforementioned framing device, Ben Whishaw, playing a far too soft and obsequious Melville, shows up at the inn of pickled, traumatized Thomas Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson, typecast) one dark and stormy night seeking raw material from the former Essex cabin boy for his upcoming novel about whalers.

While the filmmakers themselves have acknowledged that Cabin Boy fell short of their expectations, Elliott was stung by the viciousness of the reviews.

At one point during her thirteen years writing about movies for The Boston Globe, she was chastised by another journalist for having given Cabin Boy four stars.

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Not to mention the young cabin boy Martene who insists on folding up our dirty washing and tidying our room every time we leave our cabin, there is no locking your doors on this boat.

Reliable sources have informed me that it was not uncommon for 19th century cabin boys, while bending over the rail to adjust the depth of their buckets, to be «surprised» by the chief steward — on his way back from checking the rum rations.

But eating of the captain's biscuit her colour did destroy And the waist did swell of pretty Nell the handsome Cabin Boy Please understand I'm not supporting the politics of the Maoist and Scottish Nationalist Ewan McColl, though I see nothing to criticise in the politics of his mandolinist — ex-whaler, ex-sheep farmer, ex-International Brigadist, ex-actor in Kubrick's «Moby Dick», ex-professor of ethnomusicology at Goldsmith's College, and lifelong communist Bert Lloyd.

Baross» interest in ocean life grew out of the tales of high - sea adventures he heard from his grandfather, who left Italy and worked as a cabin boy at sea for ten years before arriving in the United States.

Magnuson continued to make brief yet memorable appearances in feature films (Cabin Boy, Clear and Present Danger, Tank Girl) before releasing her solo album The Luv Show on Geffen Records.

Tinker Bell (voice of Mae Whitman) and her friends must embark on an epic adventure to find Zarina, and together they go sword - to - sword with the band of pirates led by a cabin boy named James (voice of Tom Hiddleston), who'll soon be known as Captain Hook, himself.

They were surprised to find a ship and it was revealed that Zarina is in fact the captain of the ship's crew, including the cabin boy, James Hook (Tom Hiddleston).

He also stared and co-wrote the story for the movie, «Cabin Boy.»

He moved on after one season.This was also the period of Elliott's greatest professional disappointment — the failure of the feature film he co-wrote and starred in, Cabin Boy.

Captain Hook is a clean - shaven young man named James (Tom Hiddleston) who pretends to be a cabin boy and gets the pirates to elect Zarina their captain — all part of a plan to get her to make the Gold Pixie Dust so their ship will be able to fly.

Fine films of all genres, costs and nationalities litter the 65 or so worthwhile films from this year: PCU, Cabin Boy, the Last Seduction, Exotica, Reality Bites, Four Weddings And A Funeral, Hoop Dreams, Wing Chun, To Live, Shallow Grave, Leon The Professional, Before The Rain, heavenly Creatures, Crumb, Barcelona, Oleanna, The Hudsucker Proxy and Once Were Warriors.

PCU, Cabin Boy, the Last Seduction, Exotica, Reality Bites, Four Weddings And A Funeral, Hoop Dreams, Wing Chun, To Live, Shallow Grave, Leon The Professional, Before The Rain, heavenly Creatures, Crumb, Barcelona, Oleanna, The Hudsucker Proxy

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In the Heart of the Sea is based on Nathaniel Philbrick's nonfiction book, which explored two narratives of the sinking of the whaling boat Essex in 1820 — one from a hardy first mate, Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth), and another from a cabin boy, Thomas Nickerson (played by Tom Holland as a youngster, and Brendan Gleeson in his advanced years).

Contains a PowerPoint which goes through the main jobs onboard a Pirate Ship from the Captain and Quartermaster to the Cabin Boy and Riggers.

Numerous talented performers assist David Kelly in re-creating this remarkable fantasy adventure featuring 15 - year - old Matt, a cabin boy on a gigantic luxury airship that is attacked and sabotaged by pirates.

Matt, a cabin boy aboard a luxury airship, saves a dying balloonist whose ship has been damaged.

Middle School / YA Katherine Kellgren's vocal athleticism takes listeners from the filthy streets of eighteenth century London to the high seas in L.A. Meyer's fast - paced novel about a girl who stows away as a cabin boy.

Faced with the prospect of a prolonged separation while he commanded a voyage around the world, Rose joins the ship disguised as a cabin boy.

After graduating from school in Denmark, Jensen spent some time working as a cabin boy and traveling before attending art school in San Diego, Munich, and Paris.

Someone pointed out that it was important to know the weight of the cabin boy, since that would effect the depth at which the sample was taken.

It's time the Bar stood up for itself instead of being the cabin boy as the captain and shipmates look upon them, ominously brandishing their forks and knives.