The Perfect Storm is a movie directed by Wolfgang Petersen in 2000 and based on the book of the same name by Sebastian Junger, first published in 1997. The movie features George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, John C. Reilly, William Fichtner, John Hawkes, and others.
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Storyline
In October 1991, the commercial fishing boat Andrea Gail returns to port in Gloucester, Massachusetts, with a poor catch. Desperate to redeem himself, Captain Tyne convinces the Andrea Gail crew to join him for one more late-season fishing expedition. The crew heads out past their usual fishing grounds on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, leaving a developing tropical storm behind them.
Movie vs Book
Year
2000
Minutes
130
Movie Rate
6.40
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Perfect Storm
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Country: USA
Year: 2000
Length: 2h10m
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Year
1997
Pages
248
Book Rate
8.18
S: Goodreads
Book
The Perfect Storm
Subtitle: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
Author: Sebastian Junger
Country: USA
First published in: 1997
Length: 248 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“It’s such a complicated thing to put a movie together. The book world is so much simpler.”
ARTHUR SLADE (Writer)
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