Jack Armistead is the Captain of a vessel not deemed sea worthy by the ship inspectors. He assembles a motley crew from Whitby, the local village and he intends to sail to the Arctic. He wants to follow the path of Captain Scoresby He is a sea captain who sailed from Whitby in Northern England to the Arctic in 1791. Captain Jack wants to place a plaque on one of the large rocks dedicated to Captain Scoresby. His crew includes two bickering sisters, an Australian hitchhiker hiding from his previous girl friends and a man who runs a local trader park. The local authorities amass an all out search to locate the boat when they realize it’s not at the dock!! There are both helicopters and other boats trying to locate the ship!! They believe it is too dangerous for the crew to be on an unreliable ship like this one??
This boat is carrying an unlikely group of ordinary people. They want to overcome their differences and fulfill Captain Jack’s dream. The journey seems of little consequence to others but it will require sacrifice and adventure. Their differences begin to change into ideas to obtain solutions. There is a good cast, good acting, a good story line, screenplay, direction and production. 5* (I really liked this movie)
90 min, Drama directed by Robert Young, written by Nick Davies and Jack Rosenthal with Bob Hoskins, Sadie Frost, Gemma Jones, Anna Massey, Peter McDonald, David Troughton, Maureen Lipman, Patrick Malahide, Michele Dotrice, Michele Dotrice, John Goldschmidt.
Note: Imdb 6.2 out of 10, Amazon 4.4* out of 5* with 31 ratings, Empire Online 2* out of 5* Ben Falk, Letterboxd 5*.
Special Note: Also known as An Inch Over the Horizon, filmed in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK. Behind-the-scenes footage of the filming was shown on Timeshift: Jack Rosenthal: The Voice of Television Drama 2004, TV Episode.
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