"Perfect storm" based on the book by Sebastian Junger, "Poseidon" based on the book by Paul Gallico. Features: Twister: commentary by director Jan De Bont and visual effects supervisor Steven Fangmeier, Anatomy of the Twister featurette, Van Halen "Humans being music" video, theatrical trailer; The perfect storm: commentaries by director Wolfgang Petersen, author Sebastian Junger, visual effects supervisor Stefen Fangmeier, and visual effects producer Helen Ostenberg Elswit, 3 informative featurettes cover the making of the film, the true story that inspired Sebastian Junger's book and composer James Horner at work, Yours forever photo montage, art and storyboard galleries, theatrical trailer; Poseidon: A ship on a soundstage featurette, theatrical trailer. Twister: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz ; The perfect storm: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Karen Allen ; Outbreak: Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman, Rene Russo ; Poseidon: Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Josh Lucas.
Contents:
Twister (1996, 113 min.) / produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Ian Bryce and Michael Crichton ; directed by Jan de Bont ; screenplay by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin -- The perfect storm (2000, 130 min.) / screenplay by Bill Wittliff ; produced by Paula Weinstein, Wolfgang Petersen and Gail Katz ; directed by Wolfgang Petersen -- Outbreak (1997, 128 min.) / produced by Arnold Kopelson, Wolfgang Petersen, Gail Katz ; directed by Wolfgang Petersen ; written by Laurence Dworet & Robert Roy Pool -- Poseidon (2006, 98 min.) / directed by Wolfgang Petersen ; screenplay by Mark Protosevich.
Summary:
Formerly married scientists pursue violent tornadoes in an effort to launch sensors which might help them predict future storms; in October of 1991, a crew of fisherman stranded out at sea banded together to face the fiercest storm in recorded history; a deadly virus from a jungle makes its way into a California community and has the potential to wipe out all mankind; ten survivors struggle to reach safety after an ocean liner capsizes in mid sea.
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