The plot of the book and the film, based upon a true incident, revolved around a group of eight deaf students and their two teachers, who are captured and held hostage by three escaped felons. 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 tv movie 1997 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. I enjoyed it very much and will keep it on my shelf. A veteran fbi agent negotiates the release of a busload of. Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wifes murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist mary shaw. Overview of dead silence, 1997, directed by daniel petrie, with james garner, lolita davidovich, marlee matlin, at turner classic movies.
Dead silence on dvd 0263598522 from hbo home video. Perfect just woke up at 12pmfodder when youre nursing a hangover, dead silence is a bythebooks hostage negotiation film with the grizzled fbi agent with. This movie could have easily been pg because of the lack of sex and nudity which i really appreciate. Three escaped convicts from prison take a group of deaf students hostage and hold them captive to keep the authorities at bay. Dead silence 1997 james garnermarlee matlin youtube. The plot of the book and the film, based upon a true incident, revolved around a group of eight deaf students and their two teachers, who. After much success with saw, wan turned his nightmare inducing mind to a more supernatural state with this small flick. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. Unfortunately, he doesnt have enough money to fund. From the writers and director of saw comes a new thriller of relentless terror. New unrated version more gruesome and horrifying than anything seen in theaters.
Directed by daniel petrie jr with james garner, kim coates, marlee matlin, lolita davidovich. Dead silence and 6 related entities entities finder. It is directed by daniel petrie jr three escaped convicts take a group of deaf students. Dead silence 1997 british board of film classification. Having some deaf family members i can relate to this movie and of course. This film was refreshing in the sense that it delivered a very frightening presentation focusing on the actual purposemission of the film rather than taking viewers on unnecessary sexual tangents. She is an undead ventriloquist who has lost her voice and seeks vengeance against the small town of ravens fair. Dead silence is based on his novel, a maidens grave. Dead silence actually gets less frightening when the filmmakers apply the fancy cgi specialeffects or reveal mary shaw in full. This movie could have easily been pg because of the lack of sex and nudity which i. Cast and crew credits for dead silence, 1997, directed by daniel petrie, with james garner, lolita davidovich, marlee matlin, at turner classic movies.
When a locals wife is brutally murdered, he returns home to unravel. The film was released on dvd on june 26, 2007 with an unrated version also released, and the same occurred for the hd dvd product. Ever since mary shaw was hunted down and killed, the small town of ravens fair has been haunted by horrific deaths. Skupinu hluchych studentov zajmu traja trestanci, ktorym sa podarilo ujst z vazenia. The film was released on dvd on june 26, 2007 with an unrated version was released, and the. Dead silence is a film programme that first aired in 1997 and has been classified a 15 certificate. A veteran fbi agent negotiates the release of a busload of hearingimpaired schoolchildren taken hostage by 3 desperate escaped convicts.
James wan preinsidious, clearly the man was still testing waters. Mary shaw is the main antagonist of the 2007 supernatural horror film dead silence. Dead silence has a lot of good qualities the production design, the menagerie of creepy dolls, great makeup effects when folks lose their tonguesjaws, but overall this film has a huge. Dead silence 1997 an fbi agent james garner and a policewoman lolita davidovich negotiate with escaped convicts holding deaf students and their teacher marlee matlin hostage. A screenwriter aspires to fulfill his lifelong dream of making a classic 40sstyle film noir. Dead silence was released on bluray disc in the united kingdom on october 25, 2010. A widower returns to his hometown to search for answers to his wifes murder, which may be linked to the ghost of a murdered ventriloquist. Unfortunately, he doesnt have enough money to fund his project and no one in hollywood seems. Thanks for all the positive feedback about the posting of this movie. Dead silence 1997 r 0922 1997 us 1h 45m user score. Three escaped convicts take a group of deaf students hostage. Charles martin smith, clete keith, james garner, kim coates, lolita davidovich, marlee matlin. More tasteful than recent slasher flicks, but dead silence is undone by boring characters, bland dialogue, and an unnecessary and obvious twist ending. Perfect just woke up at 12pmfodder when youre nursing a hangover, dead silence is a bythebooks hostage negotiation film with the grizzled fbi agent with a past who must prove hes still got it.
Charles martin smith, clete keith, james garner, kim coates, lolita davidovich, marlee matlin show embed code. I love how exciting they make the movie look on the poster, explosionthree people holding gunswoman violently detained, when in reality a majority of the movie is kim coates asking about pizza. Dead silence 1997 internet movie firearms database. Dead silence is a film programme that first aired in 1997 