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Where was Dead Calm filmed?

1989 film, directed by Phillip Noyce.

  • Australia

The story is set in Australia, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Australia
Filmed in
Australia

About Dead Calm

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Released
1989
Director
Phillip Noyce
Cast
Sam NeillNicole KidmanBilly ZaneRod MullinarGeorge ShevtsovMichael LongLisa Collins
Genre
Thriller
Based on
Dead Calm
Awards
AACTA Award for Best Cinematography; AACTA Award for Best Editing; AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score; AACTA Award for Best Sound

The story

Rae Ingram is traumatised after a car crash results in the death of her young son.

He introduces himself as Hughie Warriner and tells them the schooner is sinking, the other passengers having died of food poisoning ten days prior.

Returning to the Orpheus, John manages to pump enough water out of the hold to restart the engine and begin pursuing the Saracen.

Famous lines from Dead Calm

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Oh, God.Rae
  • Now, what?Hughie
  • He's gone.Hughie
  • Turn around!Rae
  • Where's John?Rae

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