Dead Calm (Blu-ray) R

High seas. Deep terror. Try to stay calm.
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  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 36 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: September 8, 2009
  • Originally Released: 1989
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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User Ratings: 31,341
[Noyce is] a masterful manipulator, but eventually there is no more wind in these sails, not even enough to riffle a jib, as the story and Rae's character wear thin. Full Review
Washington Post
Jan 1, 2000
Rating: 5/5 -- Fun, scary and suspensful from start to finish.
ColeSmithey.com
Dec 6, 2005
Rating: C -- Edgy cinematography keeps the tension coming like waves. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dec 30, 2003
...Tautly directed....Well photographed...
USA Today
Apr 7, 1989
A classic piece of pared-down genre film-making is lent extra depth by an emotional subtext stressing Kidman's transition from dependent wife to resourceful individual. Full Review
Time Out
Jan 26, 2006
Rating: 4/5 -- One of the best thrillers of our time....it'll leave your gasping for air
Mediasharx
Mar 3, 2006
Rating: 3/4 -- This is not a gimmick film ... and Kidman and Zane do generate real, palpable hatred in their scenes together. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan 1, 2000

Product Description:

Returning 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.

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.

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  • UPC: 883929064397
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