The River Wild
The River Wild is a 1994 American thriller film starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, and David Strathairn. It was directed by Curtis Hanson and written by Denis O'Neill. It follows a young family whose white-water rafting holiday is endangered when they are taken hostage by a pair of armed fugitives.
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| Written by | Denis O'Neill
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| Running time | 108 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $45,000,000 USD
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| Box office | $47,000,000 USD
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Gail: I'm not on anybody's side, I'm on everybody's side, I'm the mother.
- An exhausted Meryl Streep balked when director Curtis Hanson asked her to shoot one more scene before filming finished for the end of the day, however, she decided to attempt it. Swept off the raft, she was in real danger of drowning before she was rescued. Returning upriver, she told a pale and shaking Hanson that "in the future, when I say I can't do something, I think we should believe me." Hanson hastily agreed.
- Carrie Fisher was an uncredited script doctor on the film.
- Meryl Streep did most of her own stunts.
- The last of the three sign-language symbols written by the husband is the symbol for "I Love You."
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