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The River Wild Details

1994 Certificate 12
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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 .. Read more

Starring Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello, Meryl Streep
Director Curtis Hanson
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller

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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 psychotic Wade, a desperate criminal in over his head.

Starring Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello, Meryl Streep, John C. Reilly
Director Curtis Hanson
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Run time DVD: 1 hr 46 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Collections 100 Big Adventures
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language DVD: English
Dubbed Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Spanish
Subtitles DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish
Released Production year: 1994

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    • 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 ...