Deepwater Horizon

2016
PG-13
1h 47m

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7.1/10

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Mark Wahlberg in Deepwater Horizon (2016)

A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

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Disaster Docudrama Tragedy Action Drama History Thriller

A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in history.A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in history.A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in history.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

187K

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POPULARITY

1,480

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 4 wins & 15 nominations total

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Trivia
An oil rig was built just for this film, this rig is located in Chalmette, Louisiana where filming mostly took place. Director Peter Berg claimed it was one of the largest practical sets ever built; constructed of 3.2 million pounds of steel in a 2,000,000 gallon water tank.

Goofs
Survival courses attended by oil rig staff every so often teach a special technique for jumping into the water. The life jacket should not be worn, but held in hand. This is to stabilize the body during the fall and to avoid being decapitated upon entering the water at great speed. The life jacket floats near the point of impact, and the jumper will normally emerge close enough to it to don it inside the water.

Quotes
Mike Williams: Hope ain't a tactic, Don.

Crazy credits
During the opening logos and first few opening credits, you can hear a real life audio clip from the trial that ensued following the disaster.

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Mark Wahlberg/Sofia Vergara/MØ (2016)

Soundtracks
For the Love of Money
Written by Kenny Gamble (as Kenneth Gamble), Leon Huff and Anthony Jackson

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Featured review

7/10

Amazing!

Deep water horizon delivers what it was, the story based on the true events of deepwater horizon oil spill that exploded, well at first 30 mins was just getting into the story and building the characters i was waiting to reach the point when will the things were going to start, after all it got me into its atmosphere and catching up with the scenes, amazing cinematography with all those explosion and fires burning behind the scenes, discovering the life of those workers kinda gets hard to watch how people are dealing with those things, seeing people between life hope and survival, at the ending it was sad to see all those workers had lost their lifes, at last its well crafted, highly recommended if you like disaster types, 7.5/10⭐