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The Perfect Storm
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.
2000 · Directed by Wolfgang Petersen · 130 min · Drama · Adventure · Action · Thriller · 12 frames
Tagline
Feel its fury.
Crew
- Screenplay: William D. Wittliff
- Cinematography: John Seale
- Edited by: Richard Francis-Bruce
- Music: James Horner
- Production design: William Sandell
- Produced by: Gail Katz, Wolfgang Petersen, Paula Weinstein
Cast
- George Clooney as Capt. Billy Tyne
- Mark Wahlberg as Bobby Shatford
- Diane Lane as Christina "Chris" Cotter
- John C. Reilly as Dale "Murp" Murphy
- William Fichtner as David "Sully" Sullivan
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Linda Greenlaw
- John Hawkes as Mike "Bugsy" Moran
- Dash Mihok as Sgt. Jeremy Mitchell
- Karen Allen as Melissa Brown
- Bob Gunton as Alexander McAnally III
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Radiant Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures, Baltimore Pictures, Spring Creek Pictures
- Budget: $130,000,000
- Box office: $328,718,434
- Themes: based on novel or book, natural disaster, u.s. air force, biography, based on true story, marine, disaster, shark, tragic event, thunderstorm
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