While Hollywood took liberties (condensing time, adding an unnecessary framing device with Brendan Gleeson), the core events remain faithful: the whale really was deliberately vengeful; the crew really did resort to drawing lots to see who would be sacrificed; and they survived by eating raw turtles and barnacles.
After the sinking, the film pivots into a grueling survival narrative. The crew drifts for 90 days in small whaling boats. Scenes of starvation, dehydration, madness, and eventual cannibalism (handled tastefully but unflinchingly) place it alongside masterpieces like Alive (1993) and The Revenant (2015). in the heart of the sea 2015 720p bluray 99 top