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The Perfect Storm

2000 film directed by Wolfgang Petersen
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The Perfect Storm
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Summary

The Perfect Storm is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,566 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Wolfgang Petersen[3]
  • Screenwriter: William D. Wittliff[4], Bo Goldman[5]
  • Composer: James Horner[6]
  • Genre: disaster film[7], drama film[8], action film[9]
  • Based on: The Perfect Storm[10]
  • Cast member: George Clooney[11], Mark Wahlberg[12], William Fichtner[13], John C. Reilly[14], Diane Lane[15], Karen Allen[16], Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio[17], John Hawkes[18], Michael Ironside[19], Bob Gunton[20], Allen Payne[21], Cherry Jones[22], Christopher McDonald[23], Dash Mihok[24]
  • Producer: Gail Katz[25]
  • Production company: Warner Bros. Entertainment[26], Warner Bros. Pictures[27]
  • Director of photography: John Seale[28]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[29]
  • Commons category: The Perfect Storm (film)[30]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[31]
  • Review score: 5.6/10[32], 59/100[33], 47%[34]
  • Color: color[35]
  • Country of origin: United States[36]
  • Publication date: January 1, 2000[37], July 20, 2000[38], June 30, 2000[39]
  • Characters: Linda Greenlaw[40], Todd Gross[41]
  • Distributed by: InterCom[42], Netflix[43]
  • Narrative location: Gloucester[44]
  • Official website: http://perfectstorm.warnerbros.com/[45]
  • Filming location: Florida[46]
  • Film editor: Richard Francis-Bruce[47]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Sound[48], Academy Award for Best Visual Effects[49]
  • Title: The Perfect Storm[50]
  • Has characteristic: film based on book[51]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[52]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[53]

  • First release date: 2000-06-20[54]

  • Genre(s): classical[55]

  • Community tags: classical, film score, score, soundtrack[56]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fbbe7cb0-c5c5-4b3d-950c-c8d995f27b74[57]

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Adaptations and Inspiration

The Perfect Storm's after a work by is recorded as Sebastian Junger[58].

Why It Matters

The Perfect Storm has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

Related Entities

Bob Gunton Cherry Jones Christopher McDonald Diane Lane film Florida George Clooney James Horner John C. Reilly John Hawkes Karen Allen Mark Wahlberg Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Michael Ironside Netflix ship United States William Fichtner Wolfgang Petersen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [52] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [55] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [56] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [57] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1990s
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    Screenwriter → William D. Wittliff, Bo Goldman
    Duration → {'amount': '+130'}
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