Can 'Master' Command Box-Office Attention?

The Wall Street Journal ^ | November 13, 2003 | BRUCE ORWALL

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Twentieth Century Fox on Friday will release the first of what it hopes will be a series of movies about a courageous British naval captain named Jack Aubrey. But "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" is just about the opposite of the Hollywood norm for would-be movie franchises.

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Russell Crowe as Capt. Jack Aubrey in what Fox hopes will be a franchise based on Patrick O'Brian novels.

[neb52]

Compared to how bad Matrix 3 was, I am looking forward to this movie and as a 20 something. It fits right into what I look for in a multi-series Epic.

[camle]

I can't wait. haven't seen a good seafareing movie since the last Horatio Hornblower series.

[Chewbacca]

I kind of prefered the Horatio Hornblower movies myself, and wish to see more of them.

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Model Jana Speaker poses as she arrives as a guest at the premiere
of 'Master (L) and Commander (R) The Far Side of the World'
in Beverly Hills November 11, 2003.