White Squall (film)
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 Movie poster for White Squall |
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| Directed by | Ridley Scott |
| Produced by | Mimi Polk Gitlin Rocky Lang |
| Written by | Charles Gieg Jr. and Felix Sutton (book The Last Voyage of the Albatross) Todd Robinson (screenplay) |
| Starring | Jeff Bridges John Savage Ryan Phillippe Scott Wolf Balthazar Getty Jeremy Sisto |
| Music by | Jeff Rona |
| Cinematography | Hugh Johnson |
| Editing by | Gerry Hambling |
| Distributed by | Hollywood Pictures |
| Release date(s) | February 2, 1996 |
| Running time | 129 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $38,000,000 |
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White Squall is a 1996 movie directed by Ridley Scott, starring Jeff Bridges and John Savage.
The plot is based on a true story. It relates an ill fated summer school sailing trip led by Dr. Christopher B. Sheldon (Jeff Bridges), who the boys call " Skiper",in which the ship sank on 2 May 1961. The Albatross was the ship used for the trip and depicted in the movie. The ship was hit by a white squall on May 2, 1961, sinking almost instantly.
It co-starred Scott Wolf and Ryan Phillippe. Four people aboard the ship perish.
In reality six poeple actually persihed in the incident.
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