Name: Dead Calm
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Released: 1989-04-07
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane, George Shevtsov, Rod Mullinar

7 quotes

Dead Calm

Confronting Fear on the Open Sea

Taglines High Seas. Deep Terror.

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Dead Calm

Isolation Leaves No Place to Escape

Taglines In the middle of nowhere there is nowhere to hide.

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Dead Calm

A Fateful Decision at Sea

Taglines A couple alone at sea. When a stranger called for help, they made a fatal mistake... they answered.

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Dead Calm

Searching for a Missing Husband

Rae Where's John?

Hughie Now, what?

Rae John, my husband. Where is he?

Hughie He's gone.

Rae Oh, shit. What have you done to him?

Hughie Nothing. He went onboard her.

Rae We've gotta go back.

Hughie Look, he's only got himself to blame, right? I mean, he should've trusted me. But that's always been my problem.

Rae Don't you understand?

Hughie Please don't shout. That's always been one of my problems. I can never tell people's real motives until it's too late.

Rae Okay. Let's just, uh, turn the boat around.

Hughie Where shall we go?

Rae Turn around!

Hughie Hey, look. You're being very aggressive, Rae. That could be a problem on this small boat. I've seen it happen. It doesn't work. You know, I was watching you when you were sleeping. And I gotta tell you that your face fascinates me. Yeah. Even when you're 80, Rae, you'll still be a beautiful woman. I, uh, studied art for, um.... for a time... and something I found is that painters, when they approach their subjects... ...they always look at the face from, like, behind, you know? From the back, like, to see what's holding it up. And, uh... ...you've got magnificent bone structure. God. "Magnificent." Shit, that sounds like... fucking something you'd say at a cocktail party. Should have given you my card, for chrissake. I just knew we'd get along, didn't you, Rae? Hey. What's wrong?

Rae Would you just tell me one thing?

Hughie Sure.

Rae I just need to know if that boat is sinking.

Hughie Sinking? Well, past tense would do, but--

Rae Oh, God.

Hughie But, uh, yeah. Yes, it is. Why? Uh, don't you believe me?

Rae Yeah. Yeah, I believe you. Of course I do. That's why we've gotta go back.

Hughie Back?

Rae Uh-huh. To get John.

Hughie What, you mean back there?

Rae Yeah. Right now.

Hughie Uh-huh. No, Rae, no. Okay? That's over. That's all over. So why don't we just erase that one from memory and start again, please? There's no going back, Rae.

Rae No. No, don't say that. He's gonna drown, Hughie.

Hughie There you go. Now you're ruining it again. That boat is sinking. That's not my fault.

Rae What about those people, huh? There wasn't any food poisoning, was there?

Hughie You wanna do this now? All right. They tried to kill me, Rae. They tried to suck the life out of me, if you can possibly grasp that concept.

Rae Who were?

Hughie All of them.

Rae Look.... Nobody wants to kill you, Hughie--

Hughie What? Repeat that.

Rae I said, nobody--

Hughie Say the words, Rae. Come on. You mean I just imagined it.

Rae No.

Hughie No?

Rae No. I just meant that it must be a mistake.

Hughie A mistake? Lady... the mistake is that you think I'm making this up.

Rae No! No. No, I don't.

Hughie You sound so much like them, Rae, it's scary. Now, they were trying to kill me. Do you understand?