The Finest Hours Trailer

It's 1952 and a routine shipment is being undertaken by the crew of an oil tanker travelling along the coast of Cape Cod. However, little did they know of a disastrous oncoming storm that would brutally attack New England like never before. As bad luck would have it, the crew on board the vessel find their tanker suddenly ripped in half by the hurricane and they are forced to await the Coast Guard for rescue unable to move from their sinking boat. 30 men are trapped, not knowing whether anyone was coming to rescue them, not knowing whether or not this was their last night on Earth. After all, it would be a suicide mission for any lifeboat to attempt a rescue in these conditions, but that's exactly what happens. A feat of outstanding bravery for this East Coast Guard.

'The Finest Hours' is a forthcoming disaster drama based on a true story originally documented in the 2009 book by Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias. The movie has been directed by Craig Gillespie ('Fright Night', 'Million Dollar Arm'), with a screenplay by Eric Johnson ('The Fighter') and Paul Tamasy ('Air Bud'), and it is expected to be released in the UK in January 2016.