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Source: Screen cap.
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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Film Details - Kennedy Miller Entertainment , 1989

Producers:

George Miller, Terry Hayes, Doug Mitchell

Production Companies:

Kennedy Miller Productions

Director of Photography:

Dean Semler

Editors:

Richard Francis-Bruce

Production Designers:

Graham 'Grace' Walker

Composer:

Graeme Revell

Cast:

Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane

Release Dates:

25 May 1989 (Australia)

Location:

  • Gold Coast, Great Barrier Reef, and Hamilton Island, Queensland, and Sydney

Post Production:

Spectrum Films International

Awards:

  • Winner, AFI Awards: Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievement in Editing, Best Achievement in Sound, Best Original Music Score

Notes:

The film was also nominated for AFI categories Best Achievement in Production Design, Best Director, Best Film, and Best Screenplay, Adapted.

The NFSA holds copies of the original release at Title No: 143083 plus documentation and photographs.

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