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Dead Calm is a 1989 thriller film from Australia and the United States, directed by Phillip Noyce and produced by Terry Hayes and George Miller. Hayes also wrote the screenplay, Dean Semler was the cinematographer, Richard Francis-Bruce edited the film, and Graeme Revell composed its score. Set and filmed in Australia and largely aboard a boat, it concerns seamanship and stars Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane, and Rod Mullinar.
Produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment, the R-rated film runs 96 minutes, had a budget of 10,400,000, and revenue of 7,825,000. It was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Film and the AACTA Award for Best Direction.
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6.6An 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.
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
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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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
45,394 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Metacritic
70/100
- Year
- 1989
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Horror, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 5 wins & 6 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Phillip Noyce
- Screenplay by
- Terry Hayes
- Based on
- Dead Calm , 1963 novel, by Charles Williams
- Produced by
- Terry Hayes George Miller Doug Mitchell
- Starring
- Sam Neill Nicole Kidman Billy Zane
- Cinematography
- Dean Semler
- Edited by
- Richard Francis-Bruce
- Music by
- Graeme Revell
- Production company
- Kennedy Miller
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. (through Roadshow Distributors )
- Release date
- 7 April 1989 ( 1989-04-07 )
- Running time
- 95 minutes
- Country
- Australia
- Language
- English
- Budget
- A$10 million
- Box office
- A$10.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Dead Calm
- Main subject
- seamanship
- Director
- Phillip Noyce
- Screenwriter
- Terry Hayes
- Cast member
- Lisa Collins
- Composer
- Graeme Revell
- Producer
- George Miller
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Dean Semler
- Narrative location
- Australia
- Filming location
- Australia
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 886681
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- publication date
- 1991-01-03
- film editor
- Richard Francis-Bruce
- title
- Dead Calm
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- boat
- review score
- 70/100
- box office
- 2444407
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Encyclopedic overview
Dead Calm is a 1989 Australian psychological thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce, produced by George Miller, and starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane. The screenplay by Terry Hayes was based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Williams.
Filmed around the Great Barrier Reef, the plot focuses on a married couple, who, after tragically losing their son, are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dead Calm” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.