<P> After repeated warnings from other ships, Andrea Gail loses her antenna, forcing Captain Linda Greenlaw (Mastrantonio) of sister ship Hannah Boden to call in a Mayday . A New York Air National Guard HH - 60 Pave Hawk rescue helicopter responds, but after failing to perform a midair refueling with an HC - 130 Hercules, the helicopter crew ditch their aircraft . All but one of the Air National Guard crew members are rescued by a Coast Guard vessel, the USCGC Tamaroa . </P> <P> After Andrea Gail endures various problems, the crew struggles to sail through pounding waves and shrieking winds, while friends and family worry and wait for a ship that never comes home . The vessel encounters an enormous rogue wave . They attempt to drive the boat over the wave but it crests before it can get to the top and is overturned; Billy elects to go down with his ship, the rest of the crew are trapped inside and only one, rookie fisherman Bobby Shatford (Wahlberg), manages to get out . He surfaces and watches as Andrea Gail rights herself before sinking stern - first into the Atlantic . As Bobby silently says his goodbyes to his loved ones, the rapidly rising swell carries him away . </P> <P> There are no survivors; Linda reads the eulogy at the memorial, followed by her remembering Billy's voice soliloquising about what it means to be a swordboat captain . </P> <Ul> <Li> George Clooney as Frank William "Billy" Tyne, Jr., captain of Andrea Gail, a swordfishing boat . Billy is a divorced father of two daughters, who is determined to undertake one last fishing trip before the end of the season to make up for a recent string of poor catches . </Li> <Li> Mark Wahlberg as Robert "Bobby" Shatford, the least experienced of the crew of Andrea Gail . Bobby is the son of Ethel Shatford, the owner of the Crow's Nest, and boyfriend to Chris Cotter . He enjoys commercial fishing, but his deepening relationship with Chris (coupled with her reluctance to let him sail again) creates conflict within himself and between the couple . Yet, he is compelled by the potential to earn more money at sea than he could make with a job on shore to sign on for one last trip . </Li> <Li> Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Linda Greenlaw, the captain of Hannah Boden . Linda and Billy both captain ships for the same owner and maintain a friendly rivalry . She is concerned about Billy and his crew's going out in what she considers dangerous weather . Linda is the last to speak to Andrea Gail . </Li> <Li> Diane Lane as Christina "Chris" Cotter, girlfriend of Bobby Shatford . She does not want Bobby to go on the trip because of a bad feeling she has about it . She spends her time during the last fishing trip decorating an apartment she has rented as a surprise for Bobby to symbolize her commitment to him . </Li> <Li> John C. Reilly as Dale "Murph" Murphy, crewmember on Andrea Gail . Murph is a veteran fisherman who is divorced with a son with whom he's very involved . Murph has a rocky relationship with crewmember David "Sully" Sullivan that is eventually resolved during the trip . </Li> <Li> William Fichtner as David "Sully" Sullivan, crewmember on Andrea Gail . He signed on for the trip at the last minute when another fisherman suddenly backed out . Sully and Murph initially have an antagonistic relationship that is fueled in part by Sully's past involvement with Murph's ex-wife, although the details are not made clear in the film . The relationship is eventually resolved during the trip . </Li> <Li> Michael Ironside as Bob Brown, owner of Andrea Gail and Hannah Boden . Although Brown seems to harbor a deep - seated recognition of Tyne's skills at catching fish, he nevertheless pressures Tyne over the latter's recent inability to bring in larger hauls, resulting in an uneasy relationship between the two . </Li> <Li> Bob Gunton as Alexander McAnally III, owner of Mistral, a yacht caught in the storm . </Li> <Li> Karen Allen as Melissa Brown, crewmember on Mistral . </Li> <Li> Cherry Jones as Edie Bailey, crewmember on Mistral . </Li> <Li> Allen Payne as Alfred Pierre, one of the crew of Andrea Gail . </Li> <Li> John Hawkes as Michael "Bugsy" Moran, a member of Andrea Gail's crew . Bugsy's somewhat comic inability to connect with women appears to change on the eve of the trip, when he meets a divorced mother at the Crow's Nest, who later comes to the dock to see him off . They hint at the prospect of a budding relationship that fatefully never materializes . </Li> <Li> Janet Wright as Ethel Shatford, Bobby's mother . </Li> <Li> Christopher McDonald as Todd Gross, a Boston meteorologist working for the WNEV - TV (the present day WHDH - TV). </Li> <Li> Dash Mihok as Sergeant Jeremy Mitchell, a crewmember on the New York Air National Guard rescue helicopter . </Li> </Ul>

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