White Squall PG-13

The strongest will in nature is the will to survive.
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  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 9 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: December 17, 2019
  • Originally Released: 1996
  • Label: KL Studio Classics

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 18,551
Rating: C+ -- Though lavishly produced and based on a true story, it still fails to satisfy. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Jun 27, 2016
Rating: 7/10 -- An old-fashioned, white-knuckle adventure with the excellent Bridges adding another great characterization to his increasingly impressive resume.
Fantastica Daily
Jan 23, 2006
Rating: 2.5/5 -- Despite great scenery, the distinctive visual ideas of Mr. Scott (Alien, Blade Runner) and the strong dramatic presence of Mr. Bridges, most of White Squall remains listless and tame.
New York Times
May 20, 2003
...Bridges plays stoicism with wit, feeling and grace...
Rolling Stone
Feb 22, 1996
Rating: 4/5 -- Stunning ocean visuals and a gut-wrenching storm sequence. An underrated and very good coming of age story.
KFOR Channel 4 News
Jun 20, 2003
...Few directors have a better eye for dramatic composition than Scott, and the squall sequence, with a white wall of wind battering the Albatross and its crew, is both terrifying and weirdly exhilarating...
Los Angeles Times
Feb 2, 1996
...Visually stunning....Blows a gust of fresh salt air into an overworked theme... -- Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly
Aug 16, 1996

Product Description:

Eclectic director Ridley Scott here tries his hand at a coming-of-age tale, which stars Jeff Bridges as ship captain Christopher Sheldon. Based on a true story, the film is set in 1960 as a group of teenaged prep students signs on to Sheldon's floating summer school, conducted on a two-masted brigantine bound for South America. It soon becomes clear that the gruff but humane captain runs a tight ship as he drills his neophyte crew on the importance of teamwork and discipline. The boys possess a wide range of temperaments--there's the bully, the daredevil, the one plagued by insecurities, the one with demanding parents. Sheldon uses the shipboard chores as tools for dealing with their problems, reining in the obnoxious and encouraging the anxious. Since they are, after all, sailors, they also get a chance to get drunk in port and stop over at a whorehouse. Finally, the crew must confront the fabled white squall, a deadly storm so rare that even Sheldon has never experienced one. Bridges, Ryan Phillippe, Balthazar Getty, and Jeremy Sisto give fine performances in Scott's film of spectacular visual beauty.

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  • UPC: 738329232337
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