Overview"Big Miracle" is a heartfelt 2012 drama film directed by Ken Kwapis. The motion picture is inspired by the real story in 1988 worrying Operation Breakthrough, a worldwide effort to save three gray whales caught in pack ice near Point Barrow, Alaska. The star-studded cast includes Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Kristen Bell, among others.
PlotlineJohn Krasinski plays Adam Carlson, a television press reporter in small-town Alaska. When doing a story on the regional Barrow neighborhood, he discovers 3 whales - a household comprised of two adults and a more youthful whale, later on named Fred, Wilma, and Bamm-Bamm - caught in the Arctic ice without a path to open water. The whales' struggle quickly draws in wide media attention and the interest of an animal-loving, Greenpeace activist, Rachel Kramer (Barrymore).
Worldwide EffortHeartwrenching scenes of the whales struggling for survival prompt a huge worldwide rescue operation. The plight of the caught whales turns into a cross-boundary problem engaging not simply the regional Inuit community, but also oil magnates, ecological activists, political leaders, and the U.S. military. In response, a not likely group of global collaborators types, consisting of the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War.
Unlikely AlliancesThe movie dramatizes the truth that it takes a big collective effort to accomplish a 'Big Miracle.' The not likely alliances formed over the shared goal of saving the whales exemplify this. Rachel puts aside her distinctions with oil tycoon J.W. McGraw (Ted Danson) due to his shipping innovation's potential in releasing the whales. Similarly, Colonel Scott Boyer (Dermot Mulroney), a National Guard officer, uses his military resources to help the trapped creatures. Reporters from around the world congregated in Alaska to broadcast the remarkable rescue efforts, even more worrying the scale and international scope of the event.
Resolution and ConclusionThe final portions of the movie shift focus to the bold rescue operation. It included painstakingly drilling holes in the ice to produce a breathing path for the whales towards the ocean blue. The rescue effort wasn't without challenges, causing the death of the youngest whale, Bamm-Bamm. However, the international unity and the figured out attempts to save these cetaceans display the vital theme of the movie - the greatness of cumulative effort for a great cause.
"Big Miracle" ends with a climactic last-ditch attempt to release the whales by utilizing Soviet ice-breaking ships, a decision that underlines the Cold War-era thawing of international relations started by this environmental endeavour. While the audience never gets to see if Fred and Wilma survived, the film illustrates their escape into the open waters.
In general"Big Miracle" is a psychological and inspiring movie that showcases how love for nature and a typical objective can form not likely alliances and produce positive modification versus all odds. The film masterfully links the cores of human compassion with political and environmental aspects, providing an extensive exploration of the breadth of mankind in its response to the predicament of three whales.
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