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  1. The Perfect Storm

    The Perfect Storm

    PG-132000 · Thriller · 2h 9m
  2. 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.

  3. Jun 30, 2000 · The Perfect Storm: Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. With George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane. An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.

    • (178K)
    • Action, Adventure, Drama
    • Wolfgang Petersen
    • 2000-06-30
    • MEL GIBSON, HARRISON FORD, AND NICOLAS CAGE ALL TURNED DOWN PARTS. Unlike Cage and Ford, Gibson simply wanted too much money ($25 million). Gibson’s The Patriot ended up opening on the same weekend as The Perfect Storm and came in second.
    • GEORGE CLOONEY WANTED TO PLAY BOBBY. Director Wolfgang Petersen convinced Clooney that he was the perfect age to play the 37-year-old captain Billy Tyne.
    • CLOONEY AND WAHLBERG DIDN’T WANT TO HAVE BOSTON ACCENTS. Wahlberg spent a lot of time and effort getting rid of his local accent, and called it “a real turnoff” that he would have to resurrect his old speaking habits.
    • THE FAMILIES OF THE ANDREA GAIL CREW MEMBERS UNSUCCESSFULLY SUED THE PRODUCERS. They were upset that the names of their family members weren’t changed, but some facts from the 1991 incident were.
  4. The 1991 Perfect Storm, also known as The No-Name Storm (especially in the years immediately after it took place) and the Halloween Gale/Storm, was a damaging and deadly nor'easter in October 1991.

  5. An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger. In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic.

  6. Jun 30, 2000 · The movie, based on the best-seller by Sebastian Junger, is mostly about a fishing ship named the Andrea Gail, out of Gloucester, Mass., which had the misfortune in 1991 of running into "the middle of the monster" when three great storm systems collided in the Atlantic.

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  8. The Perfect Storm | Rotten Tomatoes. PG-13 Now Playing 2h 9m Mystery & Thriller. List. Based on a true story, the film tells of the courageous men and women who risk their lives every...

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