Saw this when I was 10 years old, and asked my family why there wasn't a happy ending. Was one of those big moments where I realized life isn't all rainbows and unicorns.
Yeah its one of those moments kinda like when you realize things like Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny dont really exist except that they are a fun ideas!!! Or when you look around you from kids eyes to adults eyes and realize that there is no kid left in me!!! or very little!!!
The part when they are in the eye of the storm near the end of the film, and the sun begins to shine briefly, then all goes dark, and you see the look on Clooney's face, which tells us everything without him having to say a word. Such a devastating scene, and first rate film making.
Yeah, he had to have known beforehand as he didn't seem dumb but it was the false hope with the improving conditions after all they suffered that initially deceived him.
@@trevorjensen2706James Horner was a master of his craft. He had a way of conjuring so much emotion in his music. I think his work in “Glory” and “legends of the fall” is a masterpiece of composing
When I first saw this movie when the sunlight comes out in the end I realized they're in the eye of the Strom I was like oh shit they do know they're gonna die right.
I'm a full-time US merchant marine sailor, and before that I spent four years sailing on fishing vessels in the Bering Sea. A ship going down with all hands lost is the stuff of nightmares for myself and my crewmates. My heart goes out to the families of those who lost loved ones on the Andrea Gail, as well as those who lost their people on the El Faro, the Edmund Fitzgerald, and too many others. Our families lose us for weeks or months at a time in a best case scenario, and then there are tragedies like this. You may be gone boys, but you aren't forgotten. We'll keep a light on the bridge lit for you. *Edit: Just wanted to edit and say a big thank you to everyone that's been kind enough to like my comment. I think Cassie deserves the real likes for her honest and wonderful reaction to this story and I definitely appreciate her giving her time and attention to the story of the Andrea Gail. However I also do very much appreciate all of your support and wish you all nothing but fair winds and following seas!
I used to work as a maritime architect, and the stuff that affected us the most is wondering what could we have done to make it safer to bring all hands safely back to Port. Contrast that with the attitude that new ways aren't usually safer, and might even cause disaster (think of the Titanic). Anyways, I used to work on board a fishing vessel years ago, and now I'm a miner. I might have a death wish, but the money is too good, and nowadays, there's few options to make good money...
@@MrLivewire1970 Agreed, he did. Unfortunately, there are other sailors who aren't lucky enough to be immortalized like that. I knew several of the guys lost on the El Faro and I watched a couple more pass away when I was fishing around AK. Most of us are rough guys without much education or net worth, so we don't often make the headlines. Ships are the isles of misfit toys. Our loved ones cry just the same when we don't come home though.
@@wal6377 Kudos for the work that you and your peers did to help bring people back home safely. Nine times out of ten, disasters happen because of preventable maintenance related issues. Unaddressed rust on hatch covers, faulty pump systems, things like that. Once in a while it'll be something like ignoring a dangerous weather pattern, like the Andrea Gail or the El Faro. Atlantic hurricane systems are no friggin' joke. I'm right there with you though on the risk versus reward though. In today's climate, as a blue collar guy without a college education or family connections in any particular industries, sticking my neck out and making a living from the sweat of my brow is one of the few ways I can get ahead financially in life.
"This is gonna' be hard on my little boy" Just moments from death and his concern is not for himself, but for his child. All these years later, that line still pierces my heart. Blessings to all the men and women around the world who risk everything to provide for those they love. ❤
“I was hoping they’d float onto land.. and they’d be like ‘where are we, where am I?’... ‘Bolivia’... but he’s alive...” - Cassie 2023 That was in her top best crying, breakdown, self conversations of the channel.
These men are all still remembered as are all fishermen lost at sea who leave out of Gloucester Massachusetts. There is a Beautiful memorial to those lost there by the harbor
You mentioned Coast Guard being a hard job and it made me remember "The Guardian" - a story about Coast Guard swimmers with Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher. I don't know if other folks liked it but I did. Maybe one for your list?
Linda Greenlaw was the female captain of the Hannah Boden who tried to warn them about the storm (played by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio). She is currently a co-captain on the TV Show, the Deadliest Catch. Pretty much known as the best female fisherman, and one of the best overall of all time.
The actual storm in 1991 was so strong it was called "Storm of the Century" as well as "The Perfect Storm." The wind was strong enough to make the Twin Towers in NYC rock back and forth visibly.
It was on Halloween in 1991. I lived in Gloucester at the time. You can see the condo complex where I lived in the opening credits as the Andrea Gail goes into the harbor. The white buildings with red roofs right next to the water. That storm was terrifying for those of us on land. Homes washed away or damaged by the waves. Roads completely washed away. I moved back to KY 6 weeks later.
It was not because it was "so strong" The unnamed Halloween storm of 1991 was barely a category 1 storm on the hurricane scale. A week after the events of this film, I was riding out a Category 5 off the coast of Guam (Typhoon Yuri) in a 500 ft, 9000 ton Cruiser. The term "Perfect storm" wasn't because it was one of the most powerful in history as many think. It comes from the fact that it was a "perfect storm of events" that lead to it's unusual and abherrent creation. Three seperate weather systems which combined to create an out of season subtropical hurricane. But the peak strength was barely a category 1.
John C Riley played Dale. He's usually in goofball films like Step Brothers and Talladega Nights and it's hard to remember he's done a lot of really serious work.
I live in Gloucester! Born and raised, my family came here from Ireland and Wales ten years before it became a city, which was 400 years ago! Love seeing people react to this, RIP TO THE CREW OF THE ANDREA GAIL!
Hey man that's awesome! I always loved the joke, "Are you from Ireland because my penis is Dublin!!!!" Kekek Hey dude my great grandfather Gaetano Santarpio started Santarpio's pizzeria back in 1903 if you know of it in East Bahston! If you haven't tried it I recommend it! I was just there Tue. night!
I lived in Gloucester from January 1990-December 1991. I lived in the condos that you can see in the opening credits of the movie when the Andrea Gail is going to the Inner Harbor. The white buildings with the red roofs. I watched the waves take out the neighbors back porch & all it’s nice furniture end up in the harbor during that storm. I was stranded with the baby for two days because the roads were either flooded or completely washed away. That’s one reason why I moved back to KY before Christmas. The other reason was the 6 months of winter. In central KY each season lasts 3 months & the most violent weather we get is a tornado every 15-20 yrs that will take off a couple of roofs or overturn a shed. New England weather just isn’t for me.
When I was in the Navy my ship was on standby as a rescue party member during this storm. This was crazy. My ship almost got lost during that storm. The worst experience of my life.
"The Perfect Storm" is one of the best books I have ever read. The book goes into even more ships and crews that were affected by the storm. Nobody will ever know what really happened to the Andrea Gail, so the author interviewed crews who had been through horrific storms and survived. He also interviewed sword boat crews and got lots of true stories like a shark landing on deck, a crewman having to go out on a boom arm and cut a chain with a torch, etc. The movie just used all of those stories as "day in the life" scenes on the Andrea Gail. What really sealed the Andrea Gail's fate was the ice machine breaking down. With ice they could have just sailed away from the storm until the conditions improved, and not lost their catch to spoilage. Without ice they were on a ticking clock to get their catch to port before it spoiled. They were motivated to risk their lives because so much of their income was riding on it. The book also has some incredible anecdotes that illustrate why sailors are superstitious. The crewman who balked on the Andrea Gail didn't get a better offer; he fully intended to go out, and had his dad drive him to the dock. When he got out of the truck, he looked at the Andrea Gail and said "Nope. I'm not going." He apologized to Capt. Tyne and told his father to drive him home. No one really argued with him because most sailors have had moments like that.
One of the best books I’ve ever read and the movie ends at about the halfway point of the book. Also some great descriptions of the Air Force PJ training and a terrific explanation on the effects of storms. Read it if you haven’t.
It wasn't entirely true that the ice machine fully failed, just that it was malfunctioning and not producing enough ice. The Andrea Gail wasn't in a mad dash for home, she had already set out for home before the issues with the ice machine started. A little after halfway through the trip (3 days), the storm basically formed on top of them with only 24hrs of a "heads up" forecast calling for mild weather.
Yeah, I loved this book so much but I thought the film felt like a soap opera version with overacting and not the greatest of scripts, but it did give us some visual representation of what it might have been like.
@@heyheyjk-la Yeah, I'd like to do a short documentary about the actual events that transpired on the final trip. There's more than enough information recorded about how things ACTUALLY went to make it into something good
The book is well worth reading. It vividly describes how commercial fishing is the world's most dangerous profession, and even today with all of our technology, the ocean remains a dangerous and unpredictable place. One line from the book that has stuck in my mind: hurricanes are so powerful that even if we detonated every nuclear weapon on earth, we couldn't create an artificial one that lasted more than one hour.
I saw this in the theater with my grandfather when I was 12. It's the last movie I saw in the theater with him so it'll always hold a special place in my heart. Probably still the most awesome movie theater experience I've had in my life.
When this movie came out it was uncommon for the entire main cast to perish. I remember watching it in the theater with my mom and everyone walked out with tears in their eyes.
"I wanna go to a place like this in real life. I've only seen it in the movies." I grew up in a small fishing town on the West Coast. There aren't many local economies left like this. We lost a non-trivial number of schoolmates fishing up in Alaska, including the Americus/Altair sinkings on Valentine's Day 1983. One of my classmates was a star on Deadliest Catch for awhile. It's dangerous work, for sure.
People don't realize how big and powerful the ocean is. People also don't realize how insignificant people are until they feel her fury. She doesn't care how rich how powerful you are or how strong or young you are. The ocean will take you if she wants you. Great movie. Pretty sad. But a good story well told.
So true. I love to sail. I've experienced 40 foot seas and hve had a few knockdowns. You know when you're out there anything can happen. What you fear the most is that rogue wave hitting you from a direction you didn’t expect.
I fear the ocean. From the creatures below. To the monster waves that were called a myth for so long. Real freaks of nature but should be expected. I get it, that superstition when RNGesus can flips a coin for your life. Experience I've heard from a retired navy man "Whenever you go out there is always a fire and somebody always dies." Crazy friends, nuclear engineers on subs, doing everything I'd say nope to. I couldn't imagine being out there on the water if something wild happens. Could be the many times I've almost drowned that I've learned my lesson to never tempt the sea. Ha. That much bad luck inland that I rarely even touch the salt water at the beach.
The book is well worth reading. It vividly describes how commercial fishing is the world's most dangerous profession, and even today with all of our technology, the ocean remains a dangerous and unpredictable place. One line from the book that has stuck in my mind: hurricanes are so powerful that even if we detonated every nuclear weapon on earth, we couldn't create an artificial one that lasted more than one hour.
As a born and raised Newfoundlander, I’m no stranger to the Atlantic Ocean and what she can do. Knowing how you react to certain situations in movies, I said to myself “ohh, she ain’t ready for this roller coaster”. Buckle up is all I can say….. it’s going to hit right in the feels.
The book "A Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea" by Sebastian Junger is exceptionally well-written. It gives detail that of course the movie can't provide.
My friends father was a helicopter pilot that did search and rescue for the coast guard. This is just a sad story that was very personal for a lot of families.
I had a friend online who operated the winch on a rescue helicopter out of St. John's, Newfoundland. He was a career serviceman, until he went to a school to talk to the students about his work. On the way back, a driver on a cell phone ran a red light a smashed into the driver's door of the car, crushing his left forearm, and destroying his career and stripping his life of any meaning. Last I heard, he was institutionalized by his depression.
Please know all the men and women who choose that profession deserve so much respect and love for their commitments to be selfless and put all lives above their own sometimes and should be treated as any other first responder or Dr or nurse etc... I cannot put into words how their acts of utter bravery are so important to be never forgotten and always acknowledged to teach our children that all human life is important and if every person would just more kindness and bravery for others this world would change into a better place for all!
I first saw this at a film theater that was on a rather steep hill, at about the same angle as those waves. As soon as we left the theater and drove down that hill, I was completely nauseous. Never had a problem with that road before. Always had a problem after. This movie is really frigging powerful.
