The Perfect Storm (film)
2000 dramatic disaster film by Wolfgang Petersen / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 the Andrea Gail, a commercial fishing vessel that was lost at sea with all hands after being caught in the Perfect Storm of 1991.[4] The film stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, William Fichtner, Karen Allen, Bob Gunton, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and John C. Reilly.
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Directed by | Wolfgang Petersen |
Screenplay by | William D. Wittliff |
Based on | The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger |
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Cinematography | John Seale |
Edited by | Richard Francis-Bruce |
Music by | James Horner |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $120 million[1]- $140 million[2] |
Box office | $328.7 million[3] |
The Perfect Storm was released on June 30, 2000, by Warner Bros.. Despite mixed reviews, the film grossed $328 million worldwide, becoming the eighth highest-grossing film of 2000.