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Biography: Wolfgang Petersen

Breaking into the entertainment business in 1960 as assistant director for Hamburg's Ernest Deutsch Theatre, German filmmaker Wolfgang Petersen went on to Berlin's German Film and Television Academy. He kicked off his film directorial career in television, winning several awards in the process; his 1976 TV movie For Your Love Only served as the debut for actress Nastassja Kinski. Petersen's 1977 theatrical feature The Consequence, a discreetly handled study of male homosexuality which he both wrote and directed, won him praise on the international scene. In 1981, Petersen helmed Das Boot, a vastly popular wartime drama set on a German submarine; the film earned Petersen two Oscar nominations, one for directing, the other for best screenplay. Petersen made his English-language debut with the 1984 children's fantasy The Neverending Story and had his big stateside breakthrough with the blockbuster Clint Eastwood assassination hriller In the Line of Fire (1993). With his status as an A-list Hollywood director well established, Petersen next directed Dustin Hoffman and Rene Russo in 1995's Outbreak, a film that successfully played on the public's fear of the unseen threat inherent in communicable diseases like ebola. While Outbreak was only a modest hit, Petersen scored very big just two years later when he helmed the Die Hard-on-the-President's-plane actioner Air Force One. Starring Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman, the film would go on to gross more than 300 million dollars worldwide. Anyone who thought Air Force One may have been a fluke for the filmmaker need look no further than Petersen's next film, the true high-seas adventure The Perfect Storm (2000). After back-to-back films that each passed the 300-million-dollar mark worldwide, Petersen had no problem securing a 185-million-dollar budget for 2004's Troy, a historical epic starring Brad Pitt. Based on Homer's The Illiad, the film opened stateside with an impressive 46-million-dollar weekend. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide less

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Uprising (2009)
Tags: Science Fiction
Length: min
Humankind rebels against an occupying alien force in this sci-fi production from Columbia Pictures and director Wolfgang Petersen. Blood Diamond's Charles Leavitt provides the script, with Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher producing. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All...
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Poseidon (2006)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss
Tags: Disaster Film Sea Adventure Action
Length: 98min
Set adrift in the vast waters of the North Atlantic for a luxury New Year's Eve party staged in the ship's magnificent ballroom, the massive ocean-liner Poseidon receives an unexpected jolt when a rogue, 100-foot wave rolls it completely upside down,...
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Troy (2004)
Cast: Peter O'Toole Brad Pitt
Tags: Historical Film Sword-and-Sandal Epic Historical Epic
Length: 165min
Homer's sprawling tale of love and war in ancient Greece comes to the screen in all its grandeur in this epic-scale adventure. In 1193 B.C., Paris, Prince of Troy (Orlando Bloom), has fallen in love; however, the beautiful woman who has beguiled him...
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In the Line of Fire (1993)
Cast: Clint Eastwood Ennio Morricone John Malkovich
Tags: Action Thriller Political Thriller Thriller Action
Length: 127min
Clint Eastwood delivers one of his finest performances, as a secret service agent haunted by his past in Wolfgang Petersen's taut hriller In the Line of Fire. Eastwood plays Frank Horrigan, a secret service agent who keeps thinking back to November...
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The Perfect Storm (2000)
Tags: Drama Adventure Adventure Drama Sea Adventure Disaster Film
Length: 129min
In October 1991, a dying tropical hurricane from Bermuda collided with a cold front from the Great Lakes, resulting in a "perfect storm" of previously unknown destructive impact that resulted in 100-foot waves; tragically, the crew of a fishing boat...
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Air Force One (1997)
Cast: Glenn Close Harrison Ford
Tags: Action Thriller Action
Length: 124min
In this action drama, Harrison Ford plays James Marshall, a onetime combat hero in the Vietnam War who is now President of the United States. While visiting the former Soviet Union, Marshall gives a speech in which he supports a get-tough attitude...
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Enemy Mine (1985)
Cast: Louis Gossett, Jr. Dennis Quaid
Tags: Sci-Fi Action Drama Science Fiction
Length: 108min
Love means never having to say that you're ugly in the extravagant fantasy film Enemy Mine. Earthling Dennis Quaid is Davidge, one of many space warriors engaged in a bloody extraterrestrial battle against the Draconians. Crash-landing on a faraway...
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Shattered (1991)
Cast: Bob Hoskins Greta Scacchi
Tags: Psychological Thriller Thriller
Length: 98min
Wolfgang Petersen directed this intricate suspense thriller, based on the novel by Richard Neely and starring Tom Berenger as Tom Merrick, who begins to suspect the auto accident that caused his memory loss may not have been accidental. The film...
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Outbreak (1995)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman Wolfgang Petersen Kevin Spacey Morgan Freeman
Tags: Thriller Science Fiction Disaster Film Action Thriller
Length: 130min
A handful of scientists struggle to prevent the destruction of a small town -- and possibly the entire country -- in this suspense drama. In the mid-1960s, a deadly virus is discovered in Zaire that wipes out an entire village in 24 hours. Government...
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The Neverending Story (1984)
Tags: Family Fantasy Fantasy Adventure Children's Fantasy
Length: 94min
Wolfgang Petersen adapted Michael Ende's children's story for this charming fantasy film that spawned several sequels. Bastian (Barret Oliver) is dealing with his mother's recent death. His father (Gerald McRaney) is an imperious sort who continually...
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