Captain Christopher `'Skipper'` Sheldon
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The film is based on the fate of the brigantine Albatross, which sank May 2, 1961, allegedly because of a white squall. The film relates the ill-fated school sailing trip led by Dr. Christopher B. Sheldon (Jeff Bridges), whom the boys call "Skipper".
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Chuck Gieg (Scott Wolf) sets out to join the American school ship Albatross. Led by the experienced Captain Christopher Sheldon (Jeff Bridges), Gieg meets a dozen other teenage boys who are looking to find their place in the world through a semester at sea. It’s 1961 and the world is in a difficult spot. The Cold War is a constant threat, and the b...
Jeff Bridges is fantastic in the role of Christopher Sheldon. He has the swagger and the intensity to play a hardened sailor, but also the range that allows him to jump from the taskmaster to the teacher. The scenes that he shares with Scott Wolf at the wheel are touching, but also show the audience how much of a complicated character Christopher S...
The film shows a significant tone change in various parts of the movie that seem disjointed. I believe the movie should have started out with the courtroom scene where we know that a disaster has happened, and as each member testifies flashbacks could have shown how each person came to be at this disaster. I would have rather seen Chuck Gieg begin ...
I remember going to see this movie in the theaters in 1996 and the cinematography was as wonderful then as it is now. You can’t help but get caught up in the wonder of sailing around the Caribbean in 1961. When I left the theater, it was a bit of a letdown because the trailer on television didn’t accurately represent the film. When Alice Sheldon di...
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Directed byRidley Scott Produced byHollywood Pictures/Scott Free Productions Starring: Release Date: February 2, 1996 Budget: $38 million Box Office Gross Domestic:$10,292,300
Aug 13, 2022 · Yes, ‘White Squall’ is based on a true story. The movie is based on the tragic events of a brigantine named Albatross that sunk in 1961 due to an alleged white squall. The story also takes inspiration from the book ‘The Last Voyage of the Albatross (1962)’ penned by Albatross survivor Charles Gieg, which contains records of the same event.
A white squall is a sudden and violent windstorm at sea which is not accompanied by the black clouds generally characteristic of a squall. It manifests as a sudden increase in wind velocity in tropical and sub-tropical waters, and may be a microburst. [1]
White Squall: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Jeff Bridges, Caroline Goodall, John Savage, Scott Wolf. Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage.
Feb 2, 1996 · “White Squall” is the sort of red-blooded young man’s adventure movie that Jack London might have penned, although not quite in this way. Said to be based on fact, it’s about a group of high school students who sign on aboard the brigantine ship Albatross in 1960 for their senior year at sea.
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May 16, 2012 · Based on a real-life memoir, this nautical rites-of-passage story set in 1960 sees a crew of teenage boys on a school ship maturing rapidly under the...
