Rebellious and irreverent, Captain Jack is a man on a mission. Come hell or high water, he's determined to follow in the footsteps of Whitby's unsung hero, Captain Scoresby, who set sail from the town bound for the Arctic in the 18th Century. Assembling a crew of oddballs and misfits, the cantankerous captain weighs anchor and voyages into the unknown. His ship has been certified unseaworthy, and he's pursued by the Royal Navy, NATO and journalists, but nothing is going to stop Captain Jack fulfilling his wildest dream.
Acting
Hoskins turns stubborn buffoonery into weirdly moving poetry.
Production
The actual seaworthiness of the ship is genuinely terrifying.
Director
Robert Young
Bob Hoskins
Jack Armistead
Sadie Frost
Tessa
Gemma Jones
Eunice Pickles
Anna Massey
Phoebe
Peter McDonald
Andy Watts
David Troughton
Emmett
Maureen Lipman
Barbara Bostock
Patrick Malahide
Mr. Lancing
Michele Dotrice
Deirdre
Nick Stringer
Toby
Trevor Bannister
1st Holiday Maker
Paul Butterworth
2nd Holiday Maker
Andy de la Tour
Chandler
Keith Clifford
Harbour Master
Kathryn Pogson
Teacher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based loosely on real Whitby seafarer William Scoresby, though the real one was actually competent.
Released in 1999 to zero fanfare, this captures a very specific late-90s British indie film energy that's since vanished.
GB
