Cliff Robertson, Jack Thompson, James Rebhorn

As he proved with The Black Stallion, Never Cry Wolf, and Fly Away Home, director Carroll Ballard has a gift for creating exhilarating movie experiences. And although Wind ...( read more  read more... )received only mixed reviews when released in 1992, it's a technically astonishing film that does for yacht racing what The Black Stallion did for horse racing--it puts you right into the action with breathtaking camerawork and gripping excitement. Matthew Modine and Jennifer Grey star as experienced sailors determined to win the prestigious America's Cup yacht race. Their love for each other is put to the test when she's removed from the crew and joins up with a maverick designer (Stellan Skarsgård) whose new boat design represents the cutting edge of sailing competition. Eventually Modine leaves his millionaire sponsor (Cliff Robertson) and reunites with Grey, and their race against the Australian World's Cup champion leads to a thrilling climax on the high sea. Cinematographer John Toll (who later won back-to-back Oscars for Legends of the Fall and Braveheart) takes his cameras where no sailing movie had ever gone before, and the results are nothing less than spectacular. --Jeff Shannon

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PG-13, 126 min.

Directed by: Carroll Ballard

Release Date: January 1, 1992

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  • December 6, 2008
    OMIG-D -- talk about an exhilarating movie!!! It is absolutely wonderful -- Play it in the middle of the winter when upi want something refreshing
  • December 13, 2008
    ehh. . . . no thanks
  • August 25, 2008
    FORGOT ALL ABOUT THIS MOVIE!
  • February 26, 2008
    i just bought it if you like sailing you will love it i have watched it 5 time awsome
  • October 9, 2007
    Its a pretty bland movie. They acting is sufficient, and it is well casted. But its got sailboats in it, so I had to watch it.
  • March 20, 2007
    Heart pounding mind numbing action coupled wtih trials of love.
  • March 17, 2007
    great action n photography
  • February 19, 2007
    Jennifer Grey gets a nose job before the last scene, and sailboats get worked on, too.
  • February 10, 2007
    Cara made me watch this...and I liked it alot more than I expected
  • November 7, 2006
    not many people have seen this becuase its older(well... early 90's anyways) but its got a really good story and awesome music :)

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