White Squall Summary
MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Ridley Scott
Genres: Adventure, Drama
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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 na
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