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Dead Calm is a 1989 psychological thriller starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane, based on a novel by Charles Williams.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Reeling from their infant son's death in a car accident, Australian couple John (Neill) and Rae (Kidman) Ingram take a vacation in their yacht. Becalmed in the Pacific, they find a drifting boat that appears to be taking on water. A man, Hughie Warriner (Zane) rows out to them, claiming the crew died of food poisoning and the vessel is sinking. John, a Royal Australian Navy officer, is suspicious of Hughie's story and rows out to investigate the stricken boat while Hughie sleeps, but Hughie awakes before John can return and sails off, taking Rae hostage and leaving John stranded.
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Cruel and Unusual Death
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Cruel and Unusual Death: Hughie catches a signal rocket with his mouth, until the rocket burns through his skull. And few scenes before that, Rae basically stranded him in the middle of open ocean in a tiny raft. Shooting him in the head with the speargun would have probably been more merciful in comparison.
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Chekhov's Gun: There is enough of them to fill an armoury, with three shown in the same scene: The box containing a double barrel shotgun... ... along with flare launchers... ... and Ben's fetching ball. There is a radar on Saracen. Ben can open doors by jumping on the handle.
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Cool Boat: The Ingrams' ketch, the Saracen, portrayed by the real life 74 foot racing ketch Stormvogel.
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The Captain
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The Captain: Captain John Ingram, a career navy officer, is spending his vacation with his wife on their yacht, helping her recover after a car accident and loss of their son. His skills as a seaman are important more than once.
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Clothing Damage
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Clothing Damage: John starts with immaculately clean and ironed white trousers and a casual shirt. The longer he struggles to survive, the more dirty and torn his clothes get.
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