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Dead Calm
An Australian couple takes 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.
1989 · Directed by Phillip Noyce · 96 min · Thriller · Drama · Horror · 16 frames
Tagline
High seas. Deep terror. Try to stay calm.
Crew
- Written by: Terry Hayes
- Cinematography: Dean Semler
- Edited by: Richard Francis-Bruce
- Music: Graeme Revell
- Production design: Graham "Grace" Walker
- Produced by: Terry Hayes, Doug Mitchell, George Miller
Cast
- Nicole Kidman as Rae Ingram
- Sam Neill as John Ingram
- Billy Zane as Hughie Warriner
- George Shevtsov as Doctor
- Rod Mullinar as Russell Bellows
- Joshua Tilden as Danny
- Michael Long as Specialist Doctor
- Lisa Collins as 'Orpheus' Cruise Girl
- Paula Hudson-Brinkley as 'Orpheus' Cruise Girl
- Sharon Cook as 'Orpheus' Cruise Girl
Production
- Country: Australia
- Language: English
- Studios: Kennedy Miller Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $10,400,000
- Box office: $7,825,000
- Themes: australia, sense of guilt, toxication, loss of loved one, shipwreck, sailing trip, car crash, home invasion, killing a dog, sinking boat
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