RIP the crew of the Andrea Gail: Frank William "Billy" Tyne Jr. (1954-1991), aged 37 Robert F. "Bobby" Shatford (1961-1991), aged 30 Michael "Bugsy" Moran (1955-1991), aged 36 Dale R. "Murph" Murphy (1960-1991), aged 30 David "Sully" Sullivan (1962-1991), aged 29 Alfred Pierre (1959-1991), aged 32 You will always be remembered as legends. Also, I think the movie is a great hommage to this crew that went down with their ship and I am glad you have reacted to this one that's based on a true story.
I was born and raised in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Living off the sea was my family’s business. I remember when this storm hit. It was horrifically devastating to our industry. God Bless all those who lost their lives, and those still struggling to survive.
You really should put The Abyss on the list. It's one of my favorite movies of all time and has arguably the most fascinating behind the scenes of which there is a full documentary to explore.
Great, great movie. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is also in that one. Probably her best work ever, imo although the crew went through literally hell to make that film with James Cameron. Ed Harris won't talk about it to this day if asked. 😅
@PopcornInBed YES!!!! Please watch Abyss! I've been recommending it for months. It's one of my favorite movies of all time too! Great great film. You should've put Poseidon 2006 with Kurt Russell and Josh Lucas on the list too Cassie. Directed by Wolfgang same directed as Perfect Storm. Such a great Disaster Movie. Its not a true story but its a possible one which gives it the creepy factor. #PleaseWatch #TheAbyss & #Poseidon
The sea is a fickle mistress, she can be benign and beautiful, but her fury is unlike no other. From a merchant seaman to all the lost souls of the ocean, fair winds and calm passage. Thanks for pointing this.
The book is well worth reading. It vividly describes how commercial fishing is the world's most dangerous profession, and even today with all of our technology, the ocean remains a dangerous and unpredictable place. One line from the book that has stuck in my mind: hurricanes are so powerful that even if we detonated every nuclear weapon on earth, we couldn't create an artificial one that lasted more than one hour.
If anyone remembers the '91 Halloween blizzard that hit Minnesota, the upper midwest, and lower Canada.. it was the same storm that just came from the east and moved west over 3 days
28:52 Always loved the attention to small details in the movie. The damage to the boat becomes worse and worse over the course of the storm. By this point in the film, both outriggers are bent back, the mounted platform on the mast is gone, the floodlights are dead, the leader cart is gone, the windows are out, the electronics are fried, and by this point the crew is basically hopeless
Gentle correction here, Cassie, but the rescue swimmers weren't Coast Guard. They were working with the Coast Guard ship but they were actually Air Force Pararescue Jumpers (PJs). They're part of Special Operations command and are the main medics for units like SEAL Team 6 (aka Devgru) and Delta Force (aka CAG). They also perform domestic rescues at sea, and in the mountains. Their training and selection has the highest attrition rate out of all the special operations units including BUDs (SEAL training). They perform rescues that even the coast guard rescue swimmers feel unqualified for. Just giving them their due credit because those scenes of the yacht rescue and refueling attempts were the only ones that they know happened down to the detail. What happened to the Andrea Gail is ultimately speculation as far as how long they lasted.
Buddy of mine in 1971 was a 20 year old, skinny little H-3 crew chief at Clark Field (Phillipines) Said he was always getting in fights in bars, because a lot of drunks figured they could kick his ass. Then, two of the PJ'S in his detachment decided to "adopt" him, and always took him to the bars with them. Funny, but for some reason he never got in a bar fight again.
My Father joined the Dutch merchant marines after WW2 as a young cook. Got assigned to a weather ship that would sail into storms to take readings and be a early warning system. 2nd trip out inside of a large storm they were hit by a rouge wave that almost rolled the ship. My Dad was in kitchen at time opened door after ship righted and saw the entire railing and walkway had been ripped away. Antennas were destroyed as well leading to the news back home that the ship had most likely been lost in the storm. My Grandmother was both crushed by news and over joyed when my Dad came home safe. Needless to say, she forbade him from going on another trip with that ship and my Dad returned to carpenter school that had been rebuilt from bombing, got basic draftsman and ended up coming to USA.
Man, my wife and I watched this in the theater back in 2000. It's like "Titanic". You know how it's going to end but you still have that glimmer of hope. The struggles of the fishermen, the yacht people and the helicopter crew just add multiple levels of tension. I think the line that really gets to me is when Murph says, "This going to be hard on my little boy." A good movie and you're awesome for watching it. You know, I watched another good movie that year starring Harrison Ford called "What Lies Beneath" I think you'd really like.
What Lies Beneath was filmed while director Dobert Zemeckis waited for Tom Hanks to drop weight and grow a beard so they could finish filming Cast Away. I liked it too btw. Harrison and Michelle Pfeiffer were both excellent.
Titanic and the perfect storm are composed by james horner , well the perfect storm had more strongest trumpets than titanic in titanic i only hear one trumpet in a scene for being a movie made in a year ended in the number 7 ( 1997 )
You'd be amazed at how many people didn't know everyone perishes. I knew cuz I was a Weather Channel nut. I'd honestly say minimum half the people who saw it had zero clue the Andrea Gail even existed.
Yes!! What lies beneath would be a perfect scary but not too scary movie for her plus she loves Harrison Ford. I really hope that gets suggested to her. I can't believe I forgot about that movie until now and it was so fricken good!!
Cassie, the helicopter crew was Air National Guard Pararescue. The Pararescue motto is "That Other May Live". Coast Guard's unofficial motto is "You have to go out, you don't have to come back".
The book is well worth reading. It vividly describes how commercial fishing is the world's most dangerous profession, and even today with all of our technology, the ocean remains a dangerous and unpredictable place. One line from the book that has stuck in my mind: hurricanes are so powerful that even if we detonated every nuclear weapon on earth, we couldn't create an artificial one that lasted more than one hour.
I just remembered about a movie you might like that stars Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher called The Guardian. It deals with The Coast Guard. Yes The Coast Guard is dangerous, people tend to only think about the other services like army, navy, and marines as being dangerous. The coast guard deals with all kinds of crazy stuff.
Soon as I saw what Cassie was watching, I was like her hearts going to be in her throat and get ready for the emotional pull. You have the most intensly emotional , heartfelt and human reaction of any reactor. The Perfect Storm comes on all the time on like AMC here but I usually pass it, this is the first time in a long time I decided to watch it, it was you so the reaction would be moving.
I was in the Coast Guard at the time of this storm. The North Atlantic is already pretty nasty, but this was like nothing else. Also, when a storm like this hits, you don't really have any choice but to sail straight into the waves. Turning around can be super dangerous.
@@codymoe4986 There was really nowhere they could go. You can't really sail around a storm of that size. And, as I said, you'd rather be heading into the waves, rather than having them behind you, or hitting you from the side. But, regardless of that, in a storm of that size, the waves and swells are going in all directions.
Thank you for serving in the Coast Guard. I honestly can't comprehend how much integrity and strength that must put on all of you who serve. So much respect and love for you!!!
@@johnmiller7682 it's just like in a normal motor boat. Waves coming right at you is no problem. If you go at them from behind, they'll be way bigger. You have less control over the waves. And you'll need to slow down. Which is something you can't do when it comes to giant waves like this. Unless you're a cruise ship or another ship at the same size, do not go into hurricanes.
I live 60 min. from Gloucester, Mass! I remember seeing this in theatres probably on the first weekend. This movie is gonna kill you guys! This was so tragic, but those men were so brave!! I can only imagine the last thoughts of family and friends going through their heads! Get lots of tissues!
I remember watching this when it came out and being an emotional wreck at the end. I was listening in the background while working just now and at the end I sobbed like a baby. Literally had to leave my desk to grab tissues and cry it out. I'm gonna read the book this summer as a way to remember those lost at sea and their families. I can't imagine. As always Cassie thanks for sharing with us!
@@Tom-Mac1975 Excellent! If you want another factual book that is hard to put down, and all about a real event, in great detail, read 'The Hot Zone'. All about Ebola disease, and how it nearly got spread in Washington DC. I read it decades ago, and still tell people sections of it, to horrify them 😊
@brianb8060 I didn't realize she wrote a book about that. I read the Junger depiction based off the movie some 20 years ago.... I'll look for that Greenlaw book now, thanks.
Billy Tyne was a hell of a captain, everyone was shocked when they were lost, of course nobody really knows what happened as there was no mayday call.. You should watch the Guardian to learn about rescue swimmers. It’s awesome
Oh I was just thinking yesterday that I haven't seen a reaction to this movie, and then I get this notification!! I really love this movie, hope you do also, very emotional❤
I live in Connecticut. I remember that storm very well…..it blew out a few of my basement windows and, for context, it was centered hundreds of miles off shore. The loss of the Andrea Gail was all over local news for weeks…..its something still to this day thats a rough memory for alot of people in Southern New England.
I've known career fisherman. They go to sea for 30 days at a time, making minimum 20K per trip. They're a special breed. They go to sea a crew of 8-12, no showers, very few real breaks, and rations for 45 days. Storms are born from nothing and develop to typhoon/hurricane speed in as little as 4 days. They have no time or patience for "actors", and yes, TESTOSTERONE abounds!! You make a friend like that, you don't forget them. This film is an absolute testament to the lives of those that maybe don't read and write so well, but have found a niche they can be proud of. Remarkable...
They do not make "minimum $20k per trip". The captain on one of these boats might have made that much in a successful trip back in 1991, but swordfish money has been dwindling ever since and tight quota restrictions keep the flow low, demand is also low these days. You can't go out in longline swordfighting and make that kind of money anymore.
@@pc_buildyb0i935 This was back in the late 80's into the 90's. Their primary ports were on Guam and throughout Micronesia. They'd go out 3 or 4 times a year. They even asked me if I'd like a shot. I humbly declined. At the time, I could probably bench press 300 lbs and squat 4. But, I had the sense to KNOW I couldn't maintain that rigorous a schedule. These guys were like brothers to me and I would NEVER let them down...
@@pc_buildyb0i935 I realized I actually missed your accusation. Their captain/boss would cash a LARGE check while I waited with them---literally at the dock, pay them in stacks from the bank. I know what banded $100 bills are and look like. I'd then take them to the RCA Bldg. , where they would call their families to go receive the money. The calls alone cost a couple hundred total, due to the sparse communications available. They had family in Chuuk, Palau, and Pohnpei. These are outer islands in Micronesia, where not everyone has a phone. THEN we'd go to the bank and wire funds. It was absolutely real and so was the money. I don't mean to sound short, but I wouldn't lie about this...
My uncle was in the US Coast Guard in the 90's and was the basket operator or whatever their technical term is, so this movie hits pretty close to home as these are the types of storms he went out into on a regular basis to rescue others.
A big compliment to my compatriot Wolfgang Petersen (RIP) for this great movie. Other must see films from him are his first major work "Das Boot" (The Boat), Troy, Outbreak and many more, have fun!!!
The book "The Perfect Storm" by Sebastian Junger was the inspiration for this film. He researched the real events, and wrote a book that provides factual stories about the crew and the overall situation that happened in 1991. Sebastian Junger never speculates as to the exact conversations or exact events on the Andrea Gail. He only wrote about the known radio transmissions. The terminology, "The Perfect Storm" was made up by Boston NWS Meteorologist Bob Case.
Bob Case's term, The perfect storm is sadly a misfortunate name. He was referring to a perfect storm of events required to create the unusual out of season storm. It was not referring in any way to the strength of the storm, which in truth was barely a Category 1, the weakest of hurricanes. However the casual reader as well as film watcher tends to think this was one of the most powerful storms in history because of the name. Not true.
@@Cg23sailorThe Perfect Storm was an extratropical low, not a hurricane, and so it doesn't really make sense to assign it a hurricane category (even though one of the 3 weather fronts that created it was indeed a hurricane). It's also not accurate to say it was as weak as a category 1. Windspeeds peaked at 100 knots. That's nearly 120mph. That would be the equivalent of a category 3 hurricane.
