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The Perfect Storm (2000) -- An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.
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Release Date:
30 June 2000 (USA) more
Tagline:
In the Fall of 1991, the "Andrea Gail" left Gloucester, Mass. and headed for the fishing grounds of the North Atlantic. Two weeks later, an event took place that had never occurred in recorded history. more
Plot:
An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 19 nominations more
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(85 articles)
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A roller coaster ride on water more (742 total)

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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language and scenes of peril.
Runtime:
130 min
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Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital EX | SDDS (8 channels) | DTS

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Trivia:
Towards the end of Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio's emotional speech in the church at Gloucester, her microphone picked up her pounding heartbeat. Director Wolfgang Petersen liked the effect, so it remains audible on the soundtrack. more
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Crew or equipment visible: When the shark is thrashing around on the deck, the small platform on which it is mounted is visible in the low shot looking head on. more
Quotes:
Quentin - The Old Timer: [after hearing the Andrea Gail is headed for the Flemish Cap] The Flemish Cap? Went there once... in '62. Lots of fish...
[pause... hushed]
Quentin - The Old Timer: and lots of weather...
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Referenced in Kameleon 2 (2005) more
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Heart of Saturday Night more

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37 out of 56 people found the following comment useful.
A roller coaster ride on water, 2 July 2000
Author: DR.Z from Toronto, Ontario

I was struck by the documentary quality of this film, and couldn't help but look back to an earlier Peterson film, Das Boot, where we got up close and intimate with all the crew of the submarine--where they slept, went to the washroom, their soaking wet clothes, the damp, the stink of unwashed clothes, the claustrophobia on board. I had absolutely no trouble believing that Mark Wahlberg and Clooney were fishermen, trying to earn a hardscrabble living against a tough and unforgiving sea. The movie even starts slowly, giving the viewers insights into their lives at home, why they fish, and why they make the decisions later on in the movie. Then the film starts to slowly build the tension as the storm builds in strength. The special effects were absolutely believable, and Peterson piles on the tension even while breaking it up by adding a parallel rescue at the same time as the Andrea Gail begins to run into trouble. An excellent summer thriller that is a real roller coaster ride--literally and figuratively--on water.

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