Big Miracle (2012)
Overview
Big Miracle is an upcoming romantic drama film starring Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski. The film, directed by Ken Kwapis, is based on the 1989 book Freeing the Whales by Tom Rose, which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales from being trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska. The film is scheduled to be released on February 3, 2012.
A nonprofit aid worker and a government worker spark romantically as they work together in the effort to free three California gray whales who have become trapped in a hole in the ice of the Arctic Circle.
Big Miracle is based on the 1989 book Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World's Greatest Non-Event by Tom Rose, and an episode of Untamed and Uncut which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales from being trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska. The film is directed by Ken Kwapis based on a screenplay by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler. Warner Bros. bought the screenplay by Amiel and Begler in April 2009, and in the following June, Kwapis was attached to direct. In September 2010, with Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski cast in the starring roles,
Cast
Details
| Directed by: | Ken Kwapis |
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| Written by: | Jack Amiel, Michael Begler |
| Release date: | 03 February 2012 |
| Genre: | Romance Film, Drama |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Language: | English Language |