This was truly a "Based on a True Story" movie. Much of what was shown was based on reality, but some artistic license was taken. The shark and Murph going overboard happened on prior trips and the incidents were mentioned in the book by Sebastian Junger this film was based on. The Mistral in the film is a stand-in for the real-life Bermuda-bound 32-foot Westsail cutter named Satori owned by a highly experienced sailor named Ray Leonard. Satori had already weathered one hurricane in her 17-year-life. The film implies that the Mistral/Satori was lost in the storm. Not so. Two weeks after the real-life Andrea Gail went down, the abandoned Satori beached herself on Assateague Island off the coast of Maryland/Virginia. Her storm jib wasn't even ripped. There was hardly a scratch on her. Every rule of ocean sailing says stay offshore where you can't hit anything, and stay with the vessel until it sinks out from under you. Your chance of survival is almost always greater with your boat than in the perilous process of offshore rescue. Everything aboard Andrea Gail following the last radio call with Captain Greenlaw was pure speculation on the part of the screenwriters. All that is known is all six crew members of Andrea Gail are considered missing, presumed dead. The ship and crew were never found. A few fuel drums, a fuel tank, the (unactivated) EPIRB [Emergency Radio Beacon], an empty life raft, and some other flotsam were the only wreckage ever discovered in the vicinity of Sable Island. Gloucester, MA is very much a real place you can visit, and is a lovely little north shore community where much of this film was filmed. The Crow's Nest is real and still exists, though not in the location depicted in the film. The Fisherman's Memorial is located on the harborfront along with a memorial wall listing the names of all fishermen coming out of Gloucester who were lost at sea. Another memorial inside Town Hall (shown in the film) does not list all that were lost aboard Andrea Gail because that memorial only lists Gloucester residents lost at sea, and not all the Gail crew were Gloucester natives. There are numerous tourist attractions, including a maritime museum, and a couple of whale watch excursions that take people out to Stellwagon Bank to see humpbacks and other ocean mammals.
The movie was good but of course is not totally reality based. The Mistral sailboat was specially outfitted for storms and the Captain Leonard knew what he was doing. The movie did not portray that rescue account with true details. When the Captain was slow to leave the sailboat it was because he had a lot of money invested in it and if he abandoned it at sea someone else could claim it or it could get smashed up, lost etc . Leonard was very experienced and had a Captain's license and lived aboard at times. The two ladies with him were not of his sailboating caliber. I am a power boater but I can understand his dilemma. He would have lost his Captain's licence if he had not obeyed the Coast Guard. I understand the Coast Guards view of things too but the film was lopsided about it. You can Google and find other discrepancies. The movie producers were brought to court over some misleading parts in the movie. Captain Greenlaw was not a romantic partner with the Captain...they hardly knew each other. The Captain was actually on a winning streak as far as fishing and not down in his luck. Just Google it if you are interested. I used to boat around the areas near shore in the movie. I over nighted in Gloucester after being towed in by the Coastguard when my boat had electrical problems. I did not get charged for a slip and had a good meal on my boat. I got repaired by a shop there. I probably walked by the Crows nest because I walked all around. The next day I had to boat out of there at top speed to get to Hingham shipyard where my mooring was and then rush into Boston to be at my second shift job. That was when I was young and could pull that sort of thing off. It was an adventure. Any boater can tell you stories!
We have a pretty good idea of how things transpired after the final radio contact. Also, the final radio contact was with another vessel, the Allison with captain Tommie Barrie, not Linda Greenlaw of the Hannah Boden. Thanks to local weather buoy data, we know how the storm progressed that night. The final radio contact was at 6pm, with 30ft seas and 50-80 knot winds. The conditions worsened steadily, peaking at 10pm, dropping for an hour, and then spiking with 100ft seas for over an hour starting at midnight. The film shows them making it all the way to dawn, but realistically, there's no way a boat that size would survive 100ft breaking seas. At the very latest, she survived a few minutes after midnight and no more than that, but it's possible she was overwhelmed earlier on in the 6hr window from her last radio contact up till midnight.
Those of us who saw this in the theater knew about the Andrea Gail already & we knew the boat & crew were lost in the “perfect storm” that hit that year. Even watching them fight through the storm I was hoping they would survive but still knowing they wouldn’t. 😢
OMG, I didn't. (I grew up in VA) but this movie freaking killed me. I cried like a baby in the theater, in the parking lot, and then spontaneously in Walmart a half an hour later. I was that invested in these people. Great movie. ❤
Wow, Cassie is really on a cry-fest this week. This one's a bit rougher though, since it's based on a true story. Way to tough out the darker films, Cassie. We're with you. 👍✌❤ Side Note: I build commercial fishing boats for a living, but ain't no way I'd ever go out on one.
This is one that shows John C. Reilly’s acting range, usually he’s in comedies or even playing a villain, here he’s caring father and a seasoned fisherman
Yeah, all the stuff after they leave the dock is speculation. There were events that happened, like Murph getting pulled under with a fish hook, but happened months before, and were added for more tension. Linda Greenlaw has written several books due to the notoriety from this movie. She's also a pretty good writer!
Not true that it's speculation. Thanks to radio contact between the Andrea Gail and several other boats in the fleet on the Grand Banks, we know almost exactly how the trip transpired. Weirdly, they didn't flesh it out into a complete timeline in the film like they could have
I live close to that fishing town. Many of us in New England carry lots of pride and gratitude for all who have battled the vast oceans, many risking their lives while many others have lost their lives.
i was working in Manchester New Hampshire outside on heavy equipment construction job when this storm hit. We stopped working early morning and road out storm in local bar at hotel we were staying at. . Never forget it. Hard to imagine these guys out to sea during it. Brutal. These events are true with some liberties for movie.
Linda Greenlaw, who is played by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in this movie, is a Co-Captain in the Alaskan Crab Fleet this season on "Deadliest Catch".
2 lesser known facts about this film. 1) The wall that listed the names of the fishermen lost only listed those from gloucester who were lost on the Andrea Gail the rest of the crew was added later. 2) The rescuers from the helicopter, one of them left the service and became a firefighter and was present on 9/11. He survived that tragedy too.
Thanks for doing a reaction to "The Perfect Storm." As a lifelong resident of Gloucester (pronounced Glou-sta), I clearly remember when this all happened. Gloucester is celebrating it's 400th year this year and at the Man of the Wheel statue (seen in the film) there is also a moment listing all the names of the those lost at sea each year. There were years in the late 1800s and early 1900s that the moment includes dozen upon dozen of names. Deep sea fishing has always been one of the most dangerous professions there is.
I lived in Massachusetts for awhile and visited Gloucester Mass. There's is a memorial close to the ocean to all those who have lost their lives at sea here and especially to these men.
Cassie thanks for always making me laugh even after a tough watch like this movie. " I was waiting for them to wash up on shore and say where am I and they say Bolivia... " 😂 Thats the ending we all wanted too!
I was in New England when that storm developed. It was named by the National Hurricane Center as the "Unnamed Hurricane 1991". We got winds of 60 mph in Connecticut. Winds at Cape Cod reached over 80 mph and were much worse further off shore. This was known as a meteorological bomb. It looked like a hurricane on satellite photos. This storm was used as a sample by the Air Force Weather school I attended in 1998. No body knew it was even coming.
Cassie, I spent a lot of years in the US Coast Guard. In my time, I went through a few different storms at sea. The 2 worst of them were Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Opal. The special effects in this movie are pretty realistic and pretty accurately depict what it is like to be at sea in a storm of this magnitude. Those experiences were simultaneously the most terrifying and exhilarating of my 50 years of life. I come from a family of commercial fishermen and although we have been fortunate enough to not lose anyone in our own family, we have had the misfortune to lose a few friends to the fury of the sea. That’s why I joined. It takes a special breed of people to do battle with Mother Nature and to scrape their living from depths of the sea. Those who do it, do it with the full knowledge of the dangers they face, and they face that danger with a sense of pride and dedication to it that rivals any other profession. You made the comment during the movie reaction that “everyone is just trying to rescue each other.” Like the special effects, this too is accurate. There is a code among sailors and fishermen that says that Any time a commercial fisherman hears another mariner is in trouble, he will do whatever it takes, including risking himself and his vessel to find and bring them home. There are no finer people in the world than those who make their living on the sea. There are a few sayings amongst them about that, one of which is the unofficial motto of the Coast Guard. “That others may live”. The other one states “You have to go out, but you don’t necessarily have to come back”. The best part of this movie is that it portrays that philosophy and the dedication that mariners have to one another.
King crab fishing in Alaska is the most dangerous job they say. That’s why they are so expensive obviously. They even made a series on it, my husband loves it!
I am from Gloucester. my father and uncles worked on boats with those guys in the 80's. my family has been on the water for 400 years. my 2 uncles captain boats and are over 60 and still out there. my father passed away a few years ago and I asked one of my uncles about retirement and his only answer back was 'im going to die out there" he's been fishing since he was 17. graduated high school and got on the boat. When this movie came out and I went to the movies with my dad. I chose to go see a different movie (x-men) than sit in the theater with my dad and watch him cry. I was working with my uncle at a whale watch tour and my father told me to not bring up the movie with my uncle, it will just upset him. I have only watched this movie the whole way through once. it's beyond upsetting to think about.
I remember seeing this in a real old school movie palace (it's gym now, i think). It was the few places in Finland that had THX -sound, at the time. The sound effects and the music floored me. Felt a bit weak walking out of the theatre 😅
I think what makes this movie so devastating is that all of the hard work, fatigue, and long, drawn-out rescues gave us all plenty of hope for survival. And then seeing the Andrea Gail go belly-up is the ultimate prick to the heart. As for Captain Tyne, he knew this: "'The captain goes down with the ship' is a naval tradition implying the Captain holds the ultimate responsibility for both the ship and everyone in it and that if it goes down, he will do his best to save everyone before himself." He failed, so he goes down. Therefore, becoming a boat Captain in charge of a crew is no laughing matter. Rest well, crew of Andrea Gail.
First off, with the shark, that was without a doubt the best jump scare I’ve seen in any reaction! Second this is my second favorite sad movie. You already did my favorite, Taking Chance.
These sword boats typically were out for a month at a time. Their cruising speed was only about 10 knots, which is slow but economical when it comes to fuel. They would take a week to get out on site, two weeks of fishing, and then a week to get back in. That was about average. Plus or minus a few days. These boats were called "longliners" There was usually a week between trips once they came back in.. The season usually lasted from March to October, though that could vary. Sword Boats followed the weather and the fish, and would normally make 8 or 9 trips per year. The economics of the trip were as follows-- this is one example: The Andrea Gail came in and sold her catch to O'Hara Seafoods for $136,812, plus another $4,770 for a small amount of tuna . . . . Brown [the owner] took home half of what was left [after operation costs]: roughly $53,000. The collected crew expenses-food, gloves, shore help-were paid on credit and then deducted from the other $53,000, and the remainder was divided up among the crew: Almost $20,000 to Captain Billy Tyne, $6,453 to Pierre and Murphy, $5,495 to Moran, and $4,537 to Shatford and Kosco.
The Andrea Gail was not a trawler. Trawling is a specific, net-based catching method. The Andrea Gail was a longliner, there's no need for quotation marks as that's the actual term - she was also called a "swordboat" as she was rigged to catch swordfish
There was a really good documentary on this storm in 91. It's more about the coast guard and their rescue of people and the helicopter that went down. A big part is about the helicopter crew and the PJ's and what happened to them. Also, that particular storm went in a direction counter to what we normally see... So that is why they didn't turn back sooner (speculatively speaking). I've seached for it in the past and never find it... However, I did this time. It's on TH-cam, and the name is, "The Killer Storm".
yup. This movie always has me crying by the end. Not just because of the deaths in the movie, but from memories . I saw this in theaters with my great grandparents, so i always think of them when i watch it.
This being based on what really happened..we’ll never know every little detail about what they did or said on their fateful last couple of days..but with nature..you never know what she’ll bring to the table..but the cast was fantastic..
A shout out to the cast for great acting. I'm sure they came away from filming this with bruises and sore muscles. The visual effects in this film was astounding as much had to be shot practical rather than relying on today's CGI.
A worthwhile song to listen to is "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - by Gordon Lightfoot which was another sad story of a ship going down in the Great lakes.
My dad was a commercial fisherman for 40 years . I spent 20 with him . Gill netting salmon in Alaska . When he yelled I’ll find the fish my dad said that’s a lot of pressure on you because people depend on you back home for money . We had 15 20 foot waves nothing like this of course but nature has 0 rules . I’ll never forget those times with my dad we made lots of money and put food on the table for people when you buy fish in a store remember someone caught that.
