The Perfect Storm

Directed by	Wolfgang Petersen
Produced by	Gail Katz
Screenplay by	William D. Wittliff Bo Goldman (uncredited)
Based on	The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Starring	George Clooney Mark Wahlberg Diane Lane John C. Reilly Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio William Fichtner Bob Gunton Karen Allen
Music by	James Horner
Cinematography	John Seale
Editing by	Richard Francis-Bruce
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	June 30, 2000
Running time	130 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$120 million
Box office	$328,718,434

The Perfect Storm is a 2000 dramatic disaster film directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It is an adaptation of the 1997 non-fiction book of the same titleby Sebastian Junger about the crew of the Andrea Gail that got caught in the Perfect Storm of 1991. The film stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg,William Fichtner, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane, Karen Allen and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. The film was released on June 30, 2000 by Warner Bros. Pictures.