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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Curtis Hanson |
| Stars: |
Meryl Streep |
| Actors: |
David Strathairn |
| Genre: |
Action/Adventure |
| Subgenre: |
Family Interaction · Rape · Drama |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Widescreen |
| UPC: |
025192045622 |
| Release Date: |
1994 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 52min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Widescreen, 1hr 52min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (December 09, 1997)
UPC: 025192004322 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: Widescreen, 1hr 52min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (February 01, 2000)
UPC: 096898224130 |
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Professional Reviews
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(03/10/1995, pp.74-5, Glenn Kenny): "...Awe-inspiring white water thrills..." -- Rating: B |
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In THE RIVER WILD, Gail (Meryl Streep), a former river guide, plans a white-water rafting trip to celebrate her son Roarke's (Joseph Mazzello) birthday and patch up her troubled marriage to her workaholic husband, Tom (David Strathairn). As the family begins their river adventure, they meet Wade (Kevin Bacon), a novice rafter with a magnetic personality. When the family finds Wade and his friend, Terry (John C. Reilly), stranded and abandoned by their guide, Gail and Tom decide to help them navigate the rapids. However, family fun turns to terror when Wade and Terry show their true colors--they're really criminals trying to evade the police following a major heist. To make matters worse, their escape route requires that they run the Gauntlet, deadly rapids where three rivers converge in violently tumultuous waters. This taut thriller from director Curtis Hanson (BAD INFLUENCE, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL) features Streep in her first role as an action-adventure heroine, while Bacon is truly menacing as the psychot... |
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