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6.5Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th birthday, only to meet up with a pair of mysterious men whose desperation grows, turning their vacation into a nightmare.
Cast
- Meryl Streep as Gail Hartman
- David Strathairn as Tom Hartman
- Kevin Bacon as Wade
- John C. Reilly as Terry
- Joseph Mazzello as Roarke Hartman
- Benjamin Bratt as Ranger Johnny
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- strong woman
- marriage crisis
- boston, massachusetts
- montana
- river
- married couple
- robber
- architect
- matter of life and death
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Curtis Hanson
- Written by
- Denis O'Neill
- Produced by
- David Foster Lawrence Turman
- Starring
- Meryl Streep Kevin Bacon David Strathairn Joseph Mazzello John C. Reilly
- Cinematography
- Robert Elswit
- Edited by
- Joe Hutshing David Brenner
- Music by
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Production company
- Turman-Foster Company
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- September 30, 1994 ( 1994-09-30 )
- Running time
- 111 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English American Sign Language
- Budget
- $45 million
- Box office
- $94.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- survival film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Curtis Hanson
- Cast member
- William Lucking
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Producer
- David Foster
- Cinematographer
- Q279100
- Narrative location
- Boston
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 171738
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1995-01-26
- film editor
- David Brenner
- title
- The River Wild
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film format
- 35 mm film
- set in environment
- boat
- review score
- 5.9/10
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Encyclopedic overview
The River Wild is a 1994 American thriller film starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, and David Strathairn. It was directed by Curtis Hanson, and written by Denis O'Neill. It follows a young family whose white-water rafting holiday is endangered when they are taken hostage by a pair of armed fugitives.
The film was theatrically released in the United States on September 30, 1994, by Universal Pictures. Streep was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance, while Bacon received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance.
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