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form y separately published work icon Dead Calm single work   film/TV   horror   thriller  
Adaptation of Dead Calm Charles Williams , 1963 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Dead Calm
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Based on the 1963 novel of the same name by American author Charles Williams, the narrative concerns an Australian husband and wife who take a yacht cruise after the death of their child. They rescue a man who is the only survivor aboard a schooner drifting in the ocean. Unknown to them, the man has murdered his crew mates.

Notes

  • The trailer for this film is available to view via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO6UmoEg9SI (Sighted: 15/6/2012)
  • This film is included in Australian Screen's collection 'Horror in Australian Cinema': http://aso.gov.au/titles/features/dead-calm/ (Sighted: 6/7/2012)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1989

Works about this Work

Phillip Noyce : Man of Action Philip Berk , Erin Free , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 28 November 2017;
Phillip Noyce Ingo Petzke , 2006 single work biography
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , January - March no. 38 2006;
Deadly Ambivalence : or, The Family Romance in Dead Calm Rose Lucas , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literature/Film Quarterly , vol. 21 no. 2 1993; (p. 121-129)
Phillip Noyce Ingo Petzke , 2006 single work biography
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , January - March no. 38 2006;
Deadly Ambivalence : or, The Family Romance in Dead Calm Rose Lucas , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Literature/Film Quarterly , vol. 21 no. 2 1993; (p. 121-129)
Phillip Noyce : Man of Action Philip Berk , Erin Free , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 28 November 2017;
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