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Ghost Ship
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*Ghost Ship* is a 2002 horror film directed by Steve Beck. The cast includes Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington, and Isaiah Washington. Producers for the project were Gilbert Adler, Joel Silver, and Robert Zemeckis. The film was produced by Village Roadshow Pictures and Dark Castle Entertainment, with additional involvement from NPV Entertainment, Ghost Ship Films Pty. Ltd., and Warner Bros. Pictures. It is an Australian and American production, filmed in Vancouver and Australia. The original language is English, and the story is set on a ship, focusing on supernatural elements and seamanship.
The film has a runtime of 91 minutes. John Frizzell served as the composer and performer, while Roger Barton was the film editor. *Ghost Ship* was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix in video on demand format. Its tagline is "Sea evil." The movie has a budget of 35000000 and generated revenue of 71142361.
Audience reception varies across platforms. IMDb lists a rating of 5.6 based on 117563 votes, categorizing the film as Horror, Mystery, and Thriller. TMDb reports a vote average of 6.001 from 2649 votes. Other review scores include 3.9/10, 14%, and 28/100. The film is also noted in relation to the Bechdel test.
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6.0After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre occurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.
Cast
- Gabriel Byrne as Captain Sean Murphy
- Julianna Margulies as Maureen Epps
- Desmond Harrington as Jack Ferriman
- Ron Eldard as Dodge
- Isaiah Washington as Greer
- Karl Urban as Munder
Themes
- treasure
- cruise
- halloween
- pilot
- ghost ship
- gore
- tugboat
- salvage
- haunted
- supernatural horror
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Steve Beck
- Screenplay by
- Mark Hanlon John Pogue
- Story by
- Mark Hanlon
- Produced by
- Joel Silver Robert Zemeckis Gilbert Adler
- Starring
- Julianna Margulies Ron Eldard Desmond Harrington Isaiah Washington Gabriel Byrne
- Cinematography
- Gale Tattersall
- Edited by
- Roger Barton
- Music by
- John Frizzell
- Production companies
- Warner Bros. Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures Dark Castle Entertainment NPV Entertainment Ghost Ship Films Pty. Ltd.
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures (Overseas), Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)
- Release date
- October 25, 2002 ( 2002-10-25 )
- Running time
- 91 minutes
- Countries
- United States, Australia
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $68.3 million
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Official website
WarnerBros.com | Ghost Ship | Movies
From producers Joel Silver (The Matrix trilogy and the Lethal Weapon series) and Robert Zemeckis (Castaway, What Lies Be
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Encyclopedic overview
Ghost Ship is a 2002 supernatural horror film directed by Steve Beck from a screenplay by Mark Hanlon and John Pogue. Its plot follows a marine salvage crew in the Bering Sea who discover a mysterious ocean liner that disappeared in 1962 and stars an ensemble cast of Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington, Isaiah Washington, Alex Dimitriades, and Karl Urban.
Shot in Australia and Canada, It was released theatrically in North America on October 25, 2002. It received generally negative reviews but was a commercial success, grossing $68.3 million worldwide on a $20 million budget.
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