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The Perfect Storm (2000)

The Perfect Storm poster
Directed by
Wolfgang Petersen
Genre
drama film, action film, disaster film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 10m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2,594 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A commercial fishing boat and its crew head out to sea for a big catch. They get caught in a massive storm that threatens to destroy them.

tensebleaksombergrittysuspensefuloverwhelmingrelentless

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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