The Perfect Storm (film)
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| The Perfect Storm | |
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 The Perfect Storm DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Wolfgang Petersen |
| Written by | Sebastian Junger (book) William D. Wittliff |
| Starring | George Clooney Mark Wahlberg Diane Lane John C. Reilly William Fichtner |
| Music by | James Horner |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | June 30, 2000 (USA) |
| Running time | 130 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $120,000,000 (est.) |
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The Perfect Storm is a 2000 film adapted from the book of the same title by Sebastian Junger. The film was directed by Wolfgang Petersen and features George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, Karen Allen and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
[edit] Summary
The Perfect Storm dramatizes an incident that occurred during the 1991 Halloween Nor'easter, a storm that hit North America in October 1991, and features the crew of the fishing boat Andrea Gail, based out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, who were lost at sea during the severe conditions.
[edit] Reaction
The families of certain crew members disliked the movie and sued the producers in federal district court in Florida. The district court held that the defendants' First Amendment right to freedom of speech barred the suit. The plaintiffs appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, which could not decide how to interpret the Florida law at issue and certified the question to the Florida Supreme Court. On April 21, 2005, the Florida Supreme Court upheld the district court's interpretation of Florida law and remanded the case to the 11th Circuit, which then affirmed the district court's original decision to dismiss the case.
