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Based on a true story: During the fall of 1991 the fishing
trawler Andrea Gail, under the command of Captain Billy Tyne (George Clooney), set out
from Gloucester, Massachusetts only to encounter one of the worst sea storms in recorded
history. Also with Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, Karen Allen, William Fichtner, Mary
Elizabeth Mastrantonio, John C. Reilly, John Hawkes, Allen Payne, Cherry Jones, Bob
Gunton, Christopher McDonald, Dash Mihok, Josh Hopkins, Michael Ironside, Rusty Schwimmer,
Janet Wright. [2:09]
SEX/NUDITY 3 - Sexual innuendo and some kissing; in one scene a couple kiss
in preparation for sex (they are moving towards the bedroom and taking off clothes as they
kiss passionately). A couple goes upstairs and then the ceiling shakes. People in a bar
below laugh and yell and one man does a hip thrust; as a man plays pool another says he
could put the ball in the pocket if the hole had hair around it. A woman's blouse shows
lots of cleavage. Men talk about trying to have sex while on shore leave (talking about
being "horny"). We see a man's hip while being given an injection.
VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - A shark comes onto the deck of a boat and bites a man on
the leg leaving a bloody cut. The shark is hooked many times and
is shot with a shotgun.
Before it is
killed it is quite bloody
and we see a large bloody
wound where it was shot. A man has a hook go through his hand, is tugged underwater by
the hook line and nearly drowns; there is some blood on his hand and then the hook is
pushed through his hand in order to remove it. There are many scenes of a storm at sea
with tall, crashing waves and wind. A number of times a boat capsizes, then rights itself.
Waves wash over boats nearly sweeping people off (at times people fall overboard). Some
people die by drowning (in one scene many people are shown in a boat filling up with water
and they either can't or won't disembark). A helicopter goes down and crashes in the sea.
Glass shatters on a boat nearly hitting people. We see sparks from a downed power line. A
man hangs onto a boat and is nearly hit by a flying chain. We see a man with a black eye,
a man with a bruise on his cheek, a man with a bloody nose and bruised cheek, a man with a
bloody temple, a man with blood on his mouth and two men with bloody cuts on their cheek.
We see a corpse in a body bag, a few scenes of bloody fish carcasses, bloody bait on
hooks, and bloody ice and blood on the boat's deck. While fishing, men jab hooks into the
fish and we also see them gutting it (fish entrails are evident). A man lunges at
another with a pool cue, a man is hit in the face and there is a brief scuffle. A man is
punched and grabbed by his shirt.
PROFANITY 6 - About three F-words, two F-word derivatives, many
obscenities, scatological references and anatomical references. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Sailing, rescue missions, natural disasters and nature,
sharks.
MESSAGE - You can't beat Mother Nature.
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