White Squall

White Squall is a 1996 American disaster survival film directed by Ridley Scott. It is a coming of age film in which a group of high-school and college-aged teenagers sign up for several months of training aboard a brigantine and travel around half the globe when suddenly they are challenged by a severe storm. The film stars Jeff Bridges, Caroline Goodall, John Savage, Scott Wolf, Jeremy Sisto and Balthazar Getty. White Squall was released on February 2, 1996 by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution in the United States and Canada and by Largo Entertainment in other territories. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics but was a box office bomb, grossing only $10.3 million in the United States against a $38 million budget.