"Master and Commander" is drawn largely from the 10th ... In one scene, Jack pays a visit to one of his midshipmen, Lord Blakeney, who is no older than 12 or so (and is played with a charmingly ...

Peter Weir’s 2003 seafaring yarn Master and Commander: The Far Side of the ... eventually landed the pivotal role of Midshipman Lord Blakeney, the young sailor who, in one gruesome early scene ...

Considering that Russell Crowe was coming off a run that includes his Oscar-winning turn in Gladiator, and his star-making role in L.A. Confidential, it’s truly impressive that his performance ...

Yet the movie which arguably stood tallest during this fleeting period was Peter Weir’s Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Not so much adapting any single novel in author Patrick O ...

Matilda Hatcher receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. At 20, Peter Weir’s 2003 masterpiece Master and Commander remains a captivating ...

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World had ... It also allows for an excellent debut performance by Max Pirkis as midshipman Blakeney, who loses his right arm early on but carries on ...

Carved from the knotty timber of Patrick O'Brian's saga of Napoleonic derring-do, Master and Commander ... when he visits 12-year-old Midshipman Blakeney (Max Pirkis), just recovering from ...

1805. Royal Navy captain Jack Aubrey’s dogged pursuit of a superior French frigate strains his ship, his crew, and his friendship with surgeon Stephen Maturin as the chase takes them around ...