Motion Pictures
June 15, 2000
Live Webcast Hosted By Mark Wahlberg Will Explore "The Perfect Storm" Boat And Offer Exclusive Worldwide Debut Of John Mellencamp Soundtrack Single At www.perfectstorm.com
(June 15, 2000 – Burbank, CA) – Gearing up for the June 30 release of Warner Bros. Pictures' epic adventure "The Perfect Storm," the Studio has scheduled a live 30-minute web event hosted by the film's star, Mark Wahlberg, at 11:30 AM, EST on Monday, June 19, to be followed by the worldwide online debut of John Mellencamp's soundtrack single "Yours Forever" (theme from "The Perfect Storm").
Wahlberg and co-host Richard Hawarth, former captain of the fishing boat the Andrea Gail (featured in "The Perfect Storm"), will take visitors on a virtual tour of the Lady Grace, sister vessel to the Andrea Gail and the boat actually used to depict her in the film, from her home dock in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Together they will answer questions gathered from web surfers at the film's website over the previous week.
Immediately following this live webcast, soundtrack single "Yours Forever," performed by John Mellencamp, will be broadcast as a one-time-only all-media worldwide exclusive.
The Lady Grace will be available for auction on eBay beginning June 28.
Website visitors will also catch a brand-new trailer now appearing in theatres, plus exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with the cast and filmmakers, and a look at some of the groundbreaking state-of-the art visual effects created specifically for the film by leading software designers at Industrial Light & Magic. The site, which can be accessed three different ways, via www.perfectstorm.com, www.markwahlberg.com or www.warnerbros.com, offers historic background, facts about storm research and actual video coverage of the devastating 1991 Halloween storm that inspired the movie along with authentic Coast Guard footage of real rescues at sea.
"The Perfect Storm" tells of the courageous men and women who risk their lives every working day, pitting their fishing boats and rescue vessels against the capricious forces of nature. Their worst fears are realized at sea one fateful autumn, when they are confronted by three raging weather fronts which collide to produce the greatest, fiercest and most destructive storm in modern history.
Warner Bros. Pictures Presents a Baltimore Spring Creek Pictures production in association with Radiant Productions, a Wolfgang Petersen film starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg, “The Perfect Storm.” The film also stars Diane Lane, William Fichtner, Karen Allen, Allen Payne, Bob Gunton, with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and John C. Reilly. Music is by James Horner. The film is edited by Richard Francis-Bruce, A.C.E. William Sandell is the Production Designer. John Seale, ACS, ASC, is the Director of Photography. The Executive Producers are Barry Levinson and Duncan Henderson. Based on the book by Sebastian Junger, the screenplay is by Bill Wittliff. Paula Weinstein, Wolfgang Petersen and Gail Katz produced “The Perfect Storm,” which is directed by Wolfgang Petersen.
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