And the storm struck

, a member of the Coast Guard station team on Cape Cod , falls in love with a local girl, Miriam Pentinen. The lovers plan to get married on April 16, but according to the Coast Guard instructions, Bernie must get permission from the station's commander, . On the day that Bernie is about to ask for permission, he is sent at the helm of a CG 36500 boat ( Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500 ) to rescue the Pendleton oil tanker , which had collapsed in half from the Norister storm off the coast of Chatham. Bernie takes Andrew Fitzgerald, Erwin Maske and Richard Livesey with him.

When Miriam finds out about this, she, like all other residents of the town, considers the rescue operation a suicide. Some locals believe that Commander Kluff is not local and does not know about the features of dangerous weather. Miriam goes to the station to convince Cluff to call Bernie and get him back. Cluff refuses and rudely orders to expel Miriam from the station.

Bernie steers the CG 36500 boat toward a wrecked tanker despite losing a compass along the way. Despite the fact that the boat is designed for 12 people, Bernie manages to save 32 people. Trusting his instincts and knowledge of the coast in the absence of a compass, he turns the boat CG 36500 towards the house. The task becomes difficult when Chatham is left without electricity. However, Miriam and other residents of the city bring their cars to the pier and turn on their headlights.

Bernard Webber and his team received the .

Two months later, Bernie and Miriam get married. They will live together 58 years until Bernie's death on January 24, 2009. Miriam died on May 14, 2011.

The film involves more than 70 actors, not counting extras actors.

Training and Funding

In August 2011, the Walt Disney Pictures film company acquired the rights to the 2009 novel Selfless Watch ^[15] . Paul Taimeshi and Eric Johnson wrote the base script for the book and interviewed the remaining survivors. ^[16] In May 2013, Robert Šventke was hired to shoot the film ^[17] . However, Šventke left the project to make the film Insurgent and in April 2014 was replaced by ^[18] . Casting lasted from April to October 2014.

Filming

Filming began on September 8, 2014 in Quincy, Massachusetts ^[19] . October 27th filming at Fore River Shipyard in Quincy. It was also planned to remove various places on the south coast, and then in December to move to ^[20] . In early December, the filming of the film moved to the city of Marshfield, Massachusetts ^[21] . Production designer Michael Korenblit reproduced Pendleton's interior ^[22] . The installation lasted one year with the processing of 1000 visual effects.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures initially announced the release of the film on April 15, 2016 ^[23] , then on October 9, 2015, later the final release date of the film was announced on January 29, 2016 ^[24] . The first trailer for the film was shown on July 8, 2015 ^[25] . The second trailer was released on November 11, 2015 ^[26] . The film premiered on January 15, 2016 at the Coronado Island Film Festival ^[27] . The world premiere took place on January 25 at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood , California ^[28] .

By February 7, 2016, “And the Storm struck” raised $ 18.4 million in North America and $ 5.8 million in other countries of the world, a total of $ 24.2 million, compared with the film’s budget of $ 80 million ^{[29 ]} .

The film was released in North America along with the films Kung Fu Panda 3 , Fifty Shades of Black and Jane takes the gun . In the first weekend in 3143 cinemas, box office receipts were expected to be in the amount of $ 10-13 million ^[30] . The film raised $ 375 thousand on a night preview on Thursday and $ 3.3 million on the first rental day ^[31] . Over the first weekend, the film raised $ 10.3 million, becoming the fourth highest box office in a week ^[32] .

“And the storm struck” received mixed reviews from critics. On the Rotten Tomatoes website , the movie rating was 61%, based on 119 ratings with an average rating of 6.1 out of 10. On the Metacritic website , the film was rated 58 out of 100 ^[33] .