The Perfect storm ; Three kings

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Label

The Perfect storm ; Three kings

Statement of responsibility

Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Baltimore Spring Creek Pictures production in association with Radiant Productions, a Wolfgang Petersen film ; produced by Paula Weinstein, Wolfgang Petersen and Gail Katz ; screenplay by Bill Wittliff ; directed by Wolfgang Petersen. Three kings / Warner Bros. presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures/Village-A.M. Partnership, a Coast Ridge Films/Atlas Entertainment production, a David O. Russel film ; produced by Charles Roven, Paul Junger Witt, Edward L. McDonnell ; story by John Ridley ; screenplay by David O. Russell ; directed by David O. Russell

Title variation

Three kings

Contributor

• Atlas Entertainment (Firm)
• Baltimore Spring Creek Pictures (Firm)
• Coast Ridge Films
• Radiant Productions (Firm)
• Village Roadshow Pictures
• Village-A.M. Partnership (Firm)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Allen, Karen, 1951-
• Burwell, Carter
• Clooney, George
• Curtis, Cliff, 1968-
• Dunn, Nora, 1952-
• Fichtner, William
• Gunton, Bob
• Horner, James
• Ice Cube, (Musician)
• Jonze, Spike
• Junger, Sebastian
• Katz, Gail
• Kennedy, Jamie, 1970-
• Lane, Diane
• Mastrantonio, Mary Elizabeth
• McDonnell, Edward L
• Payne, Allen
• Petersen, Wolfgang
• Reilly, John C., 1965-
• Roven, Charles
• Russell, David O., 1958-
• Taghmaoui, Saïd
• Wahlberg, Mark, 1971-
• Weinstein, Paula
• Williamson, Mykelti
• Witt, Paul Junger, 1941-
• Wittliff, William D

Subject

• Adventure films
• Andrea Gail (Boat) -- Fiction
• Feature films
• Fishers -- North Atlantic Region -- Fiction
• Gold smuggling -- Iraq -- Fiction
• Halloween Nor'easter, 1991 -- Fiction
• Iraq -- Maps -- Fiction
• Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991 -- Fiction
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• War films

Genre

• Adventure films
• Fiction
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• eng
• eng

Summary

• The perfect storm: In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer, perfect storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail
• Three kings: American soldiers in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War become determined to steal a huge cache of gold reputed to be hidden somewhere near their desert base. Finding a map they believe will take them to the gold, they embark on a journey that leads to unexpected discoveries and ultimately, enables them to rise to a heroic challenge

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

• The perfect storm: Director of photography, John Seale ; editor, Richard Francis-Bruce ; music, James Horner ; production designer, William Sandell
• Three kings: Director of photography, Newton Thomas Sigel ; editor, Robert K. Lambert ; music, Carter Burwell ; production designer, Catherine Hardwicke

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13 (The perfect storm); language and scenes of peril ; MPAA rating R (Three kings); graphic war violence, language and some sexuality

Language note

English (Dolby 5.1 EX) or dubbed French (Dolby 5.1) dialogue, English or French subtitles; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

• The perfect storm cast: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, William Fichtner, Karen Allen, Allen Payne, Bob Gunton, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, John C. Reilly
• Three kings cast: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn, Jamie Kennedy, Mykelti Williamson, Cliff Curtis, Said Taghmaoui

Runtime

245

Series statement

Universal double feature

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action