The Sea Wolf (1993 film)
| The Sea Wolf | |
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| Genre | Adventure Drama |
| Based on | The Sea-Wolf by Jack London |
| Screenplay by | Andrew J. Fenady |
| Directed by | Michael Anderson |
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| Music by | Charles Bernstein |
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| Original language | English |
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| Production location | Vancouver |
| Cinematography | Glen MacPherson |
| Editor | Nick Rotundo |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company | Turner Entertainment |
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| Network | TNT |
| Release | April 18, 1993 |
The Sea Wolf is a 1993 American-Canadian made-for-television adventure drama film directed by Michael Anderson, starring Charles Bronson, Catherine Mary Stewart and Christopher Reeve. It is based on Jack London's 1904 novel The Sea-Wolf.
The film was nominated for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special at the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards.[1]
Plot
Jack London's brutal Wolf Larson brings a shipwrecked aristocrat and a con woman aboard his doomed ship, the Ghost.
Cast
- Charles Bronson as Captain Wolf Larsen
- Christopher Reeve as Humphrey Van Weyden
- Catherine Mary Stewart as Flaxen Brewster
- Marc Singer as Johnson
- Len Cariou as Dr. Picard
- Clive Revill as Thomas C. "Cookie" Mugridge
- Shane Kelly as Leach
- Garry Chalk as Chandler / First Mate
- Tom McBeath as Latimer
- Stan Barrett as Ofty Ofty
- Dee Jay Jackson as Smoke
- Eli Gabay as Dogbreath, Helmsman
- Russell J. Roberts as French Frank
- Bill Croft as Donovan
- John Novak as Jameson Damisk
Reception
Critical response
Ray Loynd wrote for the Los Angeles Times:
The production rivals the classic Edward G. Robinson remake (Warner Bros., 1942), generally cited as the strongest of all six prior "Sea Wolf" movies (including three silents). ... Bronson, playing what's probably his first thinking man's heavy, seems right at home as the power-maddened Wolf Larsen butting heads and spouting lines from Milton ("It's better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven"). But it's Reeve's character, compelled to claw his way out of the galley as the spat-upon cabin boy, who does all the changing in this sea-tossed crucible of fire.[2]
References
- ^ "45th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ^ Loynd, Ray (1993-04-17). "TV Review : 'Sea Wolf' Captures Spirit of the Novel". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
External links
- The Sea Wolf at IMDb
- The Sea Wolf at AllMovie
- 1993 television films
- 1993 films
- 1990s adventure drama films
- American television films
- Canadian drama television films
- American adventure drama films
- Canadian adventure drama films
- English-language Canadian films
- Films directed by Michael Anderson
- Sea adventure films
- Films based on The Sea-Wolf
- Television shows based on works by Jack London
- 1990s American films
- 1990s Canadian films