Motion Pictures
May 3, 2000
"The Perfect Storm" Website Delivers A Tidal Wave Of Images, Exclusive Footage And Behind-The-Scenes Look At Groundbreaking Visual Effects
(May 3, 2000 – Burbank, CA) – Web surfers will encounter monster waves and a lot more on the official website for Warner Bros. Pictures' epic drama, "The Perfect Storm" (www.perfectstorm.com), which presents every aspect of the creative process that brings to cinematic life this true story of the fiercest, most powerful storm in modern history. Showcased on the site is a six-part exclusive presentation of some of the groundbreaking state-of-the-art visual effects created specifically for the film by Industrial Light & Magic's leading software designers.
In mid-May, the site will feature an exclusive web-only original documentary about the Gloucester residents who survived the cataclysmic 1991 storm and about the fishermen who continue to navigate dangerous and unpredictable seas.
In addition, the site will feature an interactive opportunity to tour the dock of the fishing boat, The Andrea Gail, in full 360-degree perspective, view exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and original production design paintings and photos, see interviews with the cast and filmmakers and get a graphic sense of what a 100-foot wave really means. They can also track, via on-deck web-cams, the progress of The Andrea Gail as it journeys from Long Beach to its home port in Gloucester, Massachusetts, from May to the middle of June.
The site also provides video coverage of the actual 1991 Halloween storm which inspired the movie; facts about storms and the technology used to study them; Coast Guard footage of a real rescue at sea and interviews with the rescuers; plus extensive profiles on the people, history and culture of Gloucester, where the story takes place.
"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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