``The Perfect Storm'' Begins Production for Warner Bros., Baltimore/Spring Creek Productions and Radiant Productions.BURBANK, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Aug. 6, 1999-- Wolfgang Petersen's "The Perfect Storm," an epic drama based on the best-selling book by Sebastian Junger Sebastian Junger (born 17 January 1962 in Belmont, Massachusetts) is an American author and journalist. He graduated from Concord Academy in 1980 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University in cultural anthropology in 1984. , starring George Clooney George Timothy Clooney (May 6, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter who gained fame as the lead doctor in the long-running television drama, ER , Mark Wahlberg and Diane Lane, began production for Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . in Los Angeles on July 26, it was announced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura Lorenzo di Bonaventura (b. 1957) is an American producer. He spent the 1990s as an executive at Warner Bros. Pictures, eventually rising to President of Worldwide Production. His tenure at Warner Bros. included discovering and shepherding The Matrix into production. , Warner Bros. president of Worldwide Theatrical Production. "The Perfect Storm" is a true account of the courageous men and women who risk their lives on fishing boats and in rescue operations at sea. The unstated fears with which they live every working day are suddenly and terrifyingly crystallized crys·tal·lize also crys·tal·ize v. crys·tal·lized also crys·tal·ized, crys·tal·liz·ing also crys·tal·iz·ing, crys·tal·liz·es also crys·tal·iz·es v.tr. 1. when they are confronted by the greatest storm in modern history. Directed by Petersen ("Das Boot," "In the Line of Fire," "Air Force One") from a script by Bill Wittliff ("Lonesome lone·some adj. 1. a. Dejected because of a lack of companionship. See Synonyms at alone. b. Producing such dejection: a lonesome hour at the bar. 2. Dove"), the film is produced by Paula Weinstein, Petersen and Gail Katz, with executive producers Barry Levinson and Duncan Henderson. Clooney stars in the upcoming "Three Kings" opposite Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube, and has just completed production on the Coen brothers' "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Wahlberg won critical attention as the star of "Boogie Nights" and stars with Clooney in "Three Kings." Lane most recently starred in one of this year's most widely praised independent films, "A Walk on the Moon." Additional cast members in "The Perfect Storm" include 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 ("Boogie Nights"), Dash Mihok ("The Thin Red Line") and Josh Hopkins ("G.I. Jane"). Filming will move in September to Gloucester, Mass., where the events described in Junger's book actually took place, and will return to Los Angeles later in the fall. Visual-effects house ILM will provide computer graphics under the supervision of Helen Elswit and practical effects will be supervised by John Frazier ("The Haunting," "Armageddon"). The cinematographer is Academy Award winner John Seale ("The English Patient") and the editor is Richard Francis-Bruce ("Air Force One"). Warner Bros. will distribute "The Perfect Storm" worldwide. |
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