| White Squall (1996)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Jeff Bridges |
Sheldon "Skipper"
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| Caroline Goodall |
Dr. Alice Sheldon
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| John Savage |
McCrea
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| Scott Wolf |
Chuck Gieg
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| Jeremy Sisto |
Frank Beaumont
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| Ryan Phillippe |
Gil Martin
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| Balthazar Getty |
Tod Johnstone
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| James Rebhorn |
Tyler
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| Camilla Overbye Roos |
Bregitta
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| Jason Marsden |
Shay Jennings
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| David Lascher |
Robert March
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| Eric Michael Cole |
Dean Preston
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| David Selby |
Francis Beaumont
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| Plot |
| Based on a true incident from 1960, White Squall is the story of the tragic sinking of the Albatross, a prep school educational two-masted schooner, during a Caribbean storm. Screenwriter Todd Robinson wrote the script after meeting one of the tragedy's survivors, Chuck Gieg. In the film, Gieg ( Scott Wolf ) is the narrator. He and his fellow students, whose parents have paid handsomely for their schooling, which combines classroom work with real-life adventure, are introduced to their grizzled seafaring captain, Christopher Sheldon ( Jeff Bridges ). Gieg is initially skeptical of Sheldon's authority, but he gradually comes to see the captain as a model of manhood. The other boys aboard include Frank Beaumont ( Jeremy Sisto ), a self-absorbed snob; Dean Preston ( Eric Michael Cole ), a troublemaker and bully; Tod Johnston ( Balthazar Getty ), a returning student; and the naïve Tracy Lapchick ( Ethan Embry ). John Savage plays the pompous English teacher aboard the ship. Various incidents establish the boys' insecurities and relationships with the authorities — and foreshadow their eventual fate. The killer squall comes up quietly but soon turns deadly, and the boys are forced to go beyond their privileged upbringings and deal with real danger. — Michael Betzold |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Adventure; Drama |
| Director |
Ridley Scott |
| Producer |
Rocky Lang; Mimi Polk; Mimi Polk Gitlin |
| Writer |
Charles Gieg Jr.; Felix Sutton |
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| Studio |
First Independent |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 |
| Running Time |
127 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
2/2/1996 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
31 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
12/20/2003 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 2.35:1 |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
717951002402 |
| Chapters |
21 |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 English Dolby Digital 5.1
 French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Widescreen Closed-captioned |
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