The Mark Wahlberg-led 2016 disaster film Deepwater Horizon was mostly an accurate depiction of the true story of the April 2010 oil rig blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, which ignited a massive ...

But, unlike many films based on true events, Deepwater Horizon actually stays remarkably close to real life. The film chronicles the last moments on the drilling rig for which the movie is named ...

Another Deepwater Horizon survivor, Caleb Holloway ... “It has those elements of a disaster movie but it’s a true story,” said Mark Wahlberg, who plays Williams in the film, which is ...

Mike Williams says he was unable to watch scenes in the movie depicting the deaths of his fellow crew members Writer-Reporter, PEOPLE It’s been six years since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig ...

Another wrote: "Deepwater Horizon is that rare disaster blockbuster ... apparently very close to the true events. Had me gripped right up to the emotional 'silent' conclusion.

The 2016 American disaster film Deepwater Horizon sticks to the true story of the 2010 disaster when an oil-drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded and was engulfed in flames, causing "one of ...

Hudson found watching Deepwater Horizon to be one of “those few moments ... “I’ve done Lone Survivor, I’ve done many true stories. We figured our reputation would have been enough to ...

True to his word, Marshall and his team have ... of funding for their work is currently through settlement from Deepwater Horizon, the goal is to have a self-sustaining program that can have ...

This is a tale of individual heroism, not ecological disaster. Deepwater Horizon focuses almost entirely on the day of the disaster, starting with electrician Mike Williams (Mark Wahlberg ...

The oil spilled during the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 was largely ... but this was not true for all of the spilled oil's components. Oily layers coated the shoreline grasses and some ...

About 40 minutes into the new movie Deepwater Horizon, there is a scene in which ... has written that the true cause of most disasters is not so much the initial accident “but the failure ...