In October 1991, the crew of the fishing boat Andrea Gail battles the greatest storm in recorded history formed by the joining of three weather fronts-- one of them Hurricane Grace.
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in polychrome digital optical mixed Dolby digital 5.1 video file DVD video region 1
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13; language and scenes of peril Canadian Home Video rating: PG
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Based on the book by Sebastian Junger Originally released as a motion picture in 2000 Special features: 3 documentaries: "HBO first look: creating the perfect storm"; "Witnesses to the storm": recollections of the 1991 events that inspired the book; "Creating an emotion": composer James Horner at work; 3 commentaries: director Wolfgang Petersen; author Sebastian Junger; visual effects supervisor Stefen Fangmeier and visual effects producer Helen Ostenberg Elswit; "Yours forever" photo montage; conceptual art gallery with director commentary; storyboard gallery; cast/crew filmographies; theatrical trailer; DVD-ROM PC enhanced features: original website and "Previsualizing the storm" online documentary gallery links Director of photography, John Seale ; editor, Richard Francis-Bruce ; music, James Horner ; production designer, William Sandell George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, William Fichtner, Karen Allen, Allen Payne, Bob Gunton, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, John C. Reilly DVD, region 1, widescreen (letterbox, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround EX, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer DVD-ROM minimum system requirements: InterActual-compatible player (included on this disc), Microsoft Windows 98SE or later, Microsoft IE 5.5 SP1, Macromedia Flash Player 7, an Internet connection, a DVD-ROM drive and a DirectShow-compatible DVD decoder. This DVD will not work in a CD-ROM drive and the DVD-ROM features are not available on Apple Mac OS For private home use only English (Dolby surround 5.1 EX) or French (dubbed in Quebec, Dolby surround 5.1) dialogue; English or French subtitles; closed-captioned
