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film by Ken Kwapis

This article is about the film. For the book, see Big Miracle (book).

Big Miracle, originally Everybody Loves Whales, is a drama film directed by Ken Kwapis. It stars Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski. The film is based on Tom Rose's book Freeing the Whales, which covers Operation Breakthrough, the international effort to rescue gray whales trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska.

Plot

In small town Alaska , Adam Carlson, a news reporter, recruits his ex-girlfriend Rachel – a Greenpeace volunteer – on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle. Adam names the father Fred, the mother Wilma, and the infant Bamm-Bamm.

Drawn into the collaborative rescue work are several normally hostile factions: Inupiat whale hunters, a Greenpeace environmental activist, an oil executive, ambitious news reporters, the National Guard, the American president and politicians on the state, national, and international levels.

Also joining in the effort are two entrepreneurs from Minnesota, who provide de-icing machines to help keep the hole open.

Finally an enormous Soviet ice-breaker ship arrives to remove the last barrier before the whales die.

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The ship's first attempt leaves only a dent. The ice is finally broken and the adult whales escape the ice. The infant whale dies from injuries.

The epilogue, narrated by Nathan, reveals that McGraw used his new reputation to uphold a contract to clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Karl and Dean's de-icers made them local celebrities, Scott and Kelly were married, Jill worked her way up to a national news network, Greenpeace membership became more prominent, Adam confesses his love for Rachel and she returns his affections and they share a kiss, Adam got to stay being a news anchor, and both Nathan and Malik became closer to one another, and Nathan recalls about the hole in which the whales were first found and quotes, "It kept getting bigger and bigger, until it let the whole world in."

Cast

Production

Warner Bros.

bought the screenplay by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler in April , and in the following June, Kwapis was attached to direct.^[9] In September , with Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski cast in the starring roles, filming began in Seward. It had a production budget of $30 or 40 million. The crew constructed sets in Anchorage to resemble places in Utqiagvik during the whale rescue.

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Filming lasted for 10 weeks.^[10] The film's working title was Everybody Loves Whales, which is a line still heard in the film. Visual effects on Big Miracle were created by Rhythm and Hues Studios and Modus FX. Burger King promoted the movie with toys. The MPAA has rated this film PG for language.

The red-and-black Soviet icebreaker in the movie is modeled after real world Arktika-classnuclear-powered icebreaker which is considerably larger than the diesel-electric icebreaker used in the actual rescue effort, the built Admiral Makarov. In shots which include live footage of the built 50 Let Pobedy, the blue-and-white polar bear logo of the former operator of the Russian nuclear icebreaker fleet, Murmansk Shipping Company, is clearly visible but the atom symbol on the hull as well as the name of the vessel has been airbrushed out.

Reception

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 75% based on reviews from critics. The site's consensus was: "Big Miracle uses real-life events as the basis for a surprisingly satisfying family drama."^[11] On Metacritic the film holds a score of 61 out of based on 28 reviews.^[12]

The film grossed $2,, in the US and Canada on its opening day, ranking fourth behind Chronicle, The Woman in Black, and The Grey at the box office.^[13] The film grossed $7,, on its opening weekend and remained at the same spot.^[14] On its second weekend the film dropped to #8, with $3,,^[15] The film closed its run on April 5, , with $24,, worldwide.

References

Further reading

• Rose, Tom (). Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World's Greatest Non-Event. Carol Publishing Corporation. ISBN&#;.

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