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Gail 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.
Theatrical
Sep 30, 1994
Box Office
$94.2M
Budget
$45.0M
Return
2.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Dec 10, 1997
Theaters
1
Director
Curtis Hanson
Writer
Denis O'Neill
Producers
David Foster, Lawrence Turman, Denis O'Neill
Music
Jerry Goldsmith
Studio
The Turman-Foster Company, Universal Pictures
Themes
montana
husband wife relationship
river
robber
boston, massachusetts
architect
married couple
strong woman
matter of life and death
marriage crisis
hostage-taking
rafting
dysfunctional family
heist
teacher
raft
family vacation
criminal
dog
park ranger
rowing
adventurer
heist gone wrong
gauntlet
smoke signal
sign languages
experience
escape attempt
whitewater river rafting
camping trip
father son relationship
mother son relationship
rapids
married parents
suspense
family in danger
teacher for the deaf
unable to swim
gripping
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Cast
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Meryl Streep
Gail Hartman
D
David Strathairn
Tom Hartman
Kevin Bacon
Wade
J
John C. Reilly
Terry
J
Joseph Mazzello
Roarke Hartman
B
Benjamin Bratt
Ranger Johnny
W
William Lucking
Frank
S
Stephanie Sawyer
Willa
E
Elizabeth Hoffman
Gail's Mother
D
Diane Delano
Ranger
T
Thomas F. Duffy
Ranger
P
Paul Cantelon
Violinist
G
Glenn Morshower
Policeman
