Dead Calm poster

Dead Calm( 1989)

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High seas. Deep terror. Try to stay calm.

Overview

An Australian couple take a sailing trip in the Pacific to get over the recent loss of their son. While on the open sea, they come across a sinking ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Nicole Kidman

      Rae Ingram

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      Sam Neill

      John Ingram

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      Billy Zane

      Hughie Warriner

    4. cast image

      George Shevtsov

      Doctor

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      Rod Mullinar

      Russell Bellows

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      Joshua Tilden

      Danny

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      Michael Long

      Specialist Doctor

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      Lisa Collins

      'Orpheus' Cruise Girl

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      Paula Hudson-Brinkley

      'Orpheus' Cruise Girl

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      Sharon Cook

      'Orpheus' Cruise Girl

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      Malinda Rutter

      'Orpheus' Cruise Girl

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Mon Mar 24 2014
    Stay calm and you may yet not end up dead. Dead Calm is directed by Phillip Noyce and adapted to screenplay by Terry Hayes from the novel of the same name written by Charles Williams. It stars Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane. Music is by Graeme Revell and cinematography by Dean Semler. After losing their young son in a car accident, John (Neill) and Rae Ingram (Kidman) head out alone on their yacht for an ocean vacation. Whilst taking in some R&R, the couple spy a ship drifting in the distance, then a man in a dinghy hurriedly rows towards them. He boards their yacht, frantic and ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    10400000.00

    Revenue

    7825000.00

    Keywords

    • australia
    • sense of guilt
    • toxication
    • loss of loved one
    • yacht
    • shipwreck
    • sailing trip
    • car crash
    • home invasion
    • killing a dog
    • sinking boat
    • sail boat
    • survival at sea
    • at sea
    • couple terrorized
    • man gets between a couple
    • stranded at sea