My dad was skipper of a fishing boat for a long time. I know the pressure he felt to catch fish. Lot of money but you give up soo much. He never wanted it for me.
the romanticize of fishing doesnt exist anymore. like the longline fishig in the movie is baned for quit some time now. Fishing with big trawler and factory on board is how it is. But while the fish is the only animal that gets industrial hunted the numbers of fish to catch wont rise again. at the moment the cheapest supermarket fish costs over 30€/kg. i think salmon is twice as much. fish vanishes as a basic food in every houshold. 100.000.000t doesnt come from thin air.
@@ge.0he only did it in the summer . I never had a summer off. But he invested in real estate. Most fishermen don’t invest that’s all they know is fishing
@@eve-llblyat2576 Longline fishing is only banned on the west coast of the US and maybe in Canadian waters and the Canadian EEZ. It’s still very much alive on the east coast of the US and in the Gulf of Mexico.
I was spending a couple of weeks with my great aunt and uncle in 2000 (I was 10 for context). I was spoiled rotten for those couple of weeks. They wanted to go and see this movie in theaters and I had no concept of it at the time, so I just went along with it. Most of the movie went over my head except the end. I've never re-watched it since then until getting an abridged version from your reaction. My biggest revelation is how did John C. Reilly not get more dramatic roles after this movie?
Unless everyone else is off, the Captain will go down with the ship. It's not a written law but it's a pretty universally followed tradition. That's why he didnt follow Bobby out, all the other men were still on board.
The book and the film brought the term "perfect storm" into the lexicon to mean a group of unrelated disasters that combine in one freak event to cause a single disaster. Also, "Joe Vs the Volcano" is great.
Sorry for your anxiety and stress, but we all enjoy watching movies with you and how you share, not just your thoughts, but your heart with us. Thank you.
One of my favorite peoms. I’ve Fished a Place - Larry Ryser I’ve fished a place like no other place You’ll ever find on Earth. A place where the hard work and danger Can, and should, reflect a man’s worth. I’ve finished a place where the hours are long; Sleep, rare, if at all. A place where even the strong Sometimes stumble and fall. I’ve fished a place where you spend countless hours Pulling countless pots. A place where the memory of her back home Is thought with countless thoughts. I’ve fished a place where the weather can turn Bad in the blink of an eye. A place where there are those who’ll get hurt, And some will even die. I love this place And the pride it’s given me. You see, Very few people on the face of this earth can say, “I’ve fished the Bering Sea.”
As to the accuracy of the story, there’s some truth and some fiction. This movie is based on a book also called The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger. The book spells out everything that is known. They struggled to find fish at the beginning of their trip. They went out to the Flemish Cap and found a lot of fish when the ice machine broke down. They decided to head into the storm. Many of the elements from this movie were compiled from different trips of the Andrea Gail. For example, the shark had happened on the Andrea Gail, but on an earlier trip. The same thing with Murph going overboard. He did have a hook go through his hand and go overboard, but again on an earlier trip. The rogue wave before the storm did actually happen on the final trip. Once they went into the storm, not much is known. There was no mayday from the Andrea Gail, so there two prevalent theories. Either the ship lost its antenna (which is what the movie portrayed), or the ship went down very quickly. The book didn’t fill in the gaps by creating fiction. The author would find similar stories from people who had survived similar situations. It was storytelling by analogy. Bobby Shatford’s family was heavily involved in the book and the movie, which is why he is a prominent character. Some of the families were unhappy with the story though. I hope this helps.
@@tosweet68 My understanding is that Tyne’s ex wife and Murphy family sued for the portrayal of their relatives. They sued because they were not payed for the portrayals and for the fictionalization of their relatives stories. They lost the suit.
@@traviselrod7803The Tyne family initially sued due to the way Tyne was portrayed in the film, which wasn't accurate to reality at all. In the film, Tyne pushes his crew against their will to return to sea just two days after returning home (in reality it was 6 days, as Tyne valued the importance of family and allowing his crew the time to catch up with their own before heading back out. In the film, when the crew understandably become rowdy because the fishing sucks and they want to go home, Tyne calls them down and says they're weak/scared to manipulate them into agreeing to stay out longer. Considering Tyne had been a guidance counsellor specializing in helping teens with substance abuse issues, this is a very hard image to picture, not to mention other fishermen who had worked under him (and Tyne's surviving relatives) all said it would have been completely unlike him to behave that way. In the film, Tyne receives a weatherfax calling for dangerous weather and ultimately decides to drive through it to get home. There are several reasons this didn't happen; 1 - They had already finished their trip and were halfway (3 days) into their steam home when the storm hit. They did not have sufficient warning 2 - You can't drive a boat like that through a storm. The boat goes wherever the wind and waves push it and the only control you have is over which direction the boat faces. Most ships will be blown off course by 10-30 miles after storms die down, so it isn't a choice Tyne would have willingly made 3 - The film takes all these plot points for the sake of drama, but this makes Tyne look like an arrogant borderline manic who endangered his crew and got them all killed so he could try to save his pride as a boat captain and prove his worth to the owner. This is simply not what happened If I was the surviving relative of Tyne, or Murphy, I'd also have been upset
Yes they gut the fish in place. The guts are waste that take up space and weight that has to be carted around. They are out for a couple months at a time and fuel is an issue. If they can move, say, 25 tons of fish and 15% (just made up numbers) of the fishes' weight is their insides and beaks then cutiing those off/out means they would only get another 10-15 fish and that much more pay. As for the story itself. Yes part of it was completely fictional, but things like the ice machine breaking down, were things we do know. It meant they had to return early and Billy had radioed in the problem and his intent to come back.
I live and grew up in Gloucester and knew a couple of the families of a couple of guys who died on the boat. I remember when it happened. It was pretty wild when they filmed the movie here. The cast trailers were right across the street from my office. Clooney and his guys played basketball a lot a lunchtime. I also met George at The Blackburn Tavern one night. Cool guy! The movie is pretty powerful. Oh and Gloucester is one of the most beautiful cities you hope to visit. Hollywood has filmed a lot of movies here including last years Best Picture Coda.
@@jenloveshorror In this case they seem to have had the support of the locals during filming, as a lot of the locations were genuine (the Crow’s Nest was moved closer to the wharf for movie reasons, though). I’ve just been reading into things that happened afterwards though, and the families of Billy Tine and Dale Murphy sued Warner Bros. over the depictions of their family members but Warners won the case. I think that as long as filmmakers state that something is only based on a true story and not actually truth, then they’re covered by the First Amendment. It’s like how James Cameron wrote the character of Second Officer Murdoch in Titanic - Murdoch’s descendants were very unhappy with the portrayal, and Cameron has said in later years that he regretted what he did, focussing on telling a story and not taking into account how the family might be affected. Happens a lot, I think.
@Daveyboy100880 thank u for all the info. I hadn't put much of a thought into the behind the scenes of these movies, but definitely has opened up my eyes to wanting to know more so I truly appreciate it
Go to a dive bar in someplace like Bar Harbor, Maine - you can catch all the 'old fisherman/lobsterman chatter' without having to see the docks lol... and get a great bowl of lobster chowder in the process (Shout out to The Thirsty Whale)
Because you mentioned the submarine, it’s worth mentioning that by coincidence this film, the perfect storm was directed by Wolfgang Peterson. Wolfgang Peterson is famous for making what is probably the most gripping submarine movie ever made.. The film is called Das boot, and you can watch it in a two hour or a four hour format. Its like Perfect Storm, it will probably give you a lot of stress as you’re rooting for the captain and crew. So maybe the shorter version is better for you than the directors cut. You aren’t really missing too much by watching the shorter version. That’s the first one I saw in the film was fantastic. But the four hour version is also excellent.
And I’m just going to disagree because I think the English version of Das Boot does flawless lip-synching. I really couldn’t tell it was lip sync. If the lip-synching is bad, like a Chinese kung fu movie, obviously watch it with subtitles. But the overdubbing is great in this movie. Now maybe it’s only great in the two hour version. I don’t know. I should also mention this movie is 10 hours long because it was originally a TV miniseries cut down into a film.
Ah, Wolfgang Peterson and his Death at Sea trifecta of movies. Das Boot, Perfect Storm, and his remake of the Poseidon adventure. No one does it quite the way he did.. Disaster and Death on the Waves.
@@AlitaBeyay The issue with the english version is (at least the one I saw), that the language is "too clean". It loses a lot of the grit and slang of the how they speak. Granted that issue also plagues the subtitles to a degree, but not as bad.
I was in NJ when this storm hit. It was the most intense storm I have ever experienced--by far. The barrage of rain we got was second only to the thunder. The house shook with every scream of thunder. And even though we were on the highest point of the eastern seaboard, we were still scared of flooding. I looked out the window towards NYC and there were 4 waterspouts between us and them and they were still coming. I counted 3 more after a minute or so. One of them did start to head towards us but fortunately it made landfall elsewhere. Our neighboring town lost their beach. Property damage was heavy.
Saw this when I was 10 years old, and asked my family why there wasn't a happy ending. Was one of those big moments where I realized life isn't all rainbows and unicorns.
Man… that’s heavy.
Yeah its one of those moments kinda like when you realize things like Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny dont really exist except that they are a fun ideas!!! Or when you look around you from kids eyes to adults eyes and realize that there is no kid left in me!!! or very little!!!
This was the first movie I saw that didnt end well!!! Man I remember it like it was yesterday, it ruined my day
I thought the first time they were going to survive but this is one of those movies that well all was make you cry
Exactly same for me dude
The part when they are in the eye of the storm near the end of the film, and the sun begins to shine briefly, then all goes dark, and you see the look on Clooney's face, which tells us everything without him having to say a word. Such a devastating scene, and first rate film making.
And James Horner's score communicated the building tension of what was to come.
Yeah, he had to have known beforehand as he didn't seem dumb but it was the false hope with the improving conditions after all they suffered that initially deceived him.
@@trevorjensen2706James Horner was a master of his craft. He had a way of conjuring so much emotion in his music.
I think his work in “Glory” and “legends of the fall” is a masterpiece of composing
When I first saw this movie when the sunlight comes out in the end I realized they're in the eye of the Strom I was like oh shit they do know they're gonna die right.
I'm a full-time US merchant marine sailor, and before that I spent four years sailing on fishing vessels in the Bering Sea. A ship going down with all hands lost is the stuff of nightmares for myself and my crewmates. My heart goes out to the families of those who lost loved ones on the Andrea Gail, as well as those who lost their people on the El Faro, the Edmund Fitzgerald, and too many others. Our families lose us for weeks or months at a time in a best case scenario, and then there are tragedies like this. You may be gone boys, but you aren't forgotten. We'll keep a light on the bridge lit for you.
*Edit: Just wanted to edit and say a big thank you to everyone that's been kind enough to like my comment. I think Cassie deserves the real likes for her honest and wonderful reaction to this story and I definitely appreciate her giving her time and attention to the story of the Andrea Gail. However I also do very much appreciate all of your support and wish you all nothing but fair winds and following seas!
Gordon Lightfoot sure wrote a great song about the Edmund Fitzgerald.
I used to work as a maritime architect, and the stuff that affected us the most is wondering what could we have done to make it safer to bring all hands safely back to Port. Contrast that with the attitude that new ways aren't usually safer, and might even cause disaster (think of the Titanic).
Anyways, I used to work on board a fishing vessel years ago, and now I'm a miner.
I might have a death wish, but the money is too good, and nowadays, there's few options to make good money...
@@MrLivewire1970 Agreed, he did. Unfortunately, there are other sailors who aren't lucky enough to be immortalized like that. I knew several of the guys lost on the El Faro and I watched a couple more pass away when I was fishing around AK. Most of us are rough guys without much education or net worth, so we don't often make the headlines. Ships are the isles of misfit toys. Our loved ones cry just the same when we don't come home though.
When you do a dangerous job it hurts any time someone in your profession passes away
@@wal6377 Kudos for the work that you and your peers did to help bring people back home safely. Nine times out of ten, disasters happen because of preventable maintenance related issues. Unaddressed rust on hatch covers, faulty pump systems, things like that. Once in a while it'll be something like ignoring a dangerous weather pattern, like the Andrea Gail or the El Faro. Atlantic hurricane systems are no friggin' joke. I'm right there with you though on the risk versus reward though. In today's climate, as a blue collar guy without a college education or family connections in any particular industries, sticking my neck out and making a living from the sweat of my brow is one of the few ways I can get ahead financially in life.
