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| Year: | 2000 |
| Rating: | 6.2(55647) |
| Listed in: | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Directed by: | Wolfgang Petersen |
| Actors: | George Clooney Mark Wahlberg John C. Reilly William Fichtner John Hawkes Diane Lane |
| "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." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
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| Wolfgang Petersen | |
| Actors | |
| George Clooney | as Captain Billy Tyne |
| Mark Wahlberg | as Bobby Shatford |
| John C. Reilly | as Dale 'Murph' Murphy |
| William Fichtner | as David 'Sully' Sullivan |
| John Hawkes | as Mike 'Bugsy' Moran |
| Allen Payne | as Alfred Pierre |
| Bob Gunton | as Alexander McAnally III |
| Christopher McDonald | as Todd Gross |
| Michael Ironside | as Bob Brown |
| Dash Mihok | as Sgt. Jeremy Mitchell |
| Josh Hopkins | as Capt. Darryl Ennis |
| Todd Kimsey | as Lt. Rob Pettit |
| Chris Palermo | as Flight Engineer Borgers |
| Wiley M. Pickett | as Sgt. Millard Jones |
| Hayden Tank | as Dale Murphy, Jr. |
| Joseph D. Reitman | as Douglas Kosco |
| Sandy Ward | as Quentin - The Old Timer |
| Steven Barr | as Commander Brudnicki |
| J. Scott Shonka | as Communications Officer |
| Patrick Foley | as Falcon Jet Pilot |
| Lloyd Malone | as Falcon Jet Co-Pilot |
| Billy Mayo | as C-130 Pilot |
| Mark Adams | as C-130 Co-Pilot |
| Tim Trotman | as C-130 Navigator |
| Barry Rutstein | as C-130 Engineer |
| Patrick Stinson | as TV Newscaster #1 |
| Miles Schneider | as Carrot Top Kid #2 |
| James Lee | as Helmsman |
| Jim Argenbright | as Quartermaster |
| Michael Spaseff | as Lookout |
| Walter Altman | as Bartender |
| Jeffrey Corazzini | as Coast Guard Rescue Unit |
| Tim Cowgill | as Crow's Nest Patron |
| Matt Duggan | as Crow's Nest Patron |
| Shawn Fogarty | as Church Mourner |
| Jack Foote | as Police Union Leader |
| Alan Francis | as Assistant Medical Examiner |
| James Grant | as Person at Funeral |
| Sebastian Junger | as Crow's Nest Patron |
| Edmund Loughlin | as Local |
| Bruce Mahler | as Mr. Moss |
| Brad Martin | as Gloucester Fisherman #1 |
| Kevin McNamara | as Coast Guard Sailor |
| Christopher Melberg | as Mourner |
| Ken Parham | as Fisherman in Bar |
| Marcio Rosario | as Pool Player |
| Mike Swanson | as Police Photographer |
| Alex Martinez Wallace | as Person at Funeral |
| Actresses | |
| Diane Lane | as Christina Cotter |
| Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | as Linda Greenlaw |
| Karen Allen | as Melissa Brown |
| Cherry Jones | as Edie Bailey |
| Rusty Schwimmer | as Irene 'Big Red' Johnson |
| Janet Wright | as Ethel Shatford |
| Merle Kennedy | as Debra Murphy - Murph's Ex-Wife |
| Jennifer Sommerfield | as Alfred Pierre's Girlfriend |
| Melissa Samuels | as Pam - Todd Gross' Assistant |
| Terry Anzur | as TV Newscaster #2 |
| Katelyn C. Brown | as Carrot Top Kid #1 |
| Janet Borgman | as Church Parishioner |
| Elizabeth Duff | as Billy Tyne's Ex-Wife |
| Ariane Von Kamp | as Crow's Nest Pool Player |
| Anya Slavin |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | 26 July 1999 - 23 December 1999 |
| Budget: | USD 140,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 62,742,422 USD (4 July 2000) UK - 8,857,917 GBP (10 September 2000) Worldwide - 143,138,203 USD (7 December 2000) (except USA) Denmark - 549,529 USD (14 September 2000) Iceland - 776,686 USD (24 September 2000) |
| Plot: | Billy Tyne is a sword-fishing-boat captain out of Gloucester, highly competitive and 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: the young Bobby, newly in love; Murph, a devoted father recently divorced; Sully, a guy Murph despises; Bugsy, who's finally met a woman who likes him; and Alfred, a quiet Jamaican. They catch little, so they sail east, with Tyne ignoring storm warnings behind him. Finally, the fish bite, but the ice machine fails. Should they head home through the storm of the century, or wait it out and lose their catch? Fearful, the women wait. |
