It's Halloween; 1991. Near Gloucester; Massachusetts; the six members of the Andrea Gail; a swordfishing boat; head out to sea for their last trip of the season. Unbeknownst to them; a shockingly brutal storm is slowly gaining steam. Before the National Weather Bureau has a chance to inform the crew of the impending danger; it's too late. The resulting battle with three merging weather fronts--an unheralded natural disaster--is grueling and tragic. Based on the true-life best selling novel by Sebastian Junger; The Perfect Storm stars George Clooney; Mark Wahlberg; Diane Lane and is directed by Wolfgang Petersen.