"This is gonna' be hard on my little boy"
Just moments from death and his concern is not for himself, but for his child.
All these years later, that line still pierces my heart.
Blessings to all the men and women around the world who risk everything to provide for those they love. ❤
That was the best "frick" ive ever heard from Cassie. She called it with the shark and still jumped.
“I was hoping they’d float onto land.. and they’d be like ‘where are we, where am I?’... ‘Bolivia’... but he’s alive...”
- Cassie 2023
That was in her top best crying, breakdown, self conversations of the channel.
What’s a “frick”?
@@maxsparks5183 The f word but clean and kid friendly
This isn't a movie, it's a memorial.
I had to watch that “frick” three times! 😂😂
These men are all still remembered as are all fishermen lost at sea who leave out of Gloucester Massachusetts. There is a Beautiful memorial to those lost there by the harbor
You mentioned Coast Guard being a hard job and it made me remember "The Guardian" - a story about Coast Guard swimmers with Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher. I don't know if other folks liked it but I did. Maybe one for your list?
Good call
Or a little known movie "The Deep" from 2013 a story about a fisherman who swam for hours in icy cold waters and was the sole survivor of a shipwreck.
Linda Greenlaw was the female captain of the Hannah Boden who tried to warn them about the storm (played by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio).
She is currently a co-captain on the TV Show, the Deadliest Catch. Pretty much known as the best female fisherman, and one of the best overall of all time.
Linda Greenlaw is a legend
The actual storm in 1991 was so strong it was called "Storm of the Century" as well as "The Perfect Storm." The wind was strong enough to make the Twin Towers in NYC rock back and forth visibly.
It was on Halloween in 1991. I lived in Gloucester at the time. You can see the condo complex where I lived in the opening credits as the Andrea Gail goes into the harbor. The white buildings with red roofs right next to the water.
That storm was terrifying for those of us on land. Homes washed away or damaged by the waves. Roads completely washed away. I moved back to KY 6 weeks later.
@@learobinson4450 Imagine what it was like for them out there in the ocean. If it was that scary on land
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Reminds of that tragedy...
It was not because it was "so strong"
The unnamed Halloween storm of 1991 was barely a category 1 storm on the hurricane scale.
A week after the events of this film, I was riding out a Category 5 off the coast of Guam (Typhoon Yuri) in a 500 ft, 9000 ton Cruiser.
The term "Perfect storm" wasn't because it was one of the most powerful in history as many think.
It comes from the fact that it was a "perfect storm of events" that lead to it's unusual and abherrent creation. Three seperate weather systems which combined to create an out of season subtropical hurricane.
But the peak strength was barely a category 1.
John C Riley played Dale. He's usually in goofball films like Step Brothers and Talladega Nights and it's hard to remember he's done a lot of really serious work.
He and vince vaughn used to play some pretty serious roles but then both kinda got typecast in comedies
@Tamajyn69, so did Ben Stiller
He was good in State of Grace with a loaded cast.
I live in Gloucester! Born and raised, my family came here from Ireland and Wales ten years before it became a city, which was 400 years ago! Love seeing people react to this, RIP TO THE CREW OF THE ANDREA GAIL!
Hey man that's awesome! I always loved the joke, "Are you from Ireland because my penis is Dublin!!!!" Kekek Hey dude my great grandfather Gaetano Santarpio started Santarpio's pizzeria back in 1903 if you know of it in East Bahston! If you haven't tried it I recommend it! I was just there Tue. night!
I lived in Gloucester from January 1990-December 1991. I lived in the condos that you can see in the opening credits of the movie when the Andrea Gail is going to the Inner Harbor. The white buildings with the red roofs. I watched the waves take out the neighbors back porch & all it’s nice furniture end up in the harbor during that storm. I was stranded with the baby for two days because the roads were either flooded or completely washed away. That’s one reason why I moved back to KY before Christmas. The other reason was the 6 months of winter.
In central KY each season lasts 3 months & the most violent weather we get is a tornado every 15-20 yrs that will take off a couple of roofs or overturn a shed.
New England weather just isn’t for me.
Viva St Pedro!
Gloucestershire is a county in England where the name comes from 😊
@@tobiasmccallum9697 They likely know that seeing as absolutely everything in New England is named after places in regular England.
When I was in the Navy my ship was on standby as a rescue party member during this storm. This was crazy. My ship almost got lost during that storm. The worst experience of my life.
"The Perfect Storm" is one of the best books I have ever read. The book goes into even more ships and crews that were affected by the storm. Nobody will ever know what really happened to the Andrea Gail, so the author interviewed crews who had been through horrific storms and survived. He also interviewed sword boat crews and got lots of true stories like a shark landing on deck, a crewman having to go out on a boom arm and cut a chain with a torch, etc. The movie just used all of those stories as "day in the life" scenes on the Andrea Gail.
What really sealed the Andrea Gail's fate was the ice machine breaking down. With ice they could have just sailed away from the storm until the conditions improved, and not lost their catch to spoilage. Without ice they were on a ticking clock to get their catch to port before it spoiled. They were motivated to risk their lives because so much of their income was riding on it.
The book also has some incredible anecdotes that illustrate why sailors are superstitious. The crewman who balked on the Andrea Gail didn't get a better offer; he fully intended to go out, and had his dad drive him to the dock. When he got out of the truck, he looked at the Andrea Gail and said "Nope. I'm not going." He apologized to Capt. Tyne and told his father to drive him home. No one really argued with him because most sailors have had moments like that.
One of the best books I’ve ever read and the movie ends at about the halfway point of the book. Also some great descriptions of the Air Force PJ training and a terrific explanation on the effects of storms. Read it if you haven’t.
It wasn't entirely true that the ice machine fully failed, just that it was malfunctioning and not producing enough ice. The Andrea Gail wasn't in a mad dash for home, she had already set out for home before the issues with the ice machine started.
A little after halfway through the trip (3 days), the storm basically formed on top of them with only 24hrs of a "heads up" forecast calling for mild weather.
Yeah, I loved this book so much but I thought the film felt like a soap opera version with overacting and not the greatest of scripts, but it did give us some visual representation of what it might have been like.
@@heyheyjk-la Yeah, I'd like to do a short documentary about the actual events that transpired on the final trip. There's more than enough information recorded about how things ACTUALLY went to make it into something good
The book is well worth reading. It vividly describes how commercial fishing is the world's most dangerous profession, and even today with all of our technology, the ocean remains a dangerous and unpredictable place. One line from the book that has stuck in my mind: hurricanes are so powerful that even if we detonated every nuclear weapon on earth, we couldn't create an artificial one that lasted more than one hour.
I saw this in the theater with my grandfather when I was 12. It's the last movie I saw in the theater with him so it'll always hold a special place in my heart. Probably still the most awesome movie theater experience I've had in my life.
When this movie came out it was uncommon for the entire main cast to perish. I remember watching it in the theater with my mom and everyone walked out with tears in their eyes.
Thanks for the spoiler.
It's a true story... sadly they all did, in fact, perish.
@@martinboyle9163Why are you reading the comments before watching the video?
@@Gotobar Your comment was shown as the top comment and it was right there before I could even hit play. Not a big deal, man.
"I wanna go to a place like this in real life. I've only seen it in the movies."
I grew up in a small fishing town on the West Coast. There aren't many local economies left like this. We lost a non-trivial number of schoolmates fishing up in Alaska, including the Americus/Altair sinkings on Valentine's Day 1983. One of my classmates was a star on Deadliest Catch for awhile. It's dangerous work, for sure.
People don't realize how big and powerful the ocean is. People also don't realize how insignificant people are until they feel her fury. She doesn't care how rich how powerful you are or how strong or young you are. The ocean will take you if she wants you. Great movie. Pretty sad. But a good story well told.
The sea is always right #ringsofpower 😂
She is a harsh mistress.
So true. I love to sail. I've experienced 40 foot seas and hve had a few knockdowns. You know when you're out there anything can happen. What you fear the most is that rogue wave hitting you from a direction you didn’t expect.
I fear the ocean. From the creatures below. To the monster waves that were called a myth for so long. Real freaks of nature but should be expected. I get it, that superstition when RNGesus can flips a coin for your life. Experience I've heard from a retired navy man "Whenever you go out there is always a fire and somebody always dies." Crazy friends, nuclear engineers on subs, doing everything I'd say nope to. I couldn't imagine being out there on the water if something wild happens. Could be the many times I've almost drowned that I've learned my lesson to never tempt the sea. Ha. That much bad luck inland that I rarely even touch the salt water at the beach.
The book is well worth reading. It vividly describes how commercial fishing is the world's most dangerous profession, and even today with all of our technology, the ocean remains a dangerous and unpredictable place. One line from the book that has stuck in my mind: hurricanes are so powerful that even if we detonated every nuclear weapon on earth, we couldn't create an artificial one that lasted more than one hour.
As a born and raised Newfoundlander, I’m no stranger to the Atlantic Ocean and what she can do. Knowing how you react to certain situations in movies, I said to myself “ohh, she ain’t ready for this roller coaster”. Buckle up is all I can say….. it’s going to hit right in the feels.
Even now when they both really don't like each other, he turns sees he isn't there and he's literally the first in the water to save him ❤️❤️
The book "A Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea" by Sebastian Junger is exceptionally well-written. It gives detail that of course the movie can't provide.
My friends father was a helicopter pilot that did search and rescue for the coast guard. This is just a sad story that was very personal for a lot of families.
My friend's brother's housekeeper's 12th cousin, once removed, is Chuck Norris.
markiepooharling1043 Not an appropriate place for a joke. But say hi to Chuck.
I had a friend online who operated the winch on a rescue helicopter out of St. John's, Newfoundland. He was a career serviceman, until he went to a school to talk to the students about his work. On the way back, a driver on a cell phone ran a red light a smashed into the driver's door of the car, crushing his left forearm, and destroying his career and stripping his life of any meaning. Last I heard, he was institutionalized by his depression.
@@markiepooharling1043 I actually do need a housekeeper..... but I'm looking for one with 11 cousins....
Please know all the men and women who choose that profession deserve so much respect and love for their commitments to be selfless and put all lives above their own sometimes and should be treated as any other first responder or Dr or nurse etc... I cannot put into words how their acts of utter bravery are so important to be never forgotten and always acknowledged to teach our children that all human life is important and if every person would just more kindness and bravery for others this world would change into a better place for all!
I first saw this at a film theater that was on a rather steep hill, at about the same angle as those waves. As soon as we left the theater and drove down that hill, I was completely nauseous. Never had a problem with that road before. Always had a problem after. This movie is really frigging powerful.
RIP the crew of the Andrea Gail:
Frank William "Billy" Tyne Jr. (1954-1991), aged 37
Robert F. "Bobby" Shatford (1961-1991), aged 30
Michael "Bugsy" Moran (1955-1991), aged 36
Dale R. "Murph" Murphy (1960-1991), aged 30
David "Sully" Sullivan (1962-1991), aged 29
Alfred Pierre (1959-1991), aged 32
You will always be remembered as legends.
Also, I think the movie is a great hommage to this crew that went down with their ship and I am glad you have reacted to this one that's based on a true story.
so strange, when this happened i was 10 and now im older than every person on that list.
I was born and raised in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Living off the sea was my family’s business. I remember when this storm hit. It was horrifically devastating to our industry. God Bless all those who lost their lives, and those still struggling to survive.
You really should put The Abyss on the list. It's one of my favorite movies of all time and has arguably the most fascinating behind the scenes of which there is a full documentary to explore.
Great, great movie. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is also in that one. Probably her best work ever, imo although the crew went through literally hell to make that film with James Cameron. Ed Harris won't talk about it to this day if asked. 😅
@@jpate1103 It also starred Michael Biehn in probably his best acting performance ever.
@PopcornInBed YES!!!! Please watch Abyss! I've been recommending it for months. It's one of my favorite movies of all time too! Great great film. You should've put Poseidon 2006 with Kurt Russell and Josh Lucas on the list too Cassie. Directed by Wolfgang same directed as Perfect Storm. Such a great Disaster Movie. Its not a true story but its a possible one which gives it the creepy factor. #PleaseWatch #TheAbyss & #Poseidon
I agree with that, and you should put the Poseidon Adventure from 1972. The remake was ok but not as good, imHo.
