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The finest hours / Disney presents ; a Whitaker Entertainment/Red Hawk Entertainment production ; produced by Jim Whitaker, Dorothy Aufiero ; screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson ; directed by Craig Gillespie.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 134110 | DisneyLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publisher: [United States] : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, [2016]Distributor: Burbank, California : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2016]Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 117 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • At head of title: Disney presents
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Sherman, Casey, 1969- Finest hours
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Tougias, Mike, 1955- Finest hours
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Production credits:
  • Music, Carter Burwell ; editor, Tatiana S. Riegel ; director of photography, Javier Aguirresarobe.
Cast: Chris Pine, Holiday Grainger, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Kyle Gallner, Eric Bana, John Ortiz, Rachel Brosnahan, Graham McTavish, John Magaro, Michael Raymond-James.Summary: In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the coast of Cape Cod and literally ripping it in half. On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue the more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD ACTION Finest h Available 33111008657229
Adult DVD Adult DVD Northport Library DVD ACTION Finest h Available 33111008657245
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This docudrama depicts the incredible true story of a daring Coast Guard rescue operation off of Cape Cod during a ferocious storm in the winter of 1952. When an oil tanker splits in half, trapping its crew aboard the sinking vessel, four brave Guardsmen set out to save them. Craig Gillespie directed this adventure drama, which stars Chris Pine, Ben Foster, and Eric Bana. ~ Daniel Gelb, Rovi

DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital, 2.0 Dolby Digital.

In English, French, or Spanish; French and Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities; closed-captioned.

Title from disc surface.

Chris Pine, Holiday Grainger, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Kyle Gallner, Eric Bana, John Ortiz, Rachel Brosnahan, Graham McTavish, John Magaro, Michael Raymond-James.

Music, Carter Burwell ; editor, Tatiana S. Riegel ; director of photography, Javier Aguirresarobe.

Based on the book by Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.

Widescreen (2.39:1).

MPAA rating: PG-13; for intense sequences of peril.

In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the coast of Cape Cod and literally ripping it in half. On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue the more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel.

Bonus features: Brotherhood: cast members reflect on the bonds they forged during the shoot; The Finest Inspiration: The U.S. Coast Guard: meet the people who put their lives on the line for others.

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