What Is ‘Dead Calm’ About?

The movie with the longest shoot wasn’t long enough for the star.

Hughie’s devil-may-care attitude and thousand-yard stare remind the viewer of the tortured Kurtz.

Nicole Kidman and Sam Neill in Dead Calm

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He parlayedDead Calminto more significant, big-budgeted films likeMemphis BelleandJames Cameron’s epicTitanic.

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Billy Zane in ‘Dead Calm’ (1989)

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Nicole Kidman as Alice Harford looking up at the camera with a smile in Eyes Wide Shut

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Nicole Kidman

Billy Zane