The sea is a fickle mistress, she can be benign and beautiful, but her fury is unlike no other. From a merchant seaman to all the lost souls of the ocean, fair winds and calm passage. Thanks for pointing this.
The book is well worth reading. It vividly describes how commercial fishing is the world's most dangerous profession, and even today with all of our technology, the ocean remains a dangerous and unpredictable place. One line from the book that has stuck in my mind: hurricanes are so powerful that even if we detonated every nuclear weapon on earth, we couldn't create an artificial one that lasted more than one hour.
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is always great,she plays a good role in The Abyss with Ed Harris
Water is her milieu.
and i love her in Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves
Here I am, Tony.
The Abyss is a great movie. The sub scene when Harris and Mastrantonio get stranded gets me every time. Great acting from the two of them.
@@atway70 fook me Tony.
If anyone remembers the '91 Halloween blizzard that hit Minnesota, the upper midwest, and lower Canada.. it was the same storm that just came from the east and moved west over 3 days
I'll never forget when this movie came out and I asked a coworker who had seen it what it was about and she said "It's about bad weather."
True.
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Always loved the attention to small details in the movie. The damage to the boat becomes worse and worse over the course of the storm.
By this point in the film, both outriggers are bent back, the mounted platform on the mast is gone, the floodlights are dead, the leader cart is gone, the windows are out, the electronics are fried, and by this point the crew is basically hopeless
Gentle correction here, Cassie, but the rescue swimmers weren't Coast Guard. They were working with the Coast Guard ship but they were actually Air Force Pararescue Jumpers (PJs). They're part of Special Operations command and are the main medics for units like SEAL Team 6 (aka Devgru) and Delta Force (aka CAG). They also perform domestic rescues at sea, and in the mountains. Their training and selection has the highest attrition rate out of all the special operations units including BUDs (SEAL training). They perform rescues that even the coast guard rescue swimmers feel unqualified for. Just giving them their due credit because those scenes of the yacht rescue and refueling attempts were the only ones that they know happened down to the detail. What happened to the Andrea Gail is ultimately speculation as far as how long they lasted.
If there is one military group that can claim to training harder than the SEALs it's the PJs.
Buddy of mine in 1971 was a 20 year old, skinny little H-3 crew chief at Clark Field (Phillipines)
Said he was always getting in fights in bars, because a lot of drunks figured they could kick his ass.
Then, two of the PJ'S in his detachment decided to "adopt" him, and always took him to the bars with them.
Funny, but for some reason he never got in a bar fight again.
Dude, PJs are badasses. It's something like 4 years of training before they can go operational.
@@jackstecker5796 they basiclly have a Med Degree in trauma medicine. Plus they’re full on Operators. Total Bravo Alpha’s!
@@cardiac19 the have to train harder...the whole Air Force thing and all that...just kidding...massive respect
My Father joined the Dutch merchant marines after WW2 as a young cook. Got assigned to a weather ship that would sail into storms to take readings and be a early warning system. 2nd trip out inside of a large storm they were hit by a rouge wave that almost rolled the ship. My Dad was in kitchen at time opened door after ship righted and saw the entire railing and walkway had been ripped away. Antennas were destroyed as well leading to the news back home that the ship had most likely been lost in the storm. My Grandmother was both crushed by news and over joyed when my Dad came home safe. Needless to say, she forbade him from going on another trip with that ship and my Dad returned to carpenter school that had been rebuilt from bombing, got basic draftsman and ended up coming to USA.
Man, my wife and I watched this in the theater back in 2000. It's like "Titanic". You know how it's going to end but you still have that glimmer of hope. The struggles of the fishermen, the yacht people and the helicopter crew just add multiple levels of tension. I think the line that really gets to me is when Murph says, "This going to be hard on my little boy." A good movie and you're awesome for watching it. You know, I watched another good movie that year starring Harrison Ford called "What Lies Beneath" I think you'd really like.
What Lies Beneath was filmed while director Dobert Zemeckis waited for Tom Hanks to drop weight and grow a beard so they could finish filming Cast Away. I liked it too btw. Harrison and Michelle Pfeiffer were both excellent.
What Lies Beneath is Awesome. That would be a good watch for Cassie.
Titanic and the perfect storm are composed by james horner , well the perfect storm had more strongest trumpets than titanic in titanic i only hear one trumpet in a scene for being a movie made in a year ended in the number 7 ( 1997 )
You'd be amazed at how many people didn't know everyone perishes. I knew cuz I was a Weather Channel nut. I'd honestly say minimum half the people who saw it had zero clue the Andrea Gail even existed.
Yes!! What lies beneath would be a perfect scary but not too scary movie for her plus she loves Harrison Ford. I really hope that gets suggested to her. I can't believe I forgot about that movie until now and it was so fricken good!!
The real life Captain Greenlaw, the woman captain depicted in this movie, is on the latest season of Deadliest Catch. She's a real life legend.
Cassie, the helicopter crew was Air National Guard Pararescue. The Pararescue motto is "That Other May Live". Coast Guard's unofficial motto is "You have to go out, you don't have to come back".
The book is well worth reading. It vividly describes how commercial fishing is the world's most dangerous profession, and even today with all of our technology, the ocean remains a dangerous and unpredictable place. One line from the book that has stuck in my mind: hurricanes are so powerful that even if we detonated every nuclear weapon on earth, we couldn't create an artificial one that lasted more than one hour.
I just remembered about a movie you might like that stars Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher called The Guardian. It deals with The Coast Guard. Yes The Coast Guard is dangerous, people tend to only think about the other services like army, navy, and marines as being dangerous. The coast guard deals with all kinds of crazy stuff.
Another really good movie!
Amazing movie with a nice backstory
The Guardian is a fantastic thriller!!! It's definitely a sister watch!! 👍
Air force is most dangerous if you don't like paperwork
Soon as I saw what Cassie was watching, I was like her hearts going to be in her throat and get ready for the emotional pull. You have the most intensly emotional , heartfelt and human reaction of any reactor.
The Perfect Storm comes on all the time on like AMC here but I usually pass it, this is the first time in a long time I decided to watch it, it was you so the reaction would be moving.
I was in the Coast Guard at the time of this storm. The North Atlantic is already pretty nasty, but this was like nothing else. Also, when a storm like this hits, you don't really have any choice but to sail straight into the waves. Turning around can be super dangerous.
As opposed to sailing right into it, like this fishing vessel attempted to, and sinking?
Just saying...dangerous is dangerous...-
@@codymoe4986 There was really nowhere they could go. You can't really sail around a storm of that size. And, as I said, you'd rather be heading into the waves, rather than having them behind you, or hitting you from the side. But, regardless of that, in a storm of that size, the waves and swells are going in all directions.
Thank you for serving in the Coast Guard. I honestly can't comprehend how much integrity and strength that must put on all of you who serve. So much respect and love for you!!!
@@jenloveshorror Thank you.
@@johnmiller7682 it's just like in a normal motor boat. Waves coming right at you is no problem. If you go at them from behind, they'll be way bigger. You have less control over the waves. And you'll need to slow down. Which is something you can't do when it comes to giant waves like this. Unless you're a cruise ship or another ship at the same size, do not go into hurricanes.
This movie literally opened on theaters 23 years ago today. What a crazy coincidence!
I live 60 min. from Gloucester, Mass! I remember seeing this in theatres probably on the first weekend. This movie is gonna kill you guys! This was so tragic, but those men were so brave!! I can only imagine the last thoughts of family and friends going through their heads! Get lots of tissues!
I remember watching this when it came out and being an emotional wreck at the end. I was listening in the background while working just now and at the end I sobbed like a baby. Literally had to leave my desk to grab tissues and cry it out. I'm gonna read the book this summer as a way to remember those lost at sea and their families. I can't imagine. As always Cassie thanks for sharing with us!
Perfect alignment of man venturing into Mother Nature’s merciless arena.
Totally boring movie except for the culminating seen but I understand you girls like it because the guys are cute
They had a special viewing in my hometown when this was released. Capt Billy, Bugsy, and Murph all had ties to Cortez in Bradenton FL.
I recommend the book 'The perfect storm'. It covers the whole story, with a ton of detail of the actual events, and is a real page turner.
Also, "The Hungry Ocean" by Linda Greenlaw, who was Captain of the Hannah Boden.
@@Tom-Mac1975 Excellent! If you want another factual book that is hard to put down, and all about a real event, in great detail, read 'The Hot Zone'. All about Ebola disease, and how it nearly got spread in Washington DC. I read it decades ago, and still tell people sections of it, to horrify them 😊
@@brianb8060 Ta! I haven't read that one.
@brianb8060 I didn't realize she wrote a book about that. I read the Junger depiction based off the movie some 20 years ago.... I'll look for that Greenlaw book now, thanks.
Billy Tyne was a hell of a captain, everyone was shocked when they were lost, of course nobody really knows what happened as there was no mayday call..
You should watch the Guardian to learn about rescue swimmers. It’s awesome
Oh I was just thinking yesterday that I haven't seen a reaction to this movie, and then I get this notification!! I really love this movie, hope you do also, very emotional❤
I live in Connecticut. I remember that storm very well…..it blew out a few of my basement windows and, for context, it was centered hundreds of miles off shore. The loss of the Andrea Gail was all over local news for weeks…..its something still to this day thats a rough memory for alot of people in Southern New England.
I've known career fisherman. They go to sea for 30 days at a time, making minimum 20K per trip. They're a special breed. They go to sea a crew of 8-12, no showers, very few real breaks, and rations for 45 days. Storms are born from nothing and develop to typhoon/hurricane speed in as little as 4 days. They have no time or patience for "actors", and yes, TESTOSTERONE abounds!! You make a friend like that, you don't forget them.
This film is an absolute testament to the lives of those that maybe don't read and write so well, but have found a niche they can be proud of.
Remarkable...
They do not make "minimum $20k per trip". The captain on one of these boats might have made that much in a successful trip back in 1991, but swordfish money has been dwindling ever since and tight quota restrictions keep the flow low, demand is also low these days.
You can't go out in longline swordfighting and make that kind of money anymore.
@@pc_buildyb0i935 This was back in the late 80's into the 90's. Their primary ports were on Guam and throughout Micronesia. They'd go out 3 or 4 times a year. They even asked me if I'd like a shot. I humbly declined. At the time, I could probably bench press 300 lbs and squat 4. But, I had the sense to KNOW I couldn't maintain that rigorous a schedule. These guys were like brothers to me and I would NEVER let them down...
@@pc_buildyb0i935 I realized I actually missed your accusation.
Their captain/boss would cash a LARGE check while I waited with them---literally at the dock, pay them in stacks from the bank. I know what banded $100 bills are and look like. I'd then take them to the RCA Bldg. , where they would call their families to go receive the money. The calls alone cost a couple hundred total, due to the sparse communications available. They had family in Chuuk, Palau, and Pohnpei. These are outer islands in Micronesia, where not everyone has a phone. THEN we'd go to the bank and wire funds. It was absolutely real and so was the money.
I don't mean to sound short, but I wouldn't lie about this...
My uncle was in the US Coast Guard in the 90's and was the basket operator or whatever their technical term is, so this movie hits pretty close to home as these are the types of storms he went out into on a regular basis to rescue others.
When you mentioned Coast Guard, it put me in mind of the movie "THE GUARDIAN" with Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher. That's one for you and sis.
A big compliment to my compatriot Wolfgang Petersen (RIP) for this great movie. Other must see films from him are his first major work "Das Boot" (The Boat), Troy, Outbreak and many more, have fun!!!
Troy is bad lol. But Das Boot is an all-time masterpiece, an absolute must-see.
@@nicoletrudell2065 You're in the minority if you think Troy is bad but it's good that you know how opinions work.
The book "The Perfect Storm" by Sebastian Junger was the inspiration for this film. He researched the real events, and wrote a book that provides factual stories about the crew and the overall situation that happened in 1991. Sebastian Junger never speculates as to the exact conversations or exact events on the Andrea Gail. He only wrote about the known radio transmissions. The terminology, "The Perfect Storm" was made up by Boston NWS Meteorologist Bob Case.
Great Book.
