As weather systems go, it was perfect - a storm of almost impossible magnitude that doomed a fishing vessel off the North Atlantic in 1991. The movie stars George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.
George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg star in The Perfect Storm (2000), a movie detailing the storm that killed a boat full of fishermen from Gloucester, Mass., in 1991.
The Andrea Gail was the Gloucester, Mass., fishing vessel featured in The Perfect Storm (1991). After a storm of unprecedented magnitude, the gallant crew met its end.
Bobby Shatford: I got a woman who I can't stand to be two feet away from. Captain Billy Tyne: Congratulations. Bobby Shatford: Then again, I love to fish. Captain Billy Tyne: Son, you've got a problem.
Christina? Christina, can you hear me? I don't know if you can, but I'm talking to ya, baby. Do you know how much I love you? I loved you the moment I saw you. I love you now, and I'll love you forever. No goodbye. There's only love, Christina. Only love.