Today’s movie is an adventure drama
with a scene that happens on October 28. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
THE PERFECT STORM
Gloucester sword fishing boat
Capt Bill Tyne persuades the crew of the Andrea Gail to head out for a
late season expedition. They have some success, but then their ice machine
breaks, meaning they have to return to port at once to sell their catch before
it spoils. The bad news is that two
weather fronts and a hurricane have combined in their path to create the
“perfect storm” of huge waves and strong winds. A mayday is called in and a
Coast Guard helicopter tries to rescue them, but it eventually crashes. Tyne
reverses course to get out of the storm, but they encounter a huge rogue wave
that capsizes the ship and they all drown on October 28, 1991. [1:50:08 to
1:57:00] On shore their families hold a memorial service.
A tragic story of courage. Unusual weather conditions create
a storm like no other the crew had ever seen. This leads to underestimation and
bad luck leads to death.
Junger, Sebastian. The
Perfect Storm. New York; W.W.
Norton & Co., 1997. This book at
page 135 gives the date.
Director - Wolfgang Petersen
Awards - The film was nominated for the Best Visual Effects
and Best Sound Oscars at the 73rd Academy Awards.
Running Time - 2 hours 10 minutes
Released - June 30, 2000
Starring -
George Clooney as William "Billy" Tyne
Mark Wahlberg as Robert "Bobby" Shatford
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Linda Greenlaw
Diane Lane as Christina 'Chris' Cotter
John C. Reilly as Dale "Murph" Murphy
Karen Allen as Melissa Brown
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2014.
No comments:
Post a Comment