Bob Case's term, The perfect storm is sadly a misfortunate name.
He was referring to a perfect storm of events required to create the unusual out of season storm. It was not referring in any way to the strength of the storm, which in truth was barely a Category 1, the weakest of hurricanes.
However the casual reader as well as film watcher tends to think this was one of the most powerful storms in history because of the name. Not true.
@@Cg23sailorThe Perfect Storm was an extratropical low, not a hurricane, and so it doesn't really make sense to assign it a hurricane category (even though one of the 3 weather fronts that created it was indeed a hurricane).
It's also not accurate to say it was as weak as a category 1. Windspeeds peaked at 100 knots. That's nearly 120mph. That would be the equivalent of a category 3 hurricane.
This was truly a "Based on a True Story" movie. Much of what was shown was based on reality, but some artistic license was taken. The shark and Murph going overboard happened on prior trips and the incidents were mentioned in the book by Sebastian Junger this film was based on.
The Mistral in the film is a stand-in for the real-life Bermuda-bound 32-foot Westsail cutter named Satori owned by a highly experienced sailor named Ray Leonard. Satori had already weathered one hurricane in her 17-year-life. The film implies that the Mistral/Satori was lost in the storm. Not so. Two weeks after the real-life Andrea Gail went down, the abandoned Satori beached herself on Assateague Island off the coast of Maryland/Virginia. Her storm jib wasn't even ripped. There was hardly a scratch on her. Every rule of ocean sailing says stay offshore where you can't hit anything, and stay with the vessel until it sinks out from under you. Your chance of survival is almost always greater with your boat than in the perilous process of offshore rescue.
Everything aboard Andrea Gail following the last radio call with Captain Greenlaw was pure speculation on the part of the screenwriters. All that is known is all six crew members of Andrea Gail are considered missing, presumed dead. The ship and crew were never found. A few fuel drums, a fuel tank, the (unactivated) EPIRB [Emergency Radio Beacon], an empty life raft, and some other flotsam were the only wreckage ever discovered in the vicinity of Sable Island.
Gloucester, MA is very much a real place you can visit, and is a lovely little north shore community where much of this film was filmed. The Crow's Nest is real and still exists, though not in the location depicted in the film. The Fisherman's Memorial is located on the harborfront along with a memorial wall listing the names of all fishermen coming out of Gloucester who were lost at sea. Another memorial inside Town Hall (shown in the film) does not list all that were lost aboard Andrea Gail because that memorial only lists Gloucester residents lost at sea, and not all the Gail crew were Gloucester natives. There are numerous tourist attractions, including a maritime museum, and a couple of whale watch excursions that take people out to Stellwagon Bank to see humpbacks and other ocean mammals.
The movie was good but of course is not totally reality based. The Mistral sailboat was specially outfitted for storms and the Captain Leonard knew what he was doing. The movie did not portray that rescue account with true details. When the Captain was slow to leave the sailboat it was because he had a lot of money invested in it and if he abandoned it at sea someone else could claim it or it could get smashed up, lost etc . Leonard was very experienced and had a Captain's license and lived aboard at times. The two ladies with him were not of his sailboating caliber. I am a power boater but I can understand his dilemma. He would have lost his Captain's licence if he had not obeyed the Coast Guard. I understand the Coast Guards view of things too but the film was lopsided about it.
You can Google and find other discrepancies. The movie producers were brought to court over some misleading parts in the movie. Captain Greenlaw was not a romantic partner with the Captain...they hardly knew each other. The Captain was actually on a winning streak as far as fishing and not down in his luck. Just Google it if you are interested.
I used to boat around the areas near shore in the movie. I over nighted in Gloucester after being towed in by the Coastguard when my boat had electrical problems. I did not get charged for a slip and had a good meal on my boat. I got repaired by a shop there. I probably walked by the Crows nest because I walked all around. The next day I had to boat out of there at top speed to get to Hingham shipyard where my mooring was and then rush into Boston to be at my second shift job. That was when I was young and could pull that sort of thing off. It was an adventure.
Any boater can tell you stories!
We have a pretty good idea of how things transpired after the final radio contact. Also, the final radio contact was with another vessel, the Allison with captain Tommie Barrie, not Linda Greenlaw of the Hannah Boden.
Thanks to local weather buoy data, we know how the storm progressed that night. The final radio contact was at 6pm, with 30ft seas and 50-80 knot winds. The conditions worsened steadily, peaking at 10pm, dropping for an hour, and then spiking with 100ft seas for over an hour starting at midnight.
The film shows them making it all the way to dawn, but realistically, there's no way a boat that size would survive 100ft breaking seas.
At the very latest, she survived a few minutes after midnight and no more than that, but it's possible she was overwhelmed earlier on in the 6hr window from her last radio contact up till midnight.
As I watched this in the theater, I remember thinking, "Everybody in this movie has a job worse than mine."
Those of us who saw this in the theater knew about the Andrea Gail already & we knew the boat & crew were lost in the “perfect storm” that hit that year. Even watching them fight through the storm I was hoping they would survive but still knowing they wouldn’t. 😢
Like the iceberg scene in the titanic, we knew the outcome but still hope they made it...
OMG, I didn't. (I grew up in VA) but this movie freaking killed me. I cried like a baby in the theater, in the parking lot, and then spontaneously in Walmart a half an hour later. I was that invested in these people. Great movie. ❤
Wow, Cassie is really on a cry-fest this week. This one's a bit rougher though, since it's based on a true story.
Way to tough out the darker films, Cassie. We're with you. 👍✌❤
Side Note: I build commercial fishing boats for a living, but ain't no way I'd ever go out on one.
This is one that shows John C. Reilly’s acting range, usually he’s in comedies or even playing a villain, here he’s caring father and a seasoned fisherman
His first movie was Casualties of War. That he played a scumbag with a bit of a goofy air to him
@@coyotefever105 then he played tucker in gilbert grape.I thought him and Crispin glover did good along with johnny depp and leo.
Yeah, all the stuff after they leave the dock is speculation. There were events that happened, like Murph getting pulled under with a fish hook, but happened months before, and were added for more tension. Linda Greenlaw has written several books due to the notoriety from this movie. She's also a pretty good writer!
Not true that it's speculation. Thanks to radio contact between the Andrea Gail and several other boats in the fleet on the Grand Banks, we know almost exactly how the trip transpired. Weirdly, they didn't flesh it out into a complete timeline in the film like they could have
I live close to that fishing town. Many of us in New England carry lots of pride and gratitude for all who have battled the vast oceans, many risking their lives while many others have lost their lives.
"Fishing on the sea is one of the most dangerous jobs in human existence"
i was working in Manchester New Hampshire outside on heavy equipment construction job when this storm hit. We stopped working early morning and road out storm in local bar at hotel we were staying at. . Never forget it. Hard to imagine these guys out to sea during it. Brutal. These events are true with some liberties for movie.
I remember first watching this and it was heartbreaking. They live and work in a very dangerous job. RIP to all who’ve lost their lives fishing
Linda Greenlaw, who is played by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in this movie, is a Co-Captain in the Alaskan Crab Fleet this season on "Deadliest Catch".
Glad to see this movie is getting an reaction. Cassie is going to need a break from emotional movies.
Agreed 😊
up next: Marley & Me!
Cassie: "son of a frick!"
Something more along the lines of Despicable Me 1 & 2 or The Magic Belle Isle
How about “My Girl”
@@carlanderson7618 I was thinking maybe a rewatch of "the replacements " with carly.
2 lesser known facts about this film.
1) The wall that listed the names of the fishermen lost only listed those from gloucester who were lost on the Andrea Gail the rest of the crew was added later.
2) The rescuers from the helicopter, one of them left the service and became a firefighter and was present on 9/11. He survived that tragedy too.
Thanks for doing a reaction to "The Perfect Storm." As a lifelong resident of Gloucester (pronounced Glou-sta), I clearly remember when this all happened. Gloucester is celebrating it's 400th year this year and at the Man of the Wheel statue (seen in the film) there is also a moment listing all the names of the those lost at sea each year. There were years in the late 1800s and early 1900s that the moment includes dozen upon dozen of names. Deep sea fishing has always been one of the most dangerous professions there is.
I lived in Massachusetts for awhile and visited Gloucester Mass. There's is a memorial close to the ocean to all those who have lost their lives at sea here and especially to these men.
Cassie thanks for always making me laugh even after a tough watch like this movie. " I was waiting for them to wash up on shore and say where am I and they say Bolivia... " 😂 Thats the ending we all wanted too!
I was in New England when that storm developed. It was named by the National Hurricane Center as the "Unnamed Hurricane 1991". We got winds of 60 mph in Connecticut. Winds at Cape Cod reached over 80 mph and were much worse further off shore. This was known as a meteorological bomb. It looked like a hurricane on satellite photos. This storm was used as a sample by the Air Force Weather school I attended in 1998. No body knew it was even coming.
Cassie, I spent a lot of years in the US Coast Guard. In my time, I went through a few different storms at sea. The 2 worst of them were Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Opal. The special effects in this movie are pretty realistic and pretty accurately depict what it is like to be at sea in a storm of this magnitude. Those experiences were simultaneously the most terrifying and exhilarating of my 50 years of life. I come from a family of commercial fishermen and although we have been fortunate enough to not lose anyone in our own family, we have had the misfortune to lose a few friends to the fury of the sea. That’s why I joined. It takes a special breed of people to do battle with Mother Nature and to scrape their living from depths of the sea. Those who do it, do it with the full knowledge of the dangers they face, and they face that danger with a sense of pride and dedication to it that rivals any other profession. You made the comment during the movie reaction that “everyone is just trying to rescue each other.” Like the special effects, this too is accurate. There is a code among sailors and fishermen that says that Any time a commercial fisherman hears another mariner is in trouble, he will do whatever it takes, including risking himself and his vessel to find and bring them home. There are no finer people in the world than those who make their living on the sea. There are a few sayings amongst them about that, one of which is the unofficial motto of the Coast Guard. “That others may live”. The other one states “You have to go out, but you don’t necessarily have to come back”. The best part of this movie is that it portrays that philosophy and the dedication that mariners have to one another.
Fun fact: This same storm caused the infamous Halloween Blizzard where I live. 3 days long.
King crab fishing in Alaska is the most dangerous job they say. That’s why they are so expensive obviously. They even made a series on it, my husband loves it!
I am from Gloucester. my father and uncles worked on boats with those guys in the 80's. my family has been on the water for 400 years. my 2 uncles captain boats and are over 60 and still out there. my father passed away a few years ago and I asked one of my uncles about retirement and his only answer back was 'im going to die out there" he's been fishing since he was 17. graduated high school and got on the boat. When this movie came out and I went to the movies with my dad. I chose to go see a different movie (x-men) than sit in the theater with my dad and watch him cry. I was working with my uncle at a whale watch tour and my father told me to not bring up the movie with my uncle, it will just upset him. I have only watched this movie the whole way through once. it's beyond upsetting to think about.
Many fishermen, and family of fishermen still refuse to watch the movie. Totally understandable
I remember seeing this in a real old school movie palace (it's gym now, i think). It was the few places in Finland that had THX -sound, at the time. The sound effects and the music floored me. Felt a bit weak walking out of the theatre 😅
I think what makes this movie so devastating is that all of the hard work, fatigue, and long, drawn-out rescues gave us all plenty of hope for survival. And then seeing the Andrea Gail go belly-up is the ultimate prick to the heart.
As for Captain Tyne, he knew this: "'The captain goes down with the ship' is a naval tradition implying the Captain holds the ultimate responsibility for both the ship and everyone in it and that if it goes down, he will do his best to save everyone before himself." He failed, so he goes down. Therefore, becoming a boat Captain in charge of a crew is no laughing matter.
Rest well, crew of Andrea Gail.
First off, with the shark, that was without a doubt the best jump scare I’ve seen in any reaction!
Second this is my second favorite sad movie. You already did my favorite, Taking Chance.
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These sword boats typically were out for a month at a time. Their cruising speed was only about 10 knots, which is slow but economical when it comes to fuel. They would take a week to get out on site, two weeks of fishing, and then a week to get back in. That was about average. Plus or minus a few days. These boats were called "longliners" There was usually a week between trips once they came back in..
