The Perfect Storm

Adventure, Thriller, Action

George Clooney	Captain Billy Tyne
Mark Wahlberg	Bobby Shatford
Diane Lane	Christina Cotter
Karen Allen	Melissa Brown
William Fichtner	David Sullivan
Bob Gunton	Alexander McAnally III
John C. Reilly	Dale Murphy
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio	Linda Greenlaw
Allen Payne	Alfred Pierre
John Hawkes	Mike Moran
Cherry Jones	Edie Bailey
Mary Mastrantonio

Director	Wolfgang Petersen
Producer	Wolfgang Petersen; Barry Levinson; Alan B. Curtiss; Duncan Henderson; Gail Katz
Writer	Sebastian Junger; William D. Wittliff; Bill Wittliff
Cinematography	John Seale

Billy Tyne is the captain of a sword-fishing-boat, the Andrea Gail in Gloucester. He has had a number of bad fishing days and decides to sail east for better fishing waters. Tyne ignores storm warnings and eventually finds the fish. His boats ice machine fails when it is needed most and the captain and his crew are left with a dilemma. Should they wait for the storm of the century to subside and ruin their catch or head for home through the treacherous storm and try to save their catch? Saving the catch will get them the money they so desperately need. The crews loved ones await anxiously on shore for their safe return.