Deepwater Horizon crew member Jimmy Harrell

Head Supervisor Jimmy Harrell (Kurt Russell) continuously argues about safety regulations with BP executive Don Vidrine (John Malkovich) who is on the oil-rig for what seems to be a production review. This is ironic considering the crew won a safety award on the day of the explosion. There are a lot of ...

Mark Wahlberg, as electronic technician Mike Williams, and Kurt Russell, as rig boss Jimmy “Mr. Jimmy” Harrell, may well earn best-actor nods based on their exceptional performances. John Malkovich, playing BP executive Donald Vidrine, turns in an understated performance that pivots the story in an ...

U.S. Coast Guard vessels battle the fire on the Deepwater Horizon while searching for survivors from the rig's 126-person crew. ... I stress not only that many technical mishaps contributed to it, but also that leadership failures – largely by BP, the company that owned the well – allowed the blowout to occur.

In the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, a judge placed most of the blame on BP. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier assigned 67% of the liability to BP, 30% to Transocean and 3% to Halliburton. I kept those percentages in mind as I screened the movie “Deepwater Horizon” when it opened on Friday.

About 40 minutes into the new movie Deepwater Horizon, there is a scene in which crew member Jimmy Harrell is suddenly called into the dining area on the floating drilling platform of the same name. “Mr. Jimmy,” played by Kurt Russell, was the offshore installation manager (essentially the crew boss) on ...

When Kurt Russell's crew leader Jimmy Harrell gets angry at the corporate brass for having neglected to perform some critical safety tests, you're angry right along with him. The execs like Don Vidrine (a perfectly slimy John Malkovich) see only that they're behind schedule and over budget and are cutting ...

The sailor, whom Buzbee refuses to name for fear of costing him his job, was on the ship's bridge when Deepwater Horizon installation manager Jimmy Harrell, a top employee of rig owner Transocean, was speaking with someone in Houston via satellite phone. Buzbee told Mother Jones that, according to ...