Big Miracle Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

A fact-based film about the 1988 rescue of a trio of California gray whales that got trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

The tale of a small town news reporter (John Krasinski) and a Greenpeace volunteer (Drew Barrymore) who are joined by rival world superpowers to save a family of majestic gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle. Local newsman Adam Carlson (Krasinski) can’t wait to escape the northern tip of Alaska for a bigger market. But just when the story of his career breaks, the world comes chasing it, too. With an oil tycoon, heads of state and hungry journalists descending upon the frigid outpost, the one who worries Adam the most is Rachel Kramer (Barrymore). Not only is she an outspoken environmentalist, she’s also his ex-girlfriend. With time running out, Rachel and Adam must rally an unlikely coalition of Inuit natives, oil companies and Russian and American military to set aside their differences and free the whales. As the world’s attention turns to the top of the globe, saving these endangered animals becomes a shared cause for nations entrenched against one another and leads to a momentary thaw in the Cold War.

Drama Romance True Story

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Big Miracle.

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  John Krasinski

  ... Adam Carlson

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  Drew Barrymore

  ... Rachel Kramer

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  Kristen Bell

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  Tim Blake Nelson

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  Ted Danson

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  Vinessa Shaw

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Crew Behind the Film

The Big Miracle behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Ken Kwapis last directed A Walk in the Woods and He's Just Not That Into You. The film's writer Jack Amiel last wrote The Shaggy Dog and Raising Helen.

Director

Ken Kwapis

Screenwriters

Jack Amiel
Michael Begler

Producers

Tim Bevan
Liza Chasin
Eric Fellner
Steve Golin
Michael Sugar

Additional Information

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Production Details

What we know about the Big Miracle movie production.

Key Facts

• Based on a true story.

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