What's the Difference between The Finest Hours the Book and The Finest Hours the Movie?
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
Bernie Webber
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Bernie Webber
Portrayed by: Chris Pine
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Richard Livesey
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Richard Livesey
Portrayed by: Ben Foster
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Andy Fitzgerald
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Andy Fitzgerald
Portrayed by: Kyle Gallner
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Ervin Maske
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Ervin Maske
Portrayed by: John Magaro
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Ray Sybert
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Ray Sybert
Portrayed by: Casey Affleck
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Daniel Cluff
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Daniel Cluff
Portrayed by: Eric Bana
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Miriam Webber
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Miriam Webber
Portrayed by: Holliday Grainger
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The Finest Hours Book vs Movie
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
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The SS Pendleton Crew keeps the ship moving astern to keep it afloat. |
The crew of the SS Pendleton sights a shoal and steers towards it.
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Miriam was home sick with the flu and didn't find out what happened until it was over. |
Miriam shows up at Chatham Station looking for Bernie where she finds out he was sent out. She demands that Commander Cluff bring the men back. Gouthro also asks Cluff to bring Bernie's lifeboat back. Bernie is in communication by radio with the station, he is given further directions to continue. Miriam berates Cluff for his actions.
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The crew sings the hymn, Rock of Ages as they go over the bar. The going is rough and the compass is lost, but the boat stays on the surface the entire time. The engine dies several times but is restarted by a crewman who burns and bruises himself in the process. |
As lifeboat CG36500 goes over the first large wave it slips sideways and nearly capsizes. They lose the compass. The engine also dies. A crewman primes the engine and gets it started without injury in time to steer the boat properly into the next large wave. They successfully motor over the next few waves but completely submerge one time prior to making it over the bar. |
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The ship drifts onto a sand bar. |
SS Pendleton misses the shoal they tried to ground on. The engines are reversed to let the ocean push them into the shoal. The ship's crew successfully grounds on the shoal.
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This drama was not played out in the book. |
The SS Pendleton's bilge pumps go out. Some of the crew continue to give Sybert grief about their situation. |