On February 18, 1952, a massive nor’easter struck New England, pummeling towns along the Eastern Seaboard and wreaking havoc on anything caught in its destruc ve path, including two 500-foot oil tankers. The SS Pendleton and SS Fort Mercer, bound for Boston, Massachuse s and Portland, Maine, respec vely, were both ripped in half by the storm, stranding their crews at sea. The senior o cer aboard the stern of the Pendleton, chief engineer Raymond Sybert (Casey A eck), soon realizes it is up to him to take charge of the frightened crew and keep the ship a oat as long as possible.

The Coast Guard sta on in Chatham, Massachuse s was busy helping local shermen protect their boats from the storm when they received word that the Fort Mercer was in trouble. Warrant O cer Daniel Clu (Eric Bana), the recently appointed sta on chief, immediately dispatches his best men to aid in the larger rescue e ort already in progress. When Clu learns that a second ship, the Pendleton, was also damaged and is now adri in nearby waters, he orders coxswain Bernie Webber (Chris Pine) to quickly assemble a crew and take out the CG36500 lifeboat to look for survivors.

Webber and three men board the 36-foot motorized, wooden boat and set o on the perilous mission with bleak prospects, at best, and before they even clear the Chatham Harbor, the boat’s windshield and compass are destroyed. Yet the men persevere, and despite hurricane-force winds, 60-foot waves, frigid temperatures and zero visibility, miraculously locate the Pendleton and rescue 32 of its 33 men in the midst of the turbulent storm, returning a total of 36 men home on their ba ered 12-seat lifeboat.

“The Finest Hours” is a heroic ac on-thriller based on the remarkable true story of the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard. Presented in Digital 3DTM, Real D 3D and IMAX® 3D, the lm transports audiences to the heart of the ac on, crea ng a fully immersive cinema c experience on an epic scale.

Directed by Craig Gillespie, “The Finest Hours” stars Chris Pine, Casey A eck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger, John Or z, Kyle Gallner, John Magaro and Eric Bana and is produced by Jim Whitaker, p.g.a., and Dorothy Au ero, p.g.a., with Doug Merri eld serving as execu ve producer. The lm is wri en by Sco Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson, based on the acclaimed non- c on book of the same name by Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias.