English Movie Review The Finest Hours - Cast & Crew

Craig Gillespie is an Australian film and television advertisement director. He started his career with the movie ‘Mr. Woodcock'. He is best known for the work in movies the Fright Night remake and Lars and the Real Girl. He was born and brought up in the city of Sydney. At the age of nineteen, he moved to New York City for his studies in graphic designing, advertising, and illustration at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. He became interested in filmmaking at the time of his twenties when one of his friends was aspiring to become a director and encouraged even Craig to try his hands in filmmaking. Initially, he started working as a commercial director along with cinematographers Rodrigo Prieto and Adam Kimmel. He worked for fifteen years and used to change advertising agencies often. In the span of five years, he had worked in six advertising agencies. He debuted as a film director with the movie ‘Mr. Woodcock’ in 2007. But he left the project as there were many scenes which were re-written and received a bad screening test. He was replaced by David Dobkin as the director of the movie. His next project was ‘Lars and the Real Girl,’ for which he had been scripting since four years. But the theme of the movie as a man falling in love with a sex doll. The movie starred Paul Schneider, Ryan Gosling, Patricia Clarkson, Kelli Garner and Emily Mortimer in the lead roles. He had directed many episodes for many television series. He had directed for series like the ‘Pilot.’ He shot the first series of The United States of Tara by Diablo Cody and Steven Spielberg.

He is known to be one of the most talented new born in Hollywood industry. He is known for his charismatic looks in depicting his character in the movies. Born as Christopher Whitelaw Pine on August 26, 1980 in Los Angeles, California. First appeared as Chris for the movie “Why Germany”, right away followed by “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement” as Nicholas Devereaux and his uncle plans to steal the Royal Crown as the next eligible Royal Blood as the Princess Mia must be married in one month as their law and tradition, unexpectedly they both fell in love to one another. He appeared in the following year for the movie “Confession” as Luther Scott, a story of a student that confesses an unimagined act inside the school. Starred also for the movie “Just My Luck” as Jake Hardin a story of young lady that exchanged her fortune for a man starring Lindsay Lohan.

Beau Knapp is an American born actor. He works in both TV and Film Industries. Beau was born on the 17th of April in the year 1989. He is from Los Angeles, California. His full name is Beau Christian Knapp. Beau started acting with short films. He appeared in about 6 short films which include “The J. H. Gunn Project” (2009), “Wracked” (2012), “The Sunshine Shop: The Lovaganza Convoy Proof of Concept” (2014), “The Lovaganza Convoy: The Screen Tests” (2014), “The Hitchhiker” (2014), and “The Last Ones” (2014).

Ben Foster is an American actor. He was born as Benjamin A. Foster on October 29, 1980, in Boston, Massachusetts in the U.S.A. to Gillian Kirwan and Steven Foster, who are running a restaurant. His younger brother, Jon Foster, is also an actor and a musician. When Ben was just 4-years old, his family shifted to Fairfield in Iowa after some robbers broke into their house in Boston. He was brought up as a Jewish. He practiced a mantra called, Transcendental Meditation Technique. Ben studied at the Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa. He got engaged with actress Robin Wright in the early 2014 but ended their relationship in November 2014. They reconciled but still decided to end their relationship.

Casey Affleck was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts on 12th of August, 1975 to Christopher Anne and Timothy Byers Affleck. Ben Affleck, widely known for his role in Shakespeare In Love etc is his elder brother. Casey Affleck was raised by his mother after his parents separated ways when he was only 8 because of Timothy's alcoholism. 

He went to Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in 1993 for graduation. Further, he went to George Washington University and Columbian University. He majored subjects like physics, astronomy, politics and western philosophy. Casey's first attempt at television was in Lemon Sky. He got noticed when appeared in The Kennedys of Massachusetts where he essayed the role of Bobby Kennedy. 

His debut movie was To Die For (1995) directed by Gus Van Sant where he played a teenage sociopath. He starred in Race the Sun (1996) which was a failure at the box office after which he got a very mundane cameo role to his name in Chasing Amy (1997). He played the role of 'Little Kid'. He then got a fairly significant role in Good Will Hunting. 

He tried his hand at screenplay writing with his debut in Gerry (2002) which received a rather mixed reaction. In The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) Casey was a supporting actor and worked opposite Jesse James and Brad Pitt. He received several nominations including an Oscar nomination. He further proved his mettle in acting in his brother Ben Affleck's Gone Baby Gone (2007). This was the first time he was given the lead role which also brought him several nominations and a Prism Award for Best Performance in Feature Film. He made his directorial debut with I'm Still Here (2010). 

Affleck is now working to direct a biopic on Josh Hamilton, a baseball player. This role will have Jack Reynor in the lead who was recently seen in movie like Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014). Afflick may also be seen to play the role of a detective in Mark Romanek's Boston Strangler. He has been an active member in several animal rights movements. He has also participated in PETA campaigns. Owning to his inclination to restoring animal rights, he is a pure vegetarian. 

He got into a relationship with actress Summer Phoenix who worked in movies like Suzie Gold (2004) etc. Their six year old courtship period culminated into a marriage in 3rd of June, 2006. They have two sons, Indiana and Atticus.

Eric Bana took birth in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 9th of August in the year 1968. He was born in the household of Ivan and Eleanor and has an elder brother named Anthony. Eric is an Australian actor by profession and has worked his charm on the silver screen through several strong roles and amazing movies that he has done over the span of his career. Eric was raised for the most part in the suburban region of Tullamarine, which is in Melbourne. He attended the Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School. It was when he was only six or seven years old that he used to exhibit his exceptional skills in the field of acting by mimicking his family members as well his teachers in school, but he never wanted to be an actor during his school days. It was only in his teens that he decided that he will try his luck in the arena of acting mostly because he had full confidence in the kind of skills that he possessed. However, when in school, Eric wanted to become a motor mechanic because he was very passionate about motor racing and still is.

 Graham McTavish is ostentatiously known across the globe as the voice of numerous video game characters, and is also an actor. McTavish is also recognized for his roles in movies such as Ali G Indahouse, Rambo, Dante’s Inferno, The Wicker Tree, Creed, and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. McTavish has also featured in television shows such as Casualty, Red Dwarf, Empire, 24, and Outlander, among many others.

John Ortiz is a dynamic American actor. He even co-founded LAByrinth Theatre Company and led it as a director. Ortiz took birth in Bushwick, New York and belongs to an ancient ancestry called Puerto Rican. He married Jennifer, and they together have a son named Clemente. They moved to California in 2010.

Joshua Regnall Josh Stewart was born on 6th February 1977 in Diana City of West Virgnia, USA. The actor stands at 5 feet 10 inches.

Keiynan Lonsdale is an Australian actor, singer, dancer and songwriter. Some of his prominent acting roles are Wally West/ Kid Flash on The CW's ‘The Flash’ and ‘Legends Of Tomorrow,’ Uriah in ‘The Divergent Series.’ He is also well known for playing Bram in the 2018 film ‘Love, Simon’ and Ollie in the Australian TV drama 'Dance Academy.' He made his acting debut with the 2007 film ‘Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance.’ He also worked as a VJ on MTV for two and a half years. He has released many original music recordings, including a studio album in 2020. In 2019, Lonsdale starred in singer Camila Cabello's music video "Liar."