His convoy duties complete, Aubrey is permitted by Admiral Lord Keith to cruise the Mediterranean independently, looking to capture French and Spanish merchant vessels, at which he is very successful, taking many prizes. Sophie meets and defeats the much larger and better-armed Cacafuego, a Spanish 32-gun xebec-frigate, though a number of the crew, including Dillon, die in the bloody action. A victory against such odds would normally bring official recognition, promotion, and significant prize money, but unfortunately for Aubrey his superior at Mahon is Captain Harte, with whose wife Aubrey has been having an affair. Harte ensures that Aubrey receives none of those things, though he cannot prevent Aubrey gaining a reputation within the Royal Navy as one of its great, young fighting captains. The Acheron design presented in the film was constructed by the film's special-effects team who took stem-to-stern digital scans of USS Constitution at her berth in Boston, from which a computer model of Acheron was created. [15] Guide for the Perplexed by A G Brown. Translations into English of foreign phrases within the novels. If, however, you enjoy Austin and well-crafted writing, are willing to commit to a series that develops characters slowly, over many books--you will cherish these. The exploit of deceiving a ship at night by attaching lights to a decoy was executed by Cochrane and was described in his Autobiography of a Seaman. [18] A similar exploit was reported to have been used by the French privateer Joseph-Marie Potier to escape a British frigate near Quiberon Bay in January 1809. [19]

a b c d "Box Office History". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019 . Retrieved January 30, 2009. In the first of the series, during a tour of the rigging, Maturin asked his tourguide if he "could not explain this maze of ropes and wood and canvas without using sea-terms" and the reply came "No, for it is by those names alone that they are known, in nearly every case". [15] Myers, Kevin (22 January 2000). "O'Brian: the most Irish Englishman". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Reynaud, Daniel (2017). "Authenticating the Imaginary: Cloaking with history the characters of O'Brian's fiction and Weir's film" (PDF). Journal of History and Cultures. 7: 1–9. ISSN 2051-221X. Cochrane, Thomas, Earl of Dundonald (1860). The Autobiography of a Seaman. Vol.I. London: Richard Bentley. p.107. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021 . Retrieved September 4, 2017. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)Golden, Gerald (2005). "The Physician at the Movies: Master and Commander". The Pharos. Alpha Omega Alpha-Honor Medical Society. 68 (1): 51. PMID 15792082. Watching Captain Aubrey struggle with the politics of the situation and then rise to the occasions as needed is a treat. You feel like cheering by the end of the book when… (oh, I won’t give it away, sorry). Following the privateer south, Surprise rounds Cape Horn and heads to the Galápagos Islands, where the whaling fleet is concentrated. The ship's surgeon, Stephen Maturin, is interested in the islands' unique flora and fauna, and Aubrey promises his friend several days' exploration time. However, when Surprise reaches the Galápagos, they recover the survivors of a whaling ship, Albatross, burned by Acheron. Aubrey hastily pursues the privateer, dashing Maturin's expectation of more time to explore. According to Richard Snow in 2004, the first meeting between Aubrey and Maturin (with which the novel opens) led to "the greatest friendship of modern literature". Snow quotes Fredric Smoler, professor of history and literature, in a Shakespearean comparison: "It's like Prince Hal meeting Falstaff". [38] Lozano Sánchez, Francisco S. (2016). "Master and Commander: Cirugía y cirujanos". Revista de Medicina y Cine. 12 (1): 12–20.

Shafer, Ellise (January 17, 2021). "Russell Crowe Responds to Tweet Criticizing 'Master and Commander': 'Kids These Days' ". Variety. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021 . Retrieved February 19, 2021. The film was critically well received and garnered Weir the BAFTA Award for Best Direction. At the 76th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for 10 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. It won Best Cinematography and Best Sound Editing. In June 2021, a prequel film was announced to be developing. Roger Ebert gave the film 4 stars out of 4, saying that "it achieves the epic without losing sight of the human". [18] The Guardian 's Peter Bradshaw praised the film and Crowe's performance. [32] New York Times critic A. O. Scott described the film as "stupendously entertaining". [33] However, Jason Epstein, also writing for The New York Times, criticized the film, taking issue with changes from the novel, Crowe's "one-dimensional action hero", and implausible events in the script. [14] James, William I (1837). The Naval History of Great Britain from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV. Vol.4 (Newed.). Bentley. pp.132–133. Archived from the original on February 18, 2021 . Retrieved November 30, 2016.And I will quote myself, speaking to a friend: "I was just thinking, hey, I haven't heard from those two guys in a while. The big loud sailor and his naturalist friend. Then I realized the reason why I hadn't heard from them: they are characters in a book. They are fictional. They are not real, however much I want them to be." However, only ten days of the filming took place at sea aboard Rose (a reproduction of the 18th-century post ship HMS Rose). [8] [note 3] Other scenes were shot on a full-scale replica mounted on gimbals in a nearly 20-million-gallon tank at Baja Studios in Mexico, [14] [17] [8] built for the filming of Titanic (1997). [18] [14] Harvey, Robert (2000). Cochrane: The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captain. London: Robinson. ISBN 1-84119-398-4. Kiefer, Halle (January 17, 2021). "If You Don't Like 2003's Master and Commander, That's On You, Says Its Star Russell Crowe". Vulture. New York. Archived from the original on January 18, 2021 . Retrieved February 19, 2021.