``The Perfect Storm'''s ``Andrea Gail'' Comes Home to Massachusetts.Entertainment Editors BURBANK, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 14, 2000 Star of Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Pictures' Summer Hit Sold on eBay to Legal Sea Foods for Use as Living Memorial to Those Lost at Sea The Lady Grace, the actual working 72', 93 ton fishing vessel used to portray the Andrea Gail The fishing vessel Andrea Gail was a commercial fishing vessel lost at sea during the "Perfect Storm" of 1991. Background The Andrea Gail was a 72 foot commercial fishing vessel That was constructed in Panama City, FL in 1978, originally named the "Miss in Warner Bros. Pictures' summer hit "The Perfect Storm," was sold on eBay to Massachusetts-based company Legal Sea Foods, it was announced today by Brad Ball, president, Domestic Marketing, Warner Bros. Pictures. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to The Gloucester Fund, an umbrella organization
An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or that supports grassroots community programs. Additionally, Legal Sea Foods has announced that it is earmarking  It has been suggested that some sections of this article be split into a new article entitled Earmark (USA). funds
for the families of the Andrea Gail fishermen who lost their lives at
sea. Legal Sea Foods purchased the Lady Grace to honor those in the
fishing industry and to educate others about the dangers of the trade
and the sacrifices made by those in the industry to support their
families.
"We are tremendously pleased that the Lady Grace has found a home in the Massachusetts area with Legal Sea Foods," Ball said. "Their commitment to keeping alive the memory of those depicted in `The Perfect Storm' and others lost at sea by keeping the Lady Grace as a living memorial is the ideal role for this vessel, which served us so well on the film. We are equally pleased that this transaction will benefit both the Gloucester Fund and, thanks to Legal Sea Foods, the families of the Andrea Gail fishermen." The Lady Grace is currently in Hamburg, Germany, for the July 18 European premiere of "The Perfect Storm." When the vessel returns home to Gloucester in the late summer, it will tour select cities from New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. to Florida to raise funds for various fishing-industry charities. The Lady Grace will reside in Gloucester, Mass. "The Perfect Storm" tells of the courageous men and women who risk their lives every working day, pitting their fishing boats and rescue vessels against the capricious forces of nature. Their worst fears are realized at sea one fateful autumn, when they are confronted by three raging weather fronts which collide to produce the greatest, fiercest and most destructive storm in modern history. Warner Bros. Pictures Presents a Baltimore Spring Creek Pictures production in association with Radiant Productions, a Wolfgang Petersen film starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg, "The Perfect Storm." The film also stars Diane Lane, William Fichtner, Karen Allen, Allen Payne, Bob Gunton, with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (born November 17, 1958 in Lombard, Illinois) is an American actress and singer of Italian descent. Mastrantonio's first credited screen appearance was in Brian DePalma's Scarface as Gina Montana, sister of Al Pacino's Tony Montana. and John C. Reilly John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor known for his ability to act in a dramatic or comedic role with ease. Biography Personal life . Music is by James Horner. The film is edited by Richard Francis-Bruce, A.C.E. William Sandell is the production designer. John Seale, ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. , ASC ASC Ambulatory surgery center, see there , is the director of photography. The executive producers are Barry Levinson and Duncan Henderson. Based on the book by Sebastian Junger, the screenplay is by Bill Wittliff. Paula Weinstein, Wolfgang Petersen and Gail Katz produced "The Perfect Storm," which is directed by Wolfgang Petersen. www.perfectstorm.com Copyright(c)2000 Warner Bros. Pictures (All rights reserved). This material is to be used solely for advertising, promotion, publicity or reviews of this specific motion picture and to remain the property of Warner Bros. Pictures. Not for sale or redistribution. |
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