The Finest Hours (2016 film)

The Finest Hours
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Craig Gillespie
Produced by	Jim Whitaker Dorothy Aufiero
Screenplay by	Scott Silver Paul Tamasy Eric Johnson
Based on	The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias & Casey Sherman
Starring	Chris Pine Casey Affleck Ben Foster Holliday Grainger John Ortiz Eric Bana
Music by	Carter Burwell
Cinematography	Javier Aguirresarobe
Edited by	Tatiana S. Riegel
Production company	Walt Disney Pictures Whitaker Entertainment Red Hawk Entertainment
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date	January 25, 2016 (2016-01-25) (TCL Chinese Theatre) January 29, 2016 (2016-01-29) (United States)
Running time	117 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$80 million
Box office	$52.1 million

The Finest Hours is a 2016 American historical drama-thriller film directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. The screenplay, written by Eric Johnson, Scott Silver, and Paul Tamasy, is based on The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman. The film stars Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger, John Ortiz, and Eric Bana, and chronicles the historic 1952 United States Coast Guard rescue of the crew of the SS Pendleton, after the ship split apart during a nor'easter off the New England coast.

The Finest Hours was released in the Disney Digital 3-D, RealD 3D, and IMAX 3D formats on January 29, 2016. The film received a mixed critical reception and grossed $52 million worldwide.

Bernard "Bernie" Webber, a crewman at the Coast Guard station in Chatham, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, has fallen in love with a local girl, Miriam Pentinen. The two plan to marry on April 16, but in accordance with Coast Guard regulations, Bernie must seek permission from the station's commander, Daniel Cluff. On the day he is due to ask permission, the oil tanker SS Pendleton shears in half off the Chatham coast after getting caught in a nor'easter. With the majority of the station's crew already underway with the rescue of the similarly damaged SS Fort Mercer, Bernie is dispatched to pilot motor lifeboat CG 36500 to rescue the crew of the Pendleton. Andrew Fitzgerald, Ervin Maske, and Richard P. Livesey volunteer to join Bernie on the rescue mission.