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Deepwater Horizon (2016) | The Disaster Movie Everyone Forgot
Season 11
Episode 9
Published 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Description
Despite being a high-profile dramatic retelling of the biggest environmental disaster in American history, Deepwater Horizon was largely ignored by audiences in 2016. Director Peter Berg assembled a tension-filled, highly accurate portrayal that plays as one part docudrama, another part horror movie. Why didn’t this get more attention, and why has it still failed to leave much of a cultural impact nearly a decade later?
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