Perfect Storm, The (UK)
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From the director of `Das Boot` and `Air Force One`
Certificate: 12
Running Time: 125 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
Atlantic swells form 100-foot walls. Wind shrieks at a maxed-out Force 12. In October 1991 three raging weather fronts, one of them Hurricane Grace, combine to form the greatest storm in recorded history.
George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg lead a talented cast in this harrowing special-effects adventure that intercuts the plight of seafarers struggling to reach safe harbor with the heroics of air/sea rescue crews.
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, The Perfect Storm tosses excitement your way in waves.
Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Theatrical Trailer
2 Audio commentaries - Wolfgang Petersen & Sebastian Junger
HBO Documentary `Creating The Storm`
Real life Interviews witnesses to the storm
Stills Gallery
239 stills plus conceptual art with commentary by W. Petersen
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 German
Dolby Digital EX 5.1 English
Subtitle Tracks:
Icelandic
CC: German
Swedish
Finnish
English
German
CC: English
Danish
Norwegian
Directed By:
Wolfgang Petersen
Written By:
William D. Wittliff
Sebastian Junger
Starring:
Karen Allen
William Fichtner
Diane Lane
John C. Reilly
Mark Wahlberg
George Clooney
Casting By:
Jane Jenkins
Janet Hirshenson
Soundtrack By:
James Horner
Director of Photography:
John Seale
Editor:
Richard Francis-Bruce
Costume Designer:
Erica Edell Phillips
Production Designer:
William Sandell
Producer:
Paula Weinstein
Wolfgang Petersen
Brian McNulty
Gail Katz
Alan B. Curtiss
Executive Producer:
Barry Levinson
Duncan Henderson
Distributor:
Warner Bros
Your Opinions and Comments
I was tempted to order Region 1, I`m glad I didn`t.
All American hero nonsense.
Oh no another wave!!!!!
Sound and Picture, kicked some and the extras aren`t bad. But what the hell is Bruce Springsteen singing the theme for?
The storm sequences are very well made and you find out how they were made in a good ‘Making of’ documentary that runs for a good twenty minutes.
Two other documentaries are included, a surprisingly short one entitled ‘witnesses to the storm’ that has interviews with people that saw the real storm. The other is ‘Creating an emotion’ that is about the James Horner score.
Other features include a short trailer, a conceptual art gallery that has Wolfgang Petersen’s commentary with it. A nice extra that shows that there has been some effort put into it to not make it just another photo gallery.
The storyboard gallery is good and has most of the key scenes featured.
After a montage of action clips from the film the disc has a rather static and boring menu system. Full marks for the number of chapter stops, there are 39 in all.
Great entertainment but don’t expect anything special.