The perfect storm

Resource Information

The work The perfect storm represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Worthington Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The perfect storm

Statement of responsibility

Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Baltimore Spring Creek Pictures production in association with Radiant Productions, a Wolfgang Petersen film ; produced by Paula Weinstein, Wolfgang Petersen and Gail Katz ; screenplay by Bill Wittliff ; directed by Wolfgang Petersen

Contributor

• Allen, Karen, 1951-
• Clooney, George
• Fichtner, William
• Lane, Diane
• Mastrantonio, Mary Elizabeth
• Petersen, Wolfgang
• Reilly, John C., 1965-
• Wahlberg, Mark, 1971-

Subject

• Andrea Gail (Boat) -- Drama
• Fronts (Meteorology) -- North Atlantic Ocean -- Drama
• Halloween Nor'easter, 1991 -- Drama
• Swordfish fishing -- North Atlantic Ocean -- Drama

Genre

• Drama

Language

• dut
• eng
• fin
• fre
• ger
• ita
• jpn
• kor
• nor
• por
• eng
• spa
• swe
• eng
• fre
• ger
• ita
• jpn
• spa
• chi
• dan
• eng

Summary

In October 1991, three raging weather fronts, one of them a powerful hurricane, combined in the North Atlantic to form the greatest storm in recorded history. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Billy Tyne is the sword-fishing boat captain of the Gail who is from Gloucester. Tyne is highly competitive, but has been stung by a string of poor outings. His crew is hardly back in port when he tells them he's going out again, even though it's October and the weather can turn ugly. Five join him. At first, they catch little, so they sail east, Tyne ignores the storm warnings behind him. Finally, the fish bite, but when the ice machine fails the men decide to try to head back with the catch that they have waited so long to get. Based on a true story of Sebastian Junger

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, John Seale ; editor, Richard Francis-Bruce ; music, James Horner

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for language and scenes of peril

Language note

English (TrueHD 5.1, Dolby EX 5.1, Dolby 5.1), dubbed French (Dolby EX 5.1), dubbed German (Dolby EX 5.1), dubbed Italian (Dolby EX 5.1), dubbed Japanese (Dolby EX 5.1) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby EX 5.1, Dolby 2.0) dialogue, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish or Swedish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.P47 2008

PerformerNote

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, William Fichtner, Karen Allen, Allen Payne, Bob Gunton, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, John C. Reilly

Runtime

130

Technique

live action