Dead Calm is a 1989 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 in the Great Barrier Reef.
A troubled couple, Australian naval officer John Ingram (Neill) and his wife Rae (Kidman), take a break on their yacht after an automobile accident in which their son was killed. The couple hopes tha...
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Dead Calm is a 1989 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 in the Great Barrier Reef.
A troubled couple, Australian naval officer John Ingram (Neill) and his wife Rae (Kidman), take a break on their yacht after an automobile accident in which their son was killed. The couple hopes that this will help Rae cope with the loss. Their holiday turns into a nightmare after they rescue Hughie Warriner (Zane), a man who claims his shipmates died from food poisoning.
Suspicious of Hughie's story, John tries to convince the panicked Hughie to return with him to his sinking ship so they can confirm the deaths and salvage anything of use, but Hughie refuses to go back. John travels to the sinking ship while Hughie is resting, where he finds that Hughie's original story was untrue. He realizes that Hughie's shipmates were murdered. John...
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