After a good setup and a taut second act, dead silence s only letdown is a finale that seems lifted from, well, the rockford files. Directed by daniel petrie jr with james garner, kim coates, marlee matlin, lolita davidovich. Dead silence 1997 cast and crew an fbi agent james garner and a policewoman lolita davidovich negotiate with escaped convicts holding deaf students and their teacher marlee matlin hostage. Dead silence 1997 watch on hbo or streaming online reelgood. This gripping and exciting thriller turns on a clever premise. Dead silence is a 1997 madefortv thriller based upon the jeffery deaver novel a maidens grave and starring james garner. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of.
The plot of the book and the film, based upon a true incident, revolves around a group of eight deaf students and their two teachers who are captured and held hostage by three escaped felons. The duel between the seasoned hostage negotiator james garner and the hostage takers is superbly crafted. Dead silence featuring marlee matlin and kim coates is streaming on hbo. Dead silence 1997 a veteran fbi agent negotiates the release of a busload of hearingimpaired schoolchildren taken hostage by 3 desperate escaped convicts. Spinetingling horror film directed by james wan, the creative genius behind saw, dead silence, and the conjuring. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Review of dead silence 1997 by colin covert 1,967 for minneapolis star tribune 2,429 on 16 mar 2007 a gothic chiller in which morbid atmospherics and. Dead silence for most of its length, dead silence is a routine hostage drama, though a couple of plot twists in the final reel, while implausible, enliven the hitherto mundane fodder.
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