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The River Wild
Synopsis
In a change-of-pace role designed to prove that she could carry high-concept genre films as well as character-driven dramas, Meryl Streep headlined this fast-paced adventure as Gail, a whitewater rafting guide. For a vacation, Gail is accompanying her son Roarke (Joseph Mazzello) and workaholic husband Tom (David Strathairn) on a river trip. Gail and Tom are experiencing marital troubles and contemplating divorce, but their problems take a back seat when they encounter some menacing rafters led by Wade (Kevin Bacon). After Tom saves Wade from drowning, they discover that the men are murderous fugitives using the river as an escape route. Kidnapped by the killers, Gail's forced to leave her husband stranded on shore and guide the villains through the Gauntlet, a raging confluence of rivers that few rafters ever survive. Meanwhile, Tom proves to be wilier than anyone suspected, following the raft on foot and plotting his family's rescue. Following a quartet of popular B-grade thrillers, director Curtis Hanson attempted to break partially out of the genre with The River Wild, which, despite the presence of a psycho killer, played as more a stunt-filled action movie than a murder mystery.~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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  • Director:
    Curtis Hanson,
  • Writer:
    Denis O'Neill,
  • Producer:
    Lawrence Turman, David Foster,
  • Cinematographer:
    Robert Elswit,
  • Editor:
    David Brenner, Joe Hutshing,
  • Executive Producer:
    Ilona Herzberg, Raymond Hartwick,
  • Cast:
    Kevin Bacon, John C. Reilly, Benjamin Bratt, Meryl Streep, Joseph Mazzello, David Strathairn,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Julie Monroe, Mark Livolsi, F. Paul Benz,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Thomas J. Mack,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    David Kelley,
  • Second Second Assistant Director:
    C.C. Barnes,
  • Co-Producer:
    Denis O'Neill,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    Charles L. Campbell, Louis L. Edemann,
  • Camera Operator:
    Michael Stone,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Judith Saunders, Leslie Park, Marilyn Giardino, Patti Dalzell,
  • ADR Mixer:
    Chris Tucker, David Boulton,
  • Art Department Coordinator:
    Dawn M. Severdia,
  • Assistant Production Coordinator:
    Robert G. Endara II,
  • Boom Operator:
    Mychal D. Smith,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    Clarence Lynn Price,
  • Construction Foreman:
    Edward L. Turk,
  • First Assistant Camera:
    Rob Sweeney, Michael G. Riba, Richard A. Mention, Brian Sullivan, Patrick McArdle, Tom Ryan,
  • Location Manager:
    Randy Unger, James Tadevic, Wayne Mumford, Ken Levine, Joel Marx,
  • Production Coordinator:
    Cynthia Von Suhr, Dana Lynne Taylor, Helen Elswit,
  • Property Master:
    Tommy Tomlinson, Sam Moore,
  • Set Dresser:
    Ron Sica, John Rozman,
  • Sound Editor:
    Albert Gasser, Nils C. Jensen, Leonard T. Geschke, Chuck Neely, Donald J. Malouf, Kerry Dean Williams, Jeff Clark, Doug Jackson,
  • Dolly Grip:
    Mike Moad,
  • Greensman:
    Robert G. Newhouse, Rene van den Berghe, Philip C. Hurst,
  • Driver:
    George Hartmann, John Reed, Scott Sampson, Joseph Kelly Padovich, Randy Musselman, Russ Tolliver, David Goodman, Leroy Reed, Ronald R. Metcalf, Thomas E. McDonald, Hershey Entin, Frances Campbell, Jim Pagnotta, Andrew Mendez, John M. Jarvis, Tom Cozza, Frank 'Cat' Ballou,
  • Stunt Double:
    Terry Jackson, Peter Rocca,
  • Screenplay:
    Denis O'Neill,
  • Grip:
    Gary Yahn, Joseph E. Bates, Jerry Koch, Leo Behar, Brian Devin,
  • Assistant Sound Editor:
    Angie Luckey, Jerry Edemann, Robert Morrisey,
  • Prop Maker:
    Phil LaFond, Charles A. Carlsen,
  • Costume Supervisor:
    Christopher Lawrence, Wingate Jones, Jr.,
  • Stunts:
    Denise Lynne Roberts, Tony Jefferson, Tony Epper, Moby Griffin, Pete Turner, Gary Jensen, Svetla Krasteva, Ben Jensen, Lisa McCullough, Billy Bates, Ethan Jensen, Kay Kimler, Tom Boice, Kelley Kalafatich, Robert LaPoint, Arlene Burns, Eric Janes, Daniel K. Moore, Terry Jackson, Peter Rocca, Scott Sproule, Birgit K. Schier,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Jerry Goldsmith,
  • Electrician:
    Eric Wycoff, James E. Johnson, Andy Nelson, Erik A. Eriksen, Colleen Kingdon, James B. Musich, Scott Graves,
  • Pilot:
    Bruce Benson, Cliff Fleming,
  • Makeup & Hair:
    J. Roy Helland,
  • Painter:
    Roger Anderson, Larry Laurent,
  • Set Designer:
    William Hiney,
  • Projection:
    Walter McCormick Jr.,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Max Kleven,
  • ADR Supervisor:
    Larry Singer,
  • Music Editor:
    Ken Hall,
  • Production Assistant:
    Michael Tyndall, Kevin Bales, Mark Child, Janet Jones, Stacey L. McCormick, Nancy J. Michels, Cat Silcox, Deanna Malyevac, Douglas McGurl, Anita Osterhage, Josh Cherin,
  • Special Effects:
    Michael Arbogast, Casey Pritchett, Rich E. Cordobes, David Blitstein, William D. Lee, Dick Wood, William Dawson, Jaime Galindo, Elmer Hui,
  • Chief Lighting Technician:
    James Plannette, Jack English,
  • Orchestrator:
    Arthur Morton, Alexander Courage,
  • Craft Service:
    David T. Knox, Beverly Burton,
  • Hairstylist:
    Patricia Vecchio,
  • Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
    Christopher Lyons, James Babineaux,
  • Assistant Accountant:
    Katy Genovese, Mark Sayles,
  • Studio Teacher:
    Richard Wicklund,
  • Music Supervisor:
    Carol Fenelon,
  • Second Unit First Assistant Director:
    Robert Schick,
  • Post Production Supervisor:
    Doreen A. Dixon,
  • Stand In:
    Clayton Scherf, Roland Swenson, Brad Nostrand, W. Logan Hebner, Phil DeRiemer,
  • Negative Cutter:
    Gary Burritt,
  • Assistant Property Master:
    John Sweeney, Howard Fannon, William F. McLaughlin, John Ryan Jr.,
  • ADR Editor:
    Gail Clark Burch, Andrea Horta,
  • Production Accountant:
    Kathryn Loraine Hibbs,
  • Special Effects Supervisor:
    Roy Arbogast,
  • Key Grip:
    Jason Poteet, Gary Dagg,
  • Transportation Captain:
    Ronald B. Dinson,
  • Unit Production Manager:
    Larry DeWaay, Raymond Hartwick,
  • Set Medic:
    Jeffrey D. Stevens, Michael L. Ryan,
  • Unit Publicist:
    Rachel Aberly,
  • Costumer:
    Meg Goodwin, Paul Kakuschky,
  • Second Assistant Camera:
    Dylan Goss, Paul Sanchez, David Garden, Trent Anderson,
  • Foley Artist:
    Hilda Hodges, John Roesch,
  • ADR Coordinator:
    Mickie McGowan,
  • Art Direction:
    Mark W. Mansbridge,
  • Assistant Makeup Artist:
    Ellis Burman,
  • Producer's Assistant:
    Debra J. Kleid,
  • Key Hair Stylist:
    Donna Barrett Gilbert,
  • Transportation Coordinator:
    Ed Arter,
  • Set Decoration:
    Rick Gentz,
  • Assistant Costume Designer:
    Nina Corbett,
  • Best Boy Grip:
    Joe Kelly,
  • Leadman:
    Robert Sica,
  • Location Coordinator:
    Marjorie Webster, William Hassell,
  • Loader:
    Alfonso Calderon,
  • Actor's Assistant:
    Frances Patterson, Maggie Pierson,
  • Second Unit Director:
    Max Kleven,
  • Carpenter:
    Steven M. Pacheco, Timothy Vierra,
  • Still Photographer:
    Melissa Moseley,
  • Standby Painter:
    Paul A. Minitello, Joe A. Hawthorne,
  • Key Makeup Artist:
    James R. Kail,
  • Casting Assistant:
    Scott Genkinger,
  • Additional Photography:
    Kim Marks,
  • Transportation Co-Captain:
    Mike Doyle,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Richard Snell,
  • Extras Casting:
    Connie Mack,
  • Additional Camera:
    Paul C. Babin,
  • Production Design:
    Bill Kenney,
  • Foley Mixer:
    Mary Jo Lang,
  • Travel Coordinator:
    Shari LaFranchi Blakney,
  • Sound Mixer:
    Kirk Francis, Ivan Sharrock,
  • Color Timer:
    Stephen R. Sheridan,

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