The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm is a book (ISBN 039304016X) written by Sebastian Junger and published by Little, Brown and Company in 1997. The paperback edition (ISBN 0060977477) followed in 1999 from HarperCollins' Perennial imprint. It is about the storm that hit North America in October 1991, and features the crew of the fishing boat Andrea Gail, based out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, who were lost 500 miles (800 km) at sea during the severe conditions.

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Sebastian Junger - Little, Brown and Company - HarperCollins - North America - Andrea Gail - Gloucester, Massachusetts

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The Perfect Storm is also a movie adapted from this book. It was directed by Wolfgang Petersen, released in 2000, and features George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, Karen Allen and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.

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Wolfgang Petersen - 2000 - George Clooney - Mark Wahlberg - Diane Lane - Karen Allen - Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

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The families of certain crew members disliked the movie and sued the producers in federal district court in Florida. The district court held that the defendants' First Amendment right to freedom of speech barred the suit. The plaintiffs appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, which could not decide how to interpret the Florida law at issue, and certified the question to the Florida Supreme Court. On April 21, 2005, the Florida Supreme Court upheld the district court's interpretation of Florida law and remanded the case to the 11th Circuit.

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Federal district court - Florida - First Amendment - Freedom of speech - U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit - Florida Supreme Court - April 21 - 2005

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