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Dead Calm

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Directed by Phillip Noyce
Produced by George Miller, Doug Mitchell, and Terry Hayes
Screenplay by Terry Hayes Based on the novel by Charles Williams
With: Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, and Billy Zane
Cinematography: Dean Semler
Editing: Richard Francis-Bruce
Music: Graeme Revell
Runtime: 96 min
Release Date: 07 April 1989
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
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A married couple yachting to escape grief soon come to regret their rescue of a survivor from a sinking ship in this stylishly directed, produced, and photographed Aussie maritime thriller. Intense and suspenseful if not always logical nailbiter brought the wonderful Kidman her first international attention.