{"id":40772,"date":"2025-12-16T09:53:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=40772"},"modified":"2025-12-16T09:53:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:53:36","slug":"the-perfect-storm-2000-directed-by-wolfgang-peterson-starring-george-clooney-and-mark-wahlberg-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=40772","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Perfect Storm&#8221; (2000) directed by Wolfgang Peterson; starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z121625zview_perfectstorm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"753\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Perfect Storm <\/strong><\/em>(2000)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director:<strong> Wolfgang Petersen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>William D. Wittliff;\u00a0<\/strong>based on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4q4nROy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE PERFECT STORM<\/a> by <strong>Sebastian Junger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane, William Fichtner, John Hawkes, Allen Payne, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Karen Allen,<br \/>\nBob Gunton, Christopher McDonald, Cherry Jones, Rusty Schwimmer, Janet Wright, Dash Mihok, Josh Hopkins <\/strong>and <strong>Michael Ironside.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>In the Fall of 1991, the &#8220;Andrea Gail&#8221; left Gloucester, Mass. and headed for the fishing grounds of the North Atlantic. Two weeks later, an event took place that had never occurred in recorded history.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fishing boat Captain Billy Tyne has been on an unlucky streak.\u00a0 His last several outings have come up short.\u00a0 Small hauls equals small pay.\u00a0 Billy and his crew all need more cash.\u00a0 So when Billy asks them to join him on one last last-season trip, they all agree.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After a short dry spell, the crew hits gold.\u00a0 They bring in thousands of pounds of fish.\u00a0 The season has been saved once they get the fish to port and collect the dough.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They might be delayed a bit.\u00a0 Two massive storms have formed between the ship and port.\u00a0 The safe thing will be to wait far away until the storm passes.<\/p>\n<p>Then the ship&#8217;s ice machine breaks down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If they wait out the storm, the fish will spoil.\u00a0 They won&#8217;t get a payday.\u00a0 All the work during the season will be for nothing.\u00a0 Or&#8230; they can head for port and go right through the storms.\u00a0 It will be risky but they think they can make it.<\/p>\n<p>They have no idea the storms will converge into something no one could have expected.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">None of the fish seen in the film were real.\u00a0 Because director Wolfgang Peterson was an animal-rights supporter, the fish in the film were either animatronics or rubber.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>The Perfect Storm <\/strong><\/em>(2000) rates 3 of 5 stars.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z121625zview_perfectstorm2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Perfect Storm (2000) Director: Wolfgang Petersen Screenplay: William D. 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