Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Oscar winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) directs the action adventure In the Heart of the Sea based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s best-selling book about the dramatic true journey of the Essex In the winter of 1820 the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe a whale of mammoth size & will & an almost human sense of vengeance The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick But that told only half the story In the Heart of the Sea reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits & forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive Braving storms starvation panic & despair the men will call into question their deepest beliefs from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade as their captain searches for direction on the open sea & his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down In the winter of 1820 the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe a whale of mammoth size & will & an almost human sense of vengeance The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville&s Moby-Dick But that told only half the story " In the Heart of the Sea" reveals the encounter&s harrowing aftermath as the ship&s surviving crew is pushed to their limits & forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive Braving storms starvation panic & despair the men will call into question their deepest beliefs from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade as their captain searches for direction on the open sea & his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down --This text refers to the Blu-ray edition