Wind

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Wind

PG-13

Released Sep 11, 1992

2h 5m

Drama

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In 1983, yacht sailor Will Parker (Matthew Modine) leads an American crew financed by millionaire Morgan Weld (Cliff Robertson) to defeat during the America's Cup race against an Australian crew. Determined to get the prize back, Will convinces Morgan to finance an experimental boat designed by his ex-girlfriend Kate's (Jennifer Grey) new beau, Joe Heisler (Stellan Skarsgard). When the boat is completed, the Americans head to Australia to reclaim the cup.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: B+

Sep 7, 2011

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Pamela Bruce

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 2.5/5

Nov 6, 2003

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

The real reason to see this movie, though, is because it makes a big yacht race seem so glorious, such grand adventure. Ballard is a former cinematographer with a knack for visualizing the outdoors.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Steve Warren

Southern Voice (Atlanta)

Wind is dead in the water.

May 9, 2023

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Owen McNally

Hartford Courant

In fact, most of the action on land is below C level, worth maybe a D-minus at best.

Apr 17, 2018

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jun 30, 2005

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Phenomenal film. One of my all time favorites.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Great acting, great cinematography, awesome sailing, and all before CGI! This movie was 20 years ahead of its time in that Jennifer Grey, the female lead, is as capable as her male counterparts. She is an accomplished sailor, tactician, pilot, and aeronautical engineer. Great feel good movie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Amazing movie and cast about a beautiful sport. Lots of action and story progression. If you like sailing, you'll love this film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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After reading over 200 reviews of "Wind", most of which praise it to the stars and rave and rave on, there is little I can add to such comments as "stirs the soul", "takes your breath away", "one of the best movies of all time", "should be on the shelf of every family with children", and "should be required viewing for young people and anyone bored with life". This film, one of the best examples of director Carroll Ballard's magic, will knock your socks off and blow you away with its excitement but realism (you will hear and feel the boats groaning and keening with the wind stresses!), and GREAT MESSAGES - It is about losing everything, and winning it all back again through individual and team angst and sheer will (I have shown parts of it to my science students not just for the physics of sailing, but for these timeless messages). Sailor or not, no matter how many times you watch it, it leaves you glowing for hours. - by Daniel fattibene

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Just watched an old favorite. Can still remember Jim Moravec shouting at the screen, "Put up the Whomper, Put up the Whomper!!!" in an instrumentation van, in the middle of the desert!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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I have no idea how these sailing races were shot. Good lord. Visuals aside Wind is has a decent story pulling us from race to race.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Matthew Modine

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Jennifer Grey

Kate Bass

Stellan Skarsgård

Joe Heiser

Rebecca Miller

Abigail Weld

Ned Vaughn

Charley Moore

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Synopsis

In 1983, yacht sailor Will Parker (Matthew Modine) leads an American crew financed by millionaire Morgan Weld (Cliff Robertson) to defeat during the America's Cup race against an Australian crew. Determined to get the prize back, Will convinces Morgan to finance an experimental boat designed by his ex-girlfriend Kate's (Jennifer Grey) new beau, Joe Heisler (Stellan Skarsgard). When the boat is completed, the Americans head to Australia to reclaim the cup.

Director: Carroll Ballard
Producer: Tom Luddy, Mata Yamamoto
Screenwriter: Jeff Benjamin, Roger Vaughan, Kimball Livingston, Rudy Wurlitzer, Mac Gudgeon
Distributor: Columbia Tristar, TriStar Pictures
Production Co: American Zoetrope
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sensuality)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 11, 1992, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.9M
Runtime: 2h 5m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby

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