This is something rarely seen now in films, which usually take the more lascivious route when covering other actual events (i.e., “Pearl Harbor”).Įditor’s Note: Bernie Webber’s father was a Baptist pastor, and so Bernie heard hundreds of sermons and prayers in his youth. The only kissing is between Webber and his girlfriend, and it is apparent that their relationship is a serious, committed one that is leading to marriage and is not lustful, but rather very respectful and caring. On board the Pendleton, “pin-up” girls are seen, but they are in swimsuits. The Lord’s name, however, is taken in vain five times including one “God-d***” and a single “Jesus Christ,” “My G*d,” “Oh G*d,” “Oh my G*d.” On a better note, the Lord’s name is used in a positive or neutral way a few times, as in “Godspeed” and “Jesus, Joseph and Mary,” and in describing marriage between a man, woman and God. Language: Most of the usual curse words are absent, but the film does include: “jackass” (1), “damn” (1), h*ll (6), s-word (1), and “scr** you” (1) and one time someone says, “looks like she cut off your…”, but is interrupted before he can finish the sentence. The PG-13 rating is based primarily on this content and could have been rated PG, if these images had toned down. The on-screen deaths, as well as those implied, as when the front end of the Pendleton first sinks, makes this film too violent for impressionable children. Sybert has to fight to keep the crew from abandoning ship. Peril is always at the forefront of the film and more than once it appears that all hope is lost for the crew of the Pendleton. No blood or graphic death’s are shown, but what is seen includes men being pummeled by water, crushed underneath debris, drowned in the ocean and slammed against the hull of the ship. The drama unfolds by shifting back and forth between Webber’s ‘suicide’ mission and Sybert, who along with the men of the Pendleton try every trick in the book, and even invent a few new one’s along the way, in order to stave off her sinking long enough for someone-anyone-to reach them.Ī hurricane level storm, a fast-sinking ship, an impossible barrier to cross separating Webber and his small crew from the Pendleton’s makes for an intense and at times gripping tale with only a few items of concern worth noting. Upon learning that the Pendleton needs their help, Coast Guard Chief Cluff ( Eric Bana) orders Webber to assemble a crew of four and rescue as many as they can. His fears are soon realized, when the ship is ripped in half, sending the Captain and his bridge crew to their deaths, leaving the rest of the crew to surely follow before the night is through. On the Pendleton, the storm that soon hits the coast has Sybert worried that the ship’s welding won’t be able to take the 40 to 60 foot waves’ fury much longer. The only thing holding him back from marriage is his fear of leaving one night on a rescue mission and never returning. In the winter of 1951, it is a somewhat shy and unassuming Bernard Webber who has just met the girl of his dreams by the name of Miriam (Holliday Grainger). At the film’s core are the two men whom destiny has chosen to take the center stage: SS Pendleton engineer Ray Sybert ( Casey Affleck) and Boatswain’s Mate First Class Bernard C. Coast Guard’s efforts to reach them during that time. Woodcock” (2007)īased on the actual events that took place the night of February 17th, 1952, “The Finest Hours” chronicles the splitting in two of the tanker SS Pendleton during a severe “nor’easter” off the New England coast, the desperate seamen’s attempts to keep the partial ship afloat during the few hours they had left to live, and the U.S. Trevor Dylan … Party Guest (Trevor Benoit)Ĭraig Gillespie-“ Million Dollar Arm” (2014), “ Fright Night” (2011), “ Lars and the Real Girl” (2007), “ Mr. Savannah Rae Allen … Eliza (Soda Fountain Waitress) Michael Maggiani … Bell Telephone Supervisor Justin Blanchard … Wayne Wilson - Hi Hat Dancer Jay Street … Seaman #5 (John Bereiweriso) Michael Marchand … Bangs Crew Coast Guard Larry Eudene … Pendleton Crew #3 Whistle Blower FitzgeraldĪbraham Benrubi … Cook George D. Kyle Gallner … Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew J. Tougias and Casey Sherman FeaturingĬhris Pine … Bernie Webber (Bernard C. Coast Guard’s Most Daring Sea Rescue, by Michael J. The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S.The Pendleton Disaster Off Cape Cod: The Greatest Small Boat Rescue in Coast Guard History, by Theresa M.Chatham: “The Lifeboatmen”, by Bernie Webber.My job was the sea and to save those in peril upon it.” -Bernard C. “I reasoned that I was a Coast Guard First Class Boatswain Mate. How to live our lives in a God-honoring way Taking action based on Biblical principles of love and self-sacrifice A historic photo gallery of the Pendleton and Fort Mercer rescues (1952)įEAR, Anxiety and Worry-What does the Bible say? Answer
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