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The Perfect Storm is a 2000 American disaster, drama, and action film directed by Wolfgang Petersen. The cast includes George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, William Fichtner, and John C. Reilly. Bo Goldman served as the screenwriter, while James Horner composed the music. The film was produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Radiant Productions, Baltimore Pictures, and Spring Creek Pictures. It was filmed in Florida and distributed by Netflix.
The movie has a runtime of 130 minutes and was released on June 29, 2000. Its budget was $130,000,000, with a reported box office revenue of $328,718,434. The film received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Sound and the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.5 based on 188,681 votes and a TMDb vote average of 6.485 from 2,548 votes. The original motion picture soundtrack was released in 2000.
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6.5In 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.
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
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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Key facts
- Directed by
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Screenplay by
- William D. Wittliff
- Based on
- The Perfect Storm , by Sebastian Junger
- Produced by
- Paula Weinstein Wolfgang Petersen Gail Katz
- Starring
- George Clooney Mark Wahlberg Diane Lane William Fichtner Karen Allen Bob Gunton Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio John C. Reilly
- Cinematography
- John Seale
- Edited by
- Richard Francis-Bruce
- Music by
- James Horner
- Production companies
- Baltimore Spring Creek Pictures Radiant Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- June 30, 2000 ( 2000-06-30 )
- Running time
- 130 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $120 million - $140 million
- Box office
- $328.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Perfect Storm
- Director
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Screenwriter
- Bo Goldman
- Composer
- James Horner
- Cinematographer
- John Seale
- Narrative location
- Gloucester
- Filming location
- Florida
- Duration
- 130
- FilmAffinity ID
- 485674
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- perfectstorm.warnerbros.com
- Image
- The Perfect Storm Logo.svg
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- publication date
- 2000-06-30
- title
- The Perfect Storm
- film editor
- Richard Francis-Bruce
- distributed by
- Netflix
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
- after a work by
- Sebastian Junger
- capital cost
- 182600000
- box office
- 328700000
- set in period
- 1990s
- Commons category
- The Perfect Storm (film)
- set in environment
- ship
- review score
- 47%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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Encyclopedic overview
The Perfect Storm is a 2000 American disaster drama film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and based on the 1997 creative non-fiction book of the same name by Sebastian Junger. The film was adapted by William D. Wittliff, with an uncredited rewrite by Bo Goldman, and tells the story of 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, Diane Lane, William Fichtner, Karen Allen, Bob Gunton, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and John C. Reilly.
The Perfect Storm was released on June 30, 2000, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received mixed reviews. It grossed $328 million worldwide, becoming the eighth highest-grossing film of 2000.
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