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Dead Calm is a Australien film of genre Drama directed by Phillip Noyce released in USA on 7 april 1989 with Sam Neill
Dead Calm (1989)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 7 april 1989
Length 1h36
Directed by Phillip Noyce
OriginAustralie
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about psychiatry, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Rating67%
Dead Calm is a 1989 Australian psychological thriller film starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane. It was based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Williams. The film was directed by Australian filmmaker Phillip Noyce and filmed around the Great Barrier Reef. Cinematography by Dean Semler and score composed by Graeme Revell.
The plot focuses on a married couple (Kidman and Neill) who are sailing a yacht through the Pacific. They encounter a damaged boat and a distraught man (Zane). Their efforts to help and investigate lead both the husband and wife into danger.
Synopsis
Rae Ingram (Kidman), is involved in a car crash which results in the death of her son. Her husband, an Australian Royal Navy officer John Ingram (Neill) suggests that they help deal with their grief by heading out for a vacation alone on their yacht. In the middle of the Pacific, they encounter a drifting boat that seems to be taking on water. A man, Hughie Warriner (Zane), rows over to the Ingrams' boat for help. He claims that his boat is sinking and that his companions have all died of food poisoning.Actors
Sam Neill
(John Ingram)
Nicole Kidman
(Rae Ingram)
Billy Zane
(Hughie Warriner)
Rod Mullinar
(Russell Bellows)
Lisa Collins
('Orpheus' Cruise Girl)
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