The season usually lasted from March to October, though that could vary. Sword Boats followed the weather and the fish, and would normally make 8 or 9 trips per year.
The economics of the trip were as follows-- this is one example:
The Andrea Gail came in and sold her catch to O'Hara Seafoods for $136,812, plus another $4,770 for a small amount of tuna . . . . Brown [the owner] took home half of what was left [after operation costs]: roughly $53,000. The collected crew expenses-food, gloves, shore help-were paid on credit and then deducted from the other $53,000, and the remainder was divided up among the crew: Almost $20,000 to Captain Billy Tyne, $6,453 to Pierre and Murphy, $5,495 to Moran, and $4,537 to Shatford and Kosco.
The Andrea Gail was not a trawler. Trawling is a specific, net-based catching method. The Andrea Gail was a longliner, there's no need for quotation marks as that's the actual term - she was also called a "swordboat" as she was rigged to catch swordfish
Fishing has historically been the most dangerous profession.
5:00 "If you can't make a pay, I'll find somebody who can"
That's an easter egg if I ever seen one lol
There was a really good documentary on this storm in 91. It's more about the coast guard and their rescue of people and the helicopter that went down. A big part is about the helicopter crew and the PJ's and what happened to them. Also, that particular storm went in a direction counter to what we normally see... So that is why they didn't turn back sooner (speculatively speaking). I've seached for it in the past and never find it... However, I did this time. It's on TH-cam, and the name is, "The Killer Storm".
yup. This movie always has me crying by the end. Not just because of the deaths in the movie, but from memories . I saw this in theaters with my great grandparents, so i always think of them when i watch it.
This being based on what really happened..we’ll never know every little detail about what they did or said on their fateful last couple of days..but with nature..you never know what she’ll bring to the table..but the cast was fantastic..
The female capt was on this season of The Deadliest Catch. She wanted to give crab fishing a chance.
A shout out to the cast for great acting. I'm sure they came away from filming this with bruises and sore muscles. The visual effects in this film was astounding as much had to be shot practical rather than relying on today's CGI.
A worthwhile song to listen to is "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - by Gordon Lightfoot which was another sad story of a ship going down in the Great lakes.
My dad was a commercial fisherman for 40 years . I spent 20 with him . Gill netting salmon in Alaska . When he yelled I’ll find the fish my dad said that’s a lot of pressure on you because people depend on you back home for money . We had 15 20 foot waves nothing like this of course but nature has 0 rules . I’ll never forget those times with my dad we made lots of money and put food on the table for people when you buy fish in a store remember someone caught that.
My dad was skipper of a fishing boat for a long time. I know the pressure he felt to catch fish. Lot of money but you give up soo much. He never wanted it for me.
the romanticize of fishing doesnt exist anymore. like the longline fishig in the movie is baned for quit some time now. Fishing with big trawler and factory on board is how it is.
But while the fish is the only animal that gets industrial hunted the numbers of fish to catch wont rise again. at the moment the cheapest supermarket fish costs over 30€/kg. i think salmon is twice as much. fish vanishes as a basic food in every houshold. 100.000.000t doesnt come from thin air.
@@eve-llblyat2576we were gill netters
@@ge.0he only did it in the summer . I never had a summer off. But he invested in real estate. Most fishermen don’t invest that’s all they know is fishing
@@eve-llblyat2576 Longline fishing is only banned on the west coast of the US and maybe in Canadian waters and the Canadian EEZ. It’s still very much alive on the east coast of the US and in the Gulf of Mexico.
OK, they are out on the boat and I imagine them plating cards and yelling "Go Fish!"
I was spending a couple of weeks with my great aunt and uncle in 2000 (I was 10 for context). I was spoiled rotten for those couple of weeks. They wanted to go and see this movie in theaters and I had no concept of it at the time, so I just went along with it. Most of the movie went over my head except the end. I've never re-watched it since then until getting an abridged version from your reaction. My biggest revelation is how did John C. Reilly not get more dramatic roles after this movie?
Always wondered that too, especially after he killed it in Gangs of New York a year or 2 later.
The Coast Guard parts are arguably my favorites in this movie. Great display of the incredible prowess of the rescue swimmers.
Unless everyone else is off, the Captain will go down with the ship. It's not a written law but it's a pretty universally followed tradition. That's why he didnt follow Bobby out, all the other men were still on board.
The book and the film brought the term "perfect storm" into the lexicon to mean a group of unrelated disasters that combine in one freak event to cause a single disaster. Also, "Joe Vs the Volcano" is great.
Sorry for your anxiety and stress, but we all enjoy watching movies with you and how you share, not just your thoughts, but your heart with us. Thank you.
One of my favorite peoms.
I’ve Fished a Place - Larry Ryser
I’ve fished a place like no other place
You’ll ever find on Earth.
A place where the hard work and danger
Can, and should, reflect a man’s worth.
I’ve finished a place where the hours are long;
Sleep, rare, if at all.
A place where even the strong
Sometimes stumble and fall.
I’ve fished a place where you spend countless hours
Pulling countless pots.
A place where the memory of her back home
Is thought with countless thoughts.
I’ve fished a place where the weather can turn
Bad in the blink of an eye.
A place where there are those who’ll get hurt,
And some will even die.
I love this place
And the pride it’s given me. You see,
Very few people on the face of this earth can say,
“I’ve fished the Bering Sea.”
As to the accuracy of the story, there’s some truth and some fiction.
This movie is based on a book also called The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger. The book spells out everything that is known. They struggled to find fish at the beginning of their trip. They went out to the Flemish Cap and found a lot of fish when the ice machine broke down. They decided to head into the storm.
Many of the elements from this movie were compiled from different trips of the Andrea Gail. For example, the shark had happened on the Andrea Gail, but on an earlier trip. The same thing with Murph going overboard. He did have a hook go through his hand and go overboard, but again on an earlier trip. The rogue wave before the storm did actually happen on the final trip.
Once they went into the storm, not much is known. There was no mayday from the Andrea Gail, so there two prevalent theories. Either the ship lost its antenna (which is what the movie portrayed), or the ship went down very quickly.
The book didn’t fill in the gaps by creating fiction. The author would find similar stories from people who had survived similar situations. It was storytelling by analogy.
Bobby Shatford’s family was heavily involved in the book and the movie, which is why he is a prominent character. Some of the families were unhappy with the story though.
I hope this helps.
Did they go into detail why they were unhappy? That's kinda sad :/
@@WolfFireheart Who was unhappy?
@traviselrod7803 the families you mentioned that were unhappy in your original post....
@@tosweet68 My understanding is that Tyne’s ex wife and Murphy family sued for the portrayal of their relatives.
They sued because they were not payed for the portrayals and for the fictionalization of their relatives stories.
They lost the suit.
@@traviselrod7803The Tyne family initially sued due to the way Tyne was portrayed in the film, which wasn't accurate to reality at all.
In the film, Tyne pushes his crew against their will to return to sea just two days after returning home (in reality it was 6 days, as Tyne valued the importance of family and allowing his crew the time to catch up with their own before heading back out.
In the film, when the crew understandably become rowdy because the fishing sucks and they want to go home, Tyne calls them down and says they're weak/scared to manipulate them into agreeing to stay out longer.
Considering Tyne had been a guidance counsellor specializing in helping teens with substance abuse issues, this is a very hard image to picture, not to mention other fishermen who had worked under him (and Tyne's surviving relatives) all said it would have been completely unlike him to behave that way.
In the film, Tyne receives a weatherfax calling for dangerous weather and ultimately decides to drive through it to get home. There are several reasons this didn't happen;
1 - They had already finished their trip and were halfway (3 days) into their steam home when the storm hit. They did not have sufficient warning
2 - You can't drive a boat like that through a storm. The boat goes wherever the wind and waves push it and the only control you have is over which direction the boat faces. Most ships will be blown off course by 10-30 miles after storms die down, so it isn't a choice Tyne would have willingly made
3 - The film takes all these plot points for the sake of drama, but this makes Tyne look like an arrogant borderline manic who endangered his crew and got them all killed so he could try to save his pride as a boat captain and prove his worth to the owner. This is simply not what happened
If I was the surviving relative of Tyne, or Murphy, I'd also have been upset
Yes they gut the fish in place. The guts are waste that take up space and weight that has to be carted around. They are out for a couple months at a time and fuel is an issue. If they can move, say, 25 tons of fish and 15% (just made up numbers) of the fishes' weight is their insides and beaks then cutiing those off/out means they would only get another 10-15 fish and that much more pay.
As for the story itself. Yes part of it was completely fictional, but things like the ice machine breaking down, were things we do know. It meant they had to return early and Billy had radioed in the problem and his intent to come back.
I live and grew up in Gloucester and knew a couple of the families of a couple of guys who died on the boat. I remember when it happened. It was pretty wild when they filmed the movie here. The cast trailers were right across the street from my office. Clooney and his guys played basketball a lot a lunchtime. I also met George at The Blackburn Tavern one night. Cool guy! The movie is pretty powerful. Oh and Gloucester is one of the most beautiful cities you hope to visit. Hollywood has filmed a lot of movies here including last years Best Picture Coda.
I always wonder how films about real events that are shot in the actual locations are received by the local population!
I have also wondered how that affects families involved and / or do they have to get any sort of permissions to film near where events occured?
@@jenloveshorror In this case they seem to have had the support of the locals during filming, as a lot of the locations were genuine (the Crow’s Nest was moved closer to the wharf for movie reasons, though). I’ve just been reading into things that happened afterwards though, and the families of Billy Tine and Dale Murphy sued Warner Bros. over the depictions of their family members but Warners won the case. I think that as long as filmmakers state that something is only based on a true story and not actually truth, then they’re covered by the First Amendment.
It’s like how James Cameron wrote the character of Second Officer Murdoch in Titanic - Murdoch’s descendants were very unhappy with the portrayal, and Cameron has said in later years that he regretted what he did, focussing on telling a story and not taking into account how the family might be affected. Happens a lot, I think.
@Daveyboy100880 thank u for all the info. I hadn't put much of a thought into the behind the scenes of these movies, but definitely has opened up my eyes to wanting to know more so I truly appreciate it
Go to a dive bar in someplace like Bar Harbor, Maine - you can catch all the 'old fisherman/lobsterman chatter' without having to see the docks lol... and get a great bowl of lobster chowder in the process (Shout out to The Thirsty Whale)
Because you mentioned the submarine, it’s worth mentioning that by coincidence this film, the perfect storm was directed by Wolfgang Peterson. Wolfgang Peterson is famous for making what is probably the most gripping submarine movie ever made.. The film is called Das boot, and you can watch it in a two hour or a four hour format. Its like Perfect Storm, it will probably give you a lot of stress as you’re rooting for the captain and crew. So maybe the shorter version is better for you than the directors cut. You aren’t really missing too much by watching the shorter version. That’s the first one I saw in the film was fantastic. But the four hour version is also excellent.
I agree, it’s an excellent movie! If you do watch it, i recommend Das Boot in the subtitled version. It’s so much better.
@@hertelantje Das Boot in German is the only way to watch it!
And I’m just going to disagree because I think the English version of Das Boot does flawless lip-synching. I really couldn’t tell it was lip sync. If the lip-synching is bad, like a Chinese kung fu movie, obviously watch it with subtitles. But the overdubbing is great in this movie. Now maybe it’s only great in the two hour version. I don’t know. I should also mention this movie is 10 hours long because it was originally a TV miniseries cut down into a film.
Ah, Wolfgang Peterson and his Death at Sea trifecta of movies. Das Boot, Perfect Storm, and his remake of the Poseidon adventure. No one does it quite the way he did.. Disaster and Death on the Waves.
@@AlitaBeyay The issue with the english version is (at least the one I saw), that the language is "too clean". It loses a lot of the grit and slang of the how they speak.
Granted that issue also plagues the subtitles to a degree, but not as bad.
I was in NJ when this storm hit. It was the most intense storm I have ever experienced--by far. The barrage of rain we got was second only to the thunder. The house shook with every scream of thunder. And even though we were on the highest point of the eastern seaboard, we were still scared of flooding. I looked out the window towards NYC and there were 4 waterspouts between us and them and they were still coming. I counted 3 more after a minute or so. One of them did start to head towards us but fortunately it made landfall elsewhere. Our neighboring town lost their beach. Property damage was heavy.