Dead Calm
1989 · Movie · R · 96 min · ★ 6.6 · 77% critics
A grieving couple sets out on a remote sailing trip to heal after a family tragedy. When they rescue a lone survivor from a nearby sinking vessel, the open ocean turns into a trap, and the pair must rely on nerve and quick thinking with no help in sight.
Based on Dead Calm
Also known as Dead Calm - OZ
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Details
- Years
- 1989
- Release date
- 1989-04-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 77/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (825 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tight, isolated thriller where danger comes from a stranger and there’s nowhere to run; Not for you if you dislike implausible decisions or endings that may frustrate you, like in The Stepfather.
Pros: relentless open-sea suspense; strong three-person tension; gripping survival stakes | Cons: questionable character choices; uneven pacing at times; divisive final stretch
Themes
- australia
- sense of guilt
- toxication
- loss of loved one
- shipwreck
- sailing trip
- car crash
- home invasion
- killing a dog
- sinking boat
- sail boat
- survival at sea
- +4 more
Awards & recognition
- AACTA Award — Best Sound · 1989
- AACTA Award — Best Original Music Score · 1989
- AACTA Award — Best Cinematography · 1989
- AACTA Award — Best Editing · 1989
- AACTA Award — Best Adapted Screenplay · 1989 · nominated
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- AACTA Award — Best Cinematography · 1989 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Production Design · 1989 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Sound · 1989 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Original Music Score · 1989 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Direction · 1989 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Editing · 1989 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Film · 1989 · nominated
Cast & crew
Nicole Kidman
as Rae Ingram
Sam Neill
as John Ingram
Billy Zane
as Hughie Warriner
George Shevtsov
as Doctor
Rod Mullinar
as Russell Bellows
- JT
Joshua Tilden
as Danny
Michael Long
as Specialist Doctor
Lisa Collins
as 'Orpheus' Cruise Girl
- PH
Paula Hudson-Brinkley
as 'Orpheus' Cruise Girl
- SC
Sharon Cook
as 'Orpheus' Cruise Girl
Directed by Phillip Noyce