Хе, ну искать -то рано не придется...В Америке дата релиза назначена на 6 июня 2003 года.
Вот некоторые материалы про фильм...
Release Date: June 6th, 2003
Distributor: 20th Century Fox (picked up in November, 1998 after being in development at Touchstone for quite a while)
Cast: Russell Crowe (Jack Aubrey), Paul Bettany (Stephen Maturin), Billy Boyd (Barrett Bonden), James D'Arcy, Lee Ingleby, George Innes, Mark Lewis Jones, Chris Larkin, Richard McCabe, Robert Pugh, David Threlfall; other cast not announced yet.
Cast Note: (1/27/02) In early 2001, Heath Ledger was mentioned by Movieline as being in talks to star as Jack Aubrey, but he was replaced by Crowe. There are now rumors that the role of Stephen Maturin may go to Ralph Fiennes. (2/27/02) Dark Horizons reports that Paul Bettany (A Knight's Tale) might now be in talks to play Maturin. (3/18/02) The Hollywood Reporter confirms Bettany's casting as Stephen Maturin.
Director: Peter Weir (Witness, The Truman Show, Gallipoli, Dead Poets Society, The Mosquito Coast)
Screenwriter: None announced yet.
Screenwriter Notes: The recent Variety article (8/10/00) that reported Weir's involvement mentioned that Tom Stoppard (Billy Bathgate) and David Mamet (State and Main) are possibilities. Mamet recently wrote a "paean" to author Patrick O'Brian for the New York Times, comparing him to Mark Twain and Arthur Conan Doyle.
Based Upon: This movie is based upon the tenth novel, "The Far Side of the World" in the "Master and Commander" series by Patrick O'Brian, which started in 1969, inspiring 20 installments, all set during the early 19th century Napoleonic Wars, following the high seas adventures of Captain Jack Aubrey and his ship surgeon Stephen Maturin (also a spy). If this first film is successful, it could easily become the first in a long series of adaptations. Author Patrick O'Brian died in January, 2000 at the age of 85. The adventures of Aubrey and his ship, Sophie, in Master and Commander are based upon Lord Cochrane's ship, Speedy. (3/7/02) It's been confirmed that the ship will actually be the HMS Surprise, which debuted in the 3rd novel of the same name.
Premise: Set during the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, this is the seafaring adventuring tale of the British ship, HMS Surprise, captained by Jack Aubrey (Crowe), who travels around the world with his friend and secret agent, Stephen Maturin (Bettany), in an era where the open seas were the vast and wild setting for amazing adventures and high intrigue. Specifically, the premise of this movie is about the Surprise's chasing down of a French "super-frigate" called the Acheron, from the stormy waters of Cape Horn, up the South American coast to the Galapagos Islands, sparked by the Acheron's (perhaps ironic) suprise attack on the Surprise.
Premise Notes: (12/3/01) The tricky part about this film is that it's unclear whether it will focus on just the novel after which it's named, or if the film will include elements of earlier books (since The Far Side of the World is tenth in a series of twenty). To get us started, here's the plot summary I wrote up when I thought this was going to be based on the first novel:
"At Port Mahon on the island of Minorca in 1800, young Captain Jack Aubrey meets an out-of-work surgeon, Stephen Maturin, who he enlists to join him, when he gets his first ship as Captain, the man-of-war sloop, Sophie. This is a story of beginnings, as the Sophie sails the Mediterranean, attacking French and Spanish cargo ships, climaxing with a battle against the massive 32-gun frigate, Cacafuego, sent by the Spanish to finish off the bothersome Sophie, and its young captain... (premise summary written by Greg Dean Schmitz, 8/10/00)"
Now, here's a plot synopsis of The Far Side of the World, this time quoted from Ingram:
"The War of 1812 continues, and Jack Aubrey sets course for Cape Horn on a mission after his own heart: intercepting a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade. Little do he and Maturin know that disaster awaits them in the Great South Sea: typhoons, shipwrecks, murder, and criminal insanity."
(10/15/02) A recent article in the "New York Times" (reprinted, with a photo of Crowe in character over at Maximum Crowe) clarifies that the enemy ship that the HMS Surprise is chasing in the film has been changed from an American ship (in the novel) to a French "super-frigate" called the Acheron. The year has also been changed to 1806, so this is part of the Napoleonic Wars, rather than being part of England's War of 1812 with the United States.
Filming: Production started on June 3rd, 2002, filming at the Fox Studios Baja in northern Mexico (the water sets built for their filming of Titanic), wrapping in mid-October, 2002. (2/7/02) Michael Fleming of Variety reports that the budget is a whopping $135 million. (11/11/02) Filming has wrapped.
