"In the Fall of 1991, the "Andrea Gail" left Gloucester, Mass. and headed for the fishing grounds of the North Atlantic. Two weeks later, an event took place that had never occurred in recorded history."

"The storm is coming."

"Feel Its Fury"

"No one was prepared for this storm."

"Look, look at this. We got Hurricane Grace moving north off the Atlantic seaboard. Huge...getting massive. Two, this low south of Sable Island, ready to explode. Look at this. Three, a fresh cold front swooping down from Canada. But it's caught a ride on the jet stream...and is motoring hell-bent towards the Atlantic. Wait, what if...what if Hurricane Grace runs smack into it? Add to the scenario this baby off Sable Island, scrounging for energy. She'll start feeding off both the Canadian cold front...and Hurricane Grace. You could be a meteorologist all your life and never see something like this. It would be a disaster of epic proportions. It would be...the perfect storm."

"[at the services for the crew of the Andrea Gail] I knew Billy Tyne, but I did not know his crew very well. But any man who sailed with him must have been the better for it. Robert Shatford, Dale Murphy, Micheal Moran, David Sullivan, Alfred Pierre...may you rest easy long-liners, in fair winds...and calm seas. For those of us left behind, the vast unmarked grave which is home for those lost at sea is no consolation. It can't be visited, there is no headstone on which to rest a bunch of flowers. The only place we can revisit them...is in our hearts, or in our dreams. They say swordboatmen suffer from a lack of dreams, that's what begets their courage. Well, we'll dream for you: Billy, and Bobby, and Murph, Bugsy, Sully, and Alfred Pierre. Sleep well. Good Night."

"Christina? Christina, can you hear me? I don't know if you can, but I'm talking to ya, baby. Do you know how much I love you? I loved you the moment I saw you. I love you now, and I'll love you forever. No goodbye. There's only love, Christina. Only love."

"[warning Billy over the radio] Billy? Get outta there! Come about! Let it- let it carry you out of there! What the hell are you doing? Billy! For Christ sake! You're steaming into a bomb! Turn around for Christ sake! Billy, can ya hear me? You're headed right for the middle of the monster! Billy? [starts crying] Oh, my God!"

"Christopher McDonald - Todd Gross"

"Rusty Schwimmer - Irene 'Big Red' Johnson"

"Michael Ironside - Bob Brown"

"Bob Gunton - Alexander McAnally III"

"Cherry Jones - Edie Bailey"

"Karen Allen - Melissa Brown"

"Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Linda Greenlaw"

"Allen Payne - Alfred Pierre"

"The fog's just lifting. Throw off your bow line, throw off your stern. You head out to South channel, past Rocky Neck, Ten pound island. Past Niles Pond where I skated as a kid. Blow your airhorn and throw a wave to the lighthouse keeper's kid on Thatcher Island. Then the birds show up, black backs, herring gulls, big dump ducks. The sun hit ya , head North, open up to 12, steamin' now. The guys are busy, you're in charge. Ya know what? You're a goddamn swordboat captain. Is there any thing better in the world?"

"John Hawkes - Mike 'Bugsy' Moran"

"William Fichtner - David 'Sully' Sullivan"

"John C. Reilly - Dale 'Murph' Murphy"