The vacation is over.
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.
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Classical in form, earnest, contemporary and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Meryl StreepGail Hartman
- David StrathairnTom Hartman
- Kevin BaconWade
- John C. ReillyTerry
- Joseph MazzelloRoarke Hartman
- Benjamin BrattRanger Johnny
- William LuckingFrank
- Stephanie SawyerWilla
- Elizabeth HoffmanGail's Mother
- Victor GallowayGail's Father
Crew
- Curtis HansonDirector
- Denis O'NeillScreenplay
- Robert ElswitDirector of Photography
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Joe HutshingEditor
- David BrennerEditor
- David FosterProducer
- Lawrence TurmanProducer
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Pairings
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