Deepwater Horizon movie quotes bring the suspense to the disaster film based on the 2010 explosion of the oil rig of the same name and subsequent oil spill. Peter Berg directed the film using a screenplay Matthew Michael Carnahan and Matthew Sand adapted from the book Deepwater Horizon's Final Hours by David Barstow, David Rohde and Stephanie Saul. Based on the true events, Deepwater Horizon opened in theaters on September 30, 2016.
In Deepwater Horizon, Mike Williams (Mark Wahlberg) spends his days working on oil rigs and his leisure time with wife Felicia (Kate Hudson) and daughter Sydney (Stella Allen). While Sydney prepares a presentation about her father's job, Mike heads out to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, the deepest oil well in history.
Along with rig supervisor Donald Vidrine (John Malkovich) and other workers such as Jimmy Harrell (Kurt Russell), Andrea Fleytas (Gina Rodriguez) and Caleb Holloway (Dylan O'Brien), the crew of the Deepwater Horizon crew are nearly done with their drill when tragedy strikes. The drill hits a geyser, spraying mud and methane gas all over the rig, and quickly goes up in flames. Stuck between a burning rig and an ocean also on fire from spilled oil, the crew is faced with dire circumstances as they fight to survive.
Deepwater Horizon movie quotes give a peek into the thriller film, but if they don't thrill you, check out quotes from other September 2016 movies such as Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Goat, The Dressmaker, and Storks.
Deepwater Horizon Movie Quotes,
Did It Get Real Bright in There?
Felicia Williams: Is it just me or did it get real bright in there all of a sudden? Mike, what is that? Is everything okay? Mike?
Mike Williams: I'll call you back. I'll call you ba...
Mike speaks to wife Felicia via video call in these Deepwater Horizon movie quotes. When she notices the lights in his room brighten, Mike realizes that something is very, very wrong on the oil rig.
Mayday! Mayday!
Andrea Fleytas: Mayday! Mayday! This is Deepwater Horizon.
Moments after the disaster which cripples the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, Andrea Fleytas calls for emergency help. This type of explosion is always dangerous and most likely deadly.
I Don't Want to Die
Andrea Fleytas: I don't want to die! I don't want to die.
Mike Williams: You're not going to die. Trust me.
With the oil rig behind them in these Deepwater Horizon movie quotes, Andrea panics, thinking she is going to die. It's not a great situation, an oil rig on fire behind them and oil on fire in the ocean in front of them, but Mike vows to keep her safe.
That Oil is a Monster
Sydney Williams: My dad is Mike. He works on a drilling rig that pumps oil out from underneath the ocean. That oil is a monster, like the mean old dinosaurs that oil used to be. So for 300 million years, these old dinosaurs have been getting squeezed tighter and tighter and tighter and tighter.
Mike Williams: We get it. Just use two tighters.
Sydney Williams: Then dad and his friends make a hole in their roof and these mean old dinosaurs can't believe it. So they rush through the new hole, then smack, they run into this stuff called mud that hold the monsters down and build them a new roof.
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Sydney: Dad, you need to get me a fossil.
Mike Williams: I will.
Sydney Williams: I need to be able to hold it up and say my daddy tames the dinosaurs.
Sydney practices her school project about her father's job in these Deepwater Horizon movie quotes. She is very proud of her father, as he is of her.
A Very Profitable Win
Donald Vidrine: We a big company, millions of moving parts. We all work very hard to ensure those moving parts are functioning as a means to a very profitable win for all of us.
Rig supervisor Donald Vidrine explains that his employer, BP, is a massive company that is determined to bring his company profits. Some may argue that it was the pursuit of profit that contributed to this disaster, the biggest oil spill in history.
What's Wrong?
Sydney Williams: What's wrong?
Felicia Williams: Not now, baby
As news of the Deepwater Horizon explosion hits the news, Felicia phones looking for information on the status of her husband, Mike. Daughter Sydney is concerned too, but Felicia is not ready to deal with the child just yet.
Are You Seeing This?!
Caleb Holloway: Are you seeing this?!
The first signs of something awry emerge in this Deepwater Horizon movie quote. Caleb notices mud oozing through parts of the oil rig machinery, which suggests that a major and highly dangerous problem.
I Will See Them Again
Mike Williams: My wife's name is Felicia and my daughter's Sydney and I will see them again. Do you understand me?
Trying to reassure his crew members, Mike thinks about his family at home as he strives to stay positive in this Deepwater Horizon movie quote. Mike knows he must get home to his wife and daughter and urges others to fight to get back to what they love.