Win Passes To The Advance Screening Of IN THE HEART OF THE SEA In St. Louis

Oscar winner Ron Howard (“A Beautiful Mind”) directs the action adventure IN THE HEART OF THE SEA, based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s best-selling book about the dramatic true journey of the Essex.

In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. IN THE HEART OF THE SEA reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath, as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive. Braving storms, starvation, panic and despair, the men will call into question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade.

The film stars Chris Hemsworth (“The Avengers,” “Rush”) as the vessel’s veteran first mate, Owen Chase; Benjamin Walker (“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”) as its inexperienced Captain, George Pollard; Cillian Murphy (“The Dark Knight Rises”) as second mate Matthew Joy; and Ben Whishaw (“Spectre,” “The Danish Girl”) as novelist Herman Melville, whose inquiries into the event three decades later helped bring the story to light. Tom Holland (“The Impossible”) also stars as young seaman Tom Nickerson, and Brendan Gleeson (“Edge of Tomorrow,” “Suffragette”) as the elder Nickerson, 30 years older.

Howard directed the film from a screenplay by Charles Leavitt (“Blood Diamond”), story by Charles Leavitt and Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver (“Jurassic World”), based on the book In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick, winner of the 2000 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

The behind-the-scenes creative team included Oscar-winning director of photography Anthony Dod Mantle (“Slumdog Millionaire,” “Rush”); production designer Mark Tildesley (“The Fifth Estate”); Oscar-winning editors Mike Hill and Dan Hanley (both for “Apollo 13”); costume designer Julian Day (“Rush”) and composer Roque Baños (“Evil Dead”).

IN THE HEART OF THE SEA opens in theaters on December 11, 2015.

WAMG invites you to enter for a chance to win a pass (Good for 2) to the advance screening of IN THE HEART OF THE SEA on Monday, December 7th at 7PM in the St. Louis area.

We will contact the winners by email.

Answer the following:

The American whaling fleet once sailed for over 200 years and numbered more than 2,700 vessels. What is the name of last whaling ship?

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OFFICIAL RULES:

1. YOU MUST BE IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA THE DAY OF THE SCREENING.

2. A pass does not guarantee a seat at a screening. Seating is on a first-come, first served basis. The theater is overbooked to assure a full house. The theater is not responsible for overbooking.

3. No purchase necessary.

The movie has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for intense sequences of action and peril, brief startling violence, and thematic material.

Visit the film’s official site: www.intheheartoftheseamovie.com