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Sea Wolf (miniseries)

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Sea Wolf
Release poster
Based onThe Sea-Wolf
by Jack London
Screenplay byNigel Williams
Directed byMichael Barker
StarringSebastian Koch
Tim Roth
Neve Campbell
Stephen Campbell Moore
ComposerRichard G. Mitchell
Country of originGermany
Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes2
Production
ProducersHerbert G. Kloiber
Rikolt von Gagern
Verena von Heeremann
CinematographyRichard Greatrex
EditorDean Soltys
Running time180 minutes
Budget$19,000,000
Original release
Release2009 (2009)

Sea Wolf is a 2-part television miniseries that aired in 2009, based on the 1904 novel The Sea-Wolf, written by Jack London.

Plot

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In a mishap, a young poetry critic Humphrey van Weyden is cast adrift in the open sea. He is picked up by a seal hunting schooner, but his miraculous escape turns into a brutal struggle for survival. The schooner is captained by 'Wolf' Larsen - an authoritarian and harsh captain.

Production

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The series was mostly shot in Halifax, Nova Scotia using the Halifax waterfront doubling as San Francisco with shipboard scenes filmed aboard the schooners Alabama,[1] Silva and the museum ship CSS Acadia at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.[2]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Nachbauten (Repliken) historischer Großsegler". Retrieved 3 Mar 2023.
  2. ^ "CSS Acadia Filmography", Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
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