Product Information
When their intimate sailing holiday is interrupted by the sole survivor of a sinking schooner, the high seas turn into high terror for a husband and wife. They discover the survivor's story of sickness and death is really of madness and murder, and must now match wits in a battle for survival.Product Identifiers
ProducerGeorge Miller
EAN7321900118705
eBay Product ID (ePID)3951512
Product Key Features
ActorBilly Zane, Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill
Film/TV TitleDead Calm
DirectorPhillip Noyce
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageArabic\Bulgarian\Dutch\English\French\German\Italian\Portuguese\Romanian\Spanish
Run Time95 Mins
Aspect Ratio2.35 Wide Screen
Release Year2000
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, Interactive Menus\Scene Access, Closed Caption, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Hearing ImpairedEnglish\Italian
Additional InformationReturning 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>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 THE WATER, DEAD CALM is a chilling tale of trouble on the high seas.
ReviewsUSA Today - ...Tautly directed....Well photographed..., Entertainment Weekly - "...An undeniably effective thriller....[Kidman is] impressive..." -- Rating: B
Dubbing LanguagesFrench\Italian
AuthorCharles Williams
Sound sourceDolby Surround