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"Yours Forever" (Theme from The Perfect Storm (2000)) Written by James Horner, John Mellencamp and George Green Produced by John Mellencamp, James Horner and Michael Wanchic Performed by John Mellencamp Courtesy of Sony Music "Hungry Heart" Written by Bruce Springsteen Performed by Bruce Springsteen Courtesy of Columbia Records By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing "No Woman, No Cry" Written by Vincent Ford Performed by Bob Marley Courtesy of Universal International Music B.V. Under License from Universal Music Enterprises "Rhythm of My Heart" Written by Marc Jordan and John Capek Performed by Rod Stewart Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc. By Arrangement with Warner Special Products "Heart of Saturday Night" Written by Tom Waits Performed by Tom Waits Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group By Arrangement with Warner Special Products "Tush" Written by Billy Gibbons (as Billy F Gibbons), Dusty Hill and Frank Beard Performed by ZZ Top Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc. By Arrangement with Warner Special Products "Man in the Box" Written by Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley Performed by Alice in Chains Courtesy of Columbia Records By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing "The Big Rock" From Pale Rider (1985) Written by Lennie Niehaus "The Last Deputy" From Pale Rider (1985) Written by Lennie Niehaus "End of the Line" Written by Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, John Jaworowicz and Allen Woody Performed by The Allman Brothers Band Courtesy of Epic Records By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" Performed by The North Shore Chorale Group |
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DATE: The movie was set in 1991, but there is a newspaper with a Kia advertisement. Kia's first U.S. cars were sold in 1994. Continuity: Murph gets a fishing hook caught in his hand and when Billy starts to take it out, Murph puts a big wooden spoon in his mouth. Billy jerks the hook out and the reaction shot of Murph shows that the scooping part of the spoon has switched from the right to the left. Continuity: When the Weather Service meteorologist is explaining what will cause the perfect storm, the head of the Count von Count doll from "Sesame Street" (1969) on the computer changes position by itself. FAIR: While Murph waits for his son outside the bar he takes four drags from a cigarette; while not all viewers saw it, he does in fact exhale at least once. FAIR: Although Tyne, Shatford and Sully were the only fisherman from Gloucester who died at sea, the wall lists the names of all men who gave their lives while working as professional fisherman who sailed out of Gloucester, regardless of where they actually lived. DATE: When the Andrea Gail and its sister ship, the Hannah Bowden, enter Gloucester Harbor together at the beginning of the movie, the Leisure Casino Cruises casino boat is visible tied up at a pier in the background. However, Leisure Casino Cruises did not start running out of Gloucester until 1998. Crew: In a scene where Billy Tyne is talking to Bobby Shatford in the captain's loft of the ship, as the camera pans around, a crew member is visible in one of the instruments. FAIR: While the Andrea Gail is fishing at the Flemish Caps, seagulls are visible. While you might not expect to see them so far from shore, seagulls are often found far at sea in the Atlantic, since they can live on and between ships in the area. FAIR: In the middle of the storm, the TV in the Gail's lower room keeps showing a perfect image - because it's playing a video. And while the anchor bracket for the TV isn't visible, it could be behind the TV, much like a removable car stereo. Fact errors: After the Andrea Gail returns to Gloucester with its first catch of swordfish, the dock and plant workers use cubed ice, when in reality shaved ice is used to pack fresh fish. Continuity: The story is set in late October, in Massachusetts, when leaves would already have turned color, yet in shots with the hillsides in view, the trees are all green. FAIR: Early in the movie, we see the body of a Gloucester fisherman who died at sea being removed from a rival fishing boat. However, at the end of the film, he is not listed on the wall of lost fishermen for the year 1991. That's because the wall lists only those lost at sea, not those who died at sea from other causes. Continuity: Just before the Andrea Gail is overturned and sunk, she is shown from above approaching a giant wave, with her stablizing "out-riggers" deployed. The next shot she is shown head-on and they are not in view. Finally, she is shown from above again, climbing the wave, and the stablizers are again deployed. Fact errors: When heading East towards the Flemish Caps, the sun is seen rising behind the ship, from the west. DATE: While the men are in the lower chamber watching movies there is a copy of "Blade Runner (1982) The Director's Cut" on the table. The director's cut was released in 1992; this movie is set in 1991. Continuity: During the helicopter crash, on impact the pilot's nightvision equipment flies off his crash helmet. Then on the close up, as the 'copter sinks, the equipment is back on the helmet. Continuity: In the middle of the movie, when Irene runs to The Crow's Nest's door, before she enters, she closes her umbrella; after she gets inside, she closes it again. Crew: 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. Continuity: Throughout the whole movie, Bobby has long hair, except when is is talking with Christina in private about going out again and about his black eye. Then, his hair is short. DATE: In the weather forecaster's office, a mid-1990s model Macintosh computer is visible on a desk in the background. Fact errors: The USCGC Tamaroa, the Coast Guard Cutter depicted in the film, was not one of the 210-foot Reliance-Class cutters shown in the film. She was a Navajo-class fleet tug converted to a Coast Guard Cutter. In spite of this difference, the 210-footer shown in the film is referred to as Tamaroa. Revealing mistakes: During the later storm sequences in the pilot house of the Andrea Gail (after the windows are broken out), notice that water droplets falling from overhead continue to fall vertically with the pull of gravity, thus revealing that the camera was tilted and the actors were leaning to heighten the appearance of rough seas. Fact errors: The Andrea Gail is displaying an all-around (light shows 360 degrees) green masthead light over an all-around white masthead light. According to COLREGS Rule 26 part C: "A vessel engaged in fishing, other than trawling, shall exhibit: I: two all around lights in a vertical line, the upper being red and the lower white." Trawling vessels display green over white. The Andrea Gail was long-line fishing, which would not be trawling and would require a red over white light, not green over white. FAIR: While inside of the bridge on the USCG Cutter, the officer is referred to as "Captain." The rank he was wearing on his hat is actually that of a Commander in the USN & USCG. However, by courtesy, any commanding officer of a seagoing vessel is called "Captain" while on board. Fact errors: When the Hurricane Hunter plane flies through hurricane Grace, the guy reading the wind speed gauge says "winds over 140 knots, category 5". But Grace was never higher than a CAT 2 (winds 100 mph) Crew: After their ship has been bashed by the rogue wave, the crew is forced to replace the windows on the starboard side of the bridge with either plywood, or some other form of sheeting. At the point of this replacement, a crew member is see being picked up by the wind underneath the covering making him airborne and tossing him over board. The wires are very visible while the crew member is airborne. DATE: One of the cereal boxes on the boat has a food pyramid on its spine. The food pyramid was first published in 1992, and the film is set in 1991. Revealing mistakes: David Clark "DC" logo is backwards on the jet pilots' headsets, revealing the use of a mirror image. Continuity: When the captain is about to inform the crew about the broken ice machine the camera pans out to the crew who all stop what they're doing. Murph stands holding two fins that apparently have just been cut from a fish. When the captain proceeds to tell them that the ice machine's "had it" the fins are no longer in Murph's hands; nor are they by his feet (in the event that he dropped them). |
Quotes
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Captain Billy Tyne: I always find the fish. Always! Bobby Shatford: Skip, what are we gonna do about those numbers? They suck. Captain Billy Tyne: The boys are talking? About how I lost it? Billy Tyne's lost it? Things get a little slow they're ready to draw and quarter you. I didn't think you would go along with them. Bobby Shatford: It's not that, Skip. I'm out here because I need the money. Captain Billy Tyne: You know, last trip I thought you had something to offer. But you know, you're just a punk. Bobby Shatford: Hey, you promised me a shitload of fish! Captain Billy Tyne: You'll get a shitload of fish. I've gone out before and motored back with so much stock little boys like you had to pack it on the pier. I always find the fish, always! And I will this time. So don't fuck with me! Christina 'Chris' Cotter: I'll be asleep, and all the sudden there he is, that big smile. You know that smile. And I say, 'Hey, Bobby - where you been?' but he won't tell me. He just smiles and says, 'Remember, Christina: I'll always love you; I loved you the moment I saw you; I love you now; and I love you forever. There's no goodbyes - there's only love, Christina; only love. Then he's gone. But he's always happy when he goes so I know he's got to be okay - absolutely okay. Ethel Shatford: I love your dream. Billy's voice: The fog's just lifting. Throw off your bow line; throw off your stern. You head out to South channel, past Rocky Neck, Ten Pound Island. Past Niles Pond where I skated as a kid. Blow your air-horn and throw a wave to the lighthouse keeper's kid on Thatcher Island. Then the birds show up: black backs, herring gulls, big dump ducks. The sun hits ya - head North. Open up to 12 - steamin' now. The guys are busy; you're in charge. Ya know what? You're a goddam swordboat captain! Is there any thing better in the world? Bobby Shatford: Last night was worth it. There's nothin like sleepin' with you... just sleepin'... lyin next to you... all warm and sweet... Me wishin' the mornin' would never come... Christina 'Chris' Cotter: [letter to Bobby] Hi, Bobby, you're somewhere out there, on the deep blue goddamn sea, and I'm writing this on a box two semi-down pillows, that I secretly bought for us at Penny's, and I'm smiling at myself because the surprise I have in store for you... I'm talking removal, from our dungeons in the Crow's Nest... to our own place... It's no great shakes but... but ya gotta begin with a baby shake... right? Forever love Bobby... I'm in this for the long run... Linda Greenlaw: [warning Billy over the radio] Billy? Get outta there! Come about! Let it- let it carry you out of there! What the hell are you doing? Billy! For Christ sake! You're steaming into a bomb! Turn around for Christ sake! Billy, can ya hear me? You're headed right for the middle of the monster! Billy?... [starts crying]... Oh, my God! Christina 'Chris' Cotter: I'll be asleep, and then all of a sudden there he is... that big smile, you know that smile... And I say 'Hey Bobby, where ya been?'... but he won't tell me... He just smiles and says 'Remember I'll always love you Christina... I love you now and I love you forever... No goodbye... Only love... '... and then he's gone... but he's always happy when he goes, so I know he's gotta be OK... absolutely OK... Ethel Shatford: ...I love your dream... Linda Greenlaw: [at the services for the crew of the Andrea Gail] I knew Billy Tyne, but I did not know his crew very well, but any man who sailed with him, must have been the better for it. Rober Shatford, Dale Murphy, Micheal Moran, David Sullivan, Alfred Pierre... May you rest easy long-liners, in fair winds, and calm seas... For those of us left behind, the vast unmarked grave which is home for those lost at sea is no consolation. It can't be visited, there is no headstone on which to rest a bunch of flowers... The only place we can revisit them, is in our hearts, or in our dreams. They say swordboatmen suffer from a lack of dreams, that's what begets their courage... Well we'll dream for you: Billy, and Bobby, and Murph, Bugsy, Sully, and Alfred Pierre... Sleep well... Good Night... Linda Greenlaw: I saw your guys loading bait. You doing a turnaround? Captain Billy Tyne: No rest for the weary. Linda Greenlaw: There you go. Flaunting your work ethic. Captain Billy Tyne: I don't have a work ethic. I just have work... If I'm going to catch up to you. Bobby Shatford: So, what are you so happy about? Captain Billy Tyne: You just caught me on a good night. I'm doing what I was made to do - and I've got a feeling I'm going to do it even better this time. Melissa Brown: This weather fax just came in. Edie, have a look at this. Edie Bailey: We have got to head in now! Put in at Watch Hill! Alexander McAnally III: In this stuff, harbor's too dangerous. Melissa Brown: Dangerous? Alexander McAnally III: Dash into shore, cut across shipping lanes... Edie Bailey: This is a hurricane coming straight at us! Melissa Brown: Let me reduce sails, Sandy, or even go back home. Alexander McAnally III: This is my boat. We're gonna ride this thing out, not for fun, for safety. Do what I've always done: go with the flow. Bobby Shatford: I got a woman who I can't stand to be two feet away from. Captain Billy Tyne: Congratulations. Bobby Shatford: Then again, I love to fish. Captain Billy Tyne: Son, you've got a problem. Irene: So what does "Bugsy" stand for, anyway? Mike "Bugsy" Moran: Michael. Irene: That's a beautiful name. Why don't you use it? Mike "Bugsy" Moran: Because people know me as Bugsy. Captain Billy Tyne: Bugs, how you making out? Mike "Bugsy" Moran: I'm not. I don't know. Maybe I smell like fish. Captain Billy Tyne: Maybe you need a new deodorant. Mike "Bugsy" Moran: Maybe I need a new face. Moss: What in Jupiter's Balls? Bobby Shatford: Christina? Christina, can you hear me? I don't know if you can, but I'm talking to ya, baby. Do you know how much I love you? I loved you the moment I saw you. I love you now, and I'll love you forever. No goodbye. There's only love, Christina. Only love. [the Andrea Gail is climbing a gigantic wave] Captain Billy Tyne: C'MON, YOU BITCH! Dale 'Murph' Murphy: So, I guess you're the big hero, huh? David 'Sully' Sullivan: You would have done the same for me. Isn't that what I'm supposed to say? Dale 'Murph' Murphy: You can say what you want, but... I'm sure glad you know how to swim. David 'Sully' Sullivan: Well, that's real big of you, Murph. Dale 'Murph' Murphy: It's all I can manage right now. I'll work on it. All right? [Bob Brown enters the tavern to see everyone looking at him with blank faces] Ethel Shatford: If it was good news, he would've called us. Todd Gross, TV Meteorologist: Look, look at this. We got Hurricane Grace moving north off the Atlantic seaboard. Huge... getting massive. Two, this low south of Sable Island, ready to explode. Look at this. Three, a fresh cold front swooping down from Canada. But it's caught a ride on the jet stream... and is motoring hell-bent towards the Atlantic. What if Hurricane Grace runs smack into it? Add to the scenario this baby off Sable Island, scrounging for energy. She'll start feeding off both the Canadian cold front... and Hurricane Grace. You could be a meteorologist all your life... and never see something like this. It would be a disaster of epic proportions. It would be... the perfect storm. Sgt. Jeremy Mitchell: Good Afternoon, Madam. I'm Sgt Jeremy Mitchell, and I'll be your pararescue jumper today. How are you doing? 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] and lots of weather... Christina 'Chris' Cotter: [Losing contact with the Gail, Christina picks up her ships radio] MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY this is the *Hannah Boden* relaying a mayday for the Andreia Gail... |
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