The Sea Wolf (1993)

Interesting facts

• Based on: The Sea-Wolf

The Sea Wolf is a 1993 American-Canadian made-for-television adventure drama film directed by Michael Anderson, starring Charles Bronson, Catherine Mary Stewart and Christopher Reeve. It is based on Jack London's 1904 novel The Sea-Wolf.

Production

According to writer-producer Andrew J. Fenady, when he wrote the screenplay, Charles Bronson was the prototype of the main antagonist Wolf Larsen. Bronson, known as an action film leading man, worked for Fenady prior, acting against type in the television film Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (1991).

About playing the main villain, Charles Bronson had reservations and said "I was a little worried about all of the dialogue. I don't usually do that much talking in movies. And this is a bad guy. A really bad guy."

Fenady wanted to film the project on a real boat, that looked like something of the period in which the story takes place and could accommodate a film crew. He explained that since the shoot was located in Vancouver, he called every boat broker in the West Coast and eventually they found a 120 foot schooner, named "Zodiac", that was built in 1924 with a 19th century design.

Director Michael Anderson explained that he accepted the opportunity to direct The Sea Wolf immediately after it was offered to him. He said that "in a day when special effects seem to overshadow all of filmmaking, the richness and depth of character and visual excitement of this project is a great joy to undertake.

On a sound stage in a Vancouver port, designer Trevor Williams built five below decks cabins and a water tank, that were engineered on rollers to give the effect of the "sway of the sea."

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