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30 September 1994 (USA) moreTagline:
The vacation is overPlot:
Meryl Streep takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Sissy (From FilmExperience. 11 July 2009, 7:26 PM, PDT)
L.A. Confidential's Curtis Hanson Directing Gemini Man
(From FirstShowing.net. 13 February 2009, 2:30 AM, PST)
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For The Most Part A Credible Thriller moreUS TV Schedule:
| Wed. July 15 | 12:30 PM | HBO | |||
| Sat. July 18 | 10:30 AM | HBO | |||
| Tue. July 21 | 9:00 AM | HBO | more |
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Meryl Streep | ... | Gail Hartman | |
| Stephanie Sawyer | ... | Willa | |
| Joseph Mazzello | ... | Roarke | |
| David Strathairn | ... | Tom | |
| Elizabeth Hoffman | ... | Gail's Mother | |
| Victor Galloway | ... | Gail's Father | |
| Kevin Bacon | ... | Wade | |
| John C. Reilly | ... | Terry | |
| William Lucking | ... | Frank | |
| Diane Delano | ... | Ranger | |
| Thomas F. Duffy | ... | Ranger | |
| Benjamin Bratt | ... | Ranger Johnny | |
| Paul Cantelon | ... | Violinist | |
| Glenn Morshower | ... | Policeman |
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Rated PG-13 for some violence and threatening moments.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
108 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Australia:M | Iceland:12 | South Korea:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Peru:14 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Norway:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PGFun Stuff
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An exhausted Meryl Streep balked when director Curtis Hanson asked her to shoot one more scene before filming finished for the end of the day, however, she decided to attempt it. Swept off the raft, she was in real danger of drowning before she was rescued. Returning upriver, she told a pale and shaking Hanson that "in the future, when I say I can't do something, I think we should believe me." Hanson hastily agreed. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Raft goes through huge rapid, drops over the falls and should be full of water and have to be bailed. A minute later when the raft is lifted by the cable it is dry. moreQuotes:
Wade: I'm in charge now. I could bury you and Roarke tonight. I could do anything I want with you.Gail: Then go ahead. Don't keep telling me how tough you are, Wade, just show me.
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THE RIVER WILD is not the most original thriller ever made , it's premise is " a clean cut family bump into a couple of desperate criminals in the sticks and their lives are now in serious danger " but it deserves some credit in not trying to paper over its flaws with ridiculous action sequences or other type of melodramatic plot twists . Perhaps the producers of the recent Jodie Foster thriller FLIGHTPLAN should have watched this to see how a family based thriller should be made ?
Some people may be put off by the fact that there's not much in the way of explosions , car chases or a massive body count and that there's a lot of talking but when you've got a thriller where Kevin Bacon is the bad guy ( And no 1990s movie was complete without Bacon as a bad guy ) if you do have a film that is watchable at the very least . And let me just repeat that this is a film where credibility takes precedence over action . There is a slight flaw where towards the end where one of the characters starts making devices out of stuff lying around ala MCGUYVER but for the most part this is an enjoyable thriller