BP supervisors on rig depicted putting profits above safety Star-driven movie premiered at Toronto filmfest this week Just as memories of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster were starting to fade from public consciousness, an action-heavy movie version is set to bring them back, front and center. “Deepwater Horizon,” set for release at the end of the month, is an intense, big-budget depiction of the events immediately before, during and after the blowout and explosion at the ultradeep-sea drilling rig off Louisiana. The events left 11 workers dead and set off the worst oil spill in U.S. history. The filmmakers were aiming for a tribute to the victims and the survivors, but they also take some shots at the managers on the rig who worked for BP Plc, the majority owner of the well. In the Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. movie, which premiered at the Toronto International Film […]