The Perfect Storm (2000)
Coming Out at 29 June 2000 in theaters.
Action, Adventure, Drama
The Perfect Storm is biographical disaster drama film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and based on the 1997 non-fiction book of the same name by Sebastian Junger. The film tells the story of the Andrea Gail, a commercial fishing vessel that was lost at sea with all hands after being caught in the Perfect Storm of 1991. The film stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John Hawkes, William Fichtner, Michael Ironside, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane, Karen Allen and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. It was released on June 30, 2000, by Warner Bros. and grossed $328 million worldwide.
In October 1991, the commercial fishing boat Andrea Gail returns to port in Gloucester, Massachusetts, with a poor catch. Desperate for money, Captain Billy Tyne convinces the Andrea Gail crew to join him for one more late-season fishing expedition. The crew heads out past their usual fishing grounds on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, leaving a developing tropical storm behind them. Initially unsuccessful, they head to the Flemish Cap, where their luck greatly improves. At the height of their fishing, the ice machine breaks down; the only way to sell their catch before it spoils is to hurry back to shore. After debating whether to sail through the building storm or to wait it out, the crew decides to risk the storm. However, between Andrea Gail and Gloucester is a confluence of two powerful weather fronts and a hurricane, which the Andrea Gail crew underestimates.
After repeated warnings from other ships, Andrea Gail loses her antenna, forcing Captain Linda Greenlaw of sister ship Hannah Boden to call in a Mayday. A New York Air National Guard HH-60 Pave Hawk rescue helicopter responds, but after failing to perform a midair refueling with an HC-130 Hercules, the helicopter crew ditch their aircraft. All but one of the Air National Guard crew members are rescued by a Coast Guard vessel, the USCGC Tamaroa.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Writers: Sebastian Junger (book), William D. Wittliff
Stars: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane, William Fichtner, John Hawkes, Allen Payne
Cast:
| George Clooney | … | Billy Tyne |
| Mark Wahlberg | … | Bobby Shatford |
| John C. Reilly | … | Dale ‘Murph’ Murphy |
| Diane Lane | … | Christina Cotter |
| William Fichtner | … | David ‘Sully’ Sullivan |
| John Hawkes | … | Mike ‘Bugsy’ Moran |
| Allen Payne | … | Alfred Pierre |
| Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | … | Linda Greenlaw |
| Karen Allen | … | Melissa Brown |
| Cherry Jones | … | Edie Bailey |
| Bob Gunton | … | Alexander McAnally III |
| Christopher McDonald | … | Todd Gross |
| Michael Ironside | … | Bob Brown |
| Rusty Schwimmer | … | Irene ‘Big Red’ Johnson |
| Janet Wright | … | Ethel Shatford |
| Dash Mihok | … | Sgt. Jeremy Mitchell |
| Josh Hopkins | … | Capt. Darryl Ennis |
| Todd Kimsey | … | Lt. Rob Pettit |
| Chris Palermo | … | Flight Engineer Borgers |
| Wiley M. Pickett | … | Sgt. Millard Jones |
| Hayden Tank | … | Dale Murphy, Jr. |
| Merle Kennedy | … | Debra Murphy (Murph’s Ex-Wife) |
| Jennifer Sommerfeld | … | Alfred Pierre’s Girlfriend |
| Joseph D. Reitman | … | Douglas Kosco |
| Sandy Ward | … | Quentin (The Old Timer) |
| Melissa Samuels | … | Pam (Todd Gross’ Assistant) |
| Steven Barr | … | Commander Brudnicki |
| J. Scott Shonka | … | Communications Officer |
| Patrick Foley | … | Falcon Jet Pilot |
| Lloyd Malone | … | Falcon Jet Co-Pilot |
| Billy Mayo | … | C-130 Pilot |
| Mark Adams | … | C-130 Co-Pilot |
| Tim Trotman | … | C-130 Navigator |
| Barry Rutstein | … | C-130 Engineer |
| Patrick Stinson | … | TV Newscaster #1 |
| Terry Anzur | … | TV Newscaster #2 |
| Katelyn C. Brown | … | Carrot Top Kid #1 |
| Miles Schneider | … | Carrot Top Kid #2 |
| James Lee | … | Helmsman |
| Jim Argenbright | … | Quartermaster |
| Michael Spaseff | … | Lookout |
| Walter Altman | … | Bartender |
| Stephanie Atkinson | … | Funeral Attendant |
| Janet Borgman | … | Church Parishioner |
| Jeffrey Corazzini | … | Coast Guard Rescue Unit |
| Tim Cowgill | … | Crow’s Nest Patron |
| Elizabeth Duff | … | Billy Tyne’s Ex-Wife |
| Matt Duggan | … | Crow’s Nest Patron |
| Shawn Fogarty | … | Church Mourner |
| Tim Gato | … | Funeral |
| Sebastian Junger | … | Crow’s Nest Patron |
| Ariane Von Kamp | … | Crow’s Nest Pool Player |
| Edmund Loughlin | … | Local |
| Bruce Mahler | … | Mr. Moss |
| Brad Martin | … | Gloucester Fisherman #1 |
| Kevin McNamara | … | Coast Guard Sailor |
| Ken Parham | … | Fisherman in Bar |
| Marc Antonio Pritchett | … | Alfred’s Friend |
| Marcio Rosario | … | Pool Player |
| Alan Francis Sullivan | … | Assistant Medical Examiner |
| Michael Steven Swanson | … | Police Photographer |
| Alex Martinez Wallace | … | Person at Funeral |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia