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Dead Calm

Dead Calm

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Key Information
Directors: Phillip Noyce
Stars: Nicole Kidman
Actors: Billy Zane
Genre: Action/Adventure
Subgenre: Suspense · Recommended · High Seas · Psychos · Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (MPAA)
Available Formats: VHS
UPC: 883929077359
Release Date: 1988
Running Time: 1hr 36min
Languages
Original Language: English
DVD Editions
: Format: DVD, 1hr 36min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (September 08, 2009)
UPC: 883929077359
VHS Editions
: Format: VHS: Spanish Subtitles, 1hr 37min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (February 08, 1999)
UPC: 012569672239
Professional Reviews
: (04/07/1989, p.6D, Mike Clark): "...Tautly directed....Well photographed..."
More Information
Details: Returning from duty with the Australian navy, John Ingram (Sam Neill) is surprised to be met by two policemen, who inform him of a car accident that has left his son dead and his wife, Rae (Nicole Kidman), injured. The grieving couple seeks refuge on their yacht, the Saracen. Out on the boat, the skies are sunny, the sea calm--but on the horizon is another vessel, the Orpheus. As John and Rae approach the ship, they find a lone survivor, Hughie Warriner (Billy Zane), who tells them that the other crew members have died of food poisoning. Leaving Rae behind with the sleeping Hughie, the suspicious John boards the Orpheus--only to be confronted with a horrifying situation. <br> <br> Australian filmmaker Phillip Noyce directs the film, based on a novel by Charles Williams, with great inventiveness--whether focusing on the tranquil water, the violent Hughie, the resourceful Sam, or the determined Rae with her luminous, translucent blue eyes. A suspenseful thriller reminiscent of Roman Polanski's KNIFE IN T...
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