Based on the true story that inspired Herman Melville to write his seminal novel Moby Dick, Ron Howard’s In the Heart of the Sea tells the story of the crewmen aboard the New England whaling vessel Essex, who face a harrowing battle for survival when a whale of massive size and strength attacks their ship. Left adrift at sea aboard their crippled vessel, the crewmen (played by Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Benjamin Walker, and Tom Holland) are pushed to their limits and must resort to the unthinkable to stay alive. Also featuring performances from Ben Whishaw and Brendan Gleeson, the film is based on the Nathaniel Philbrick book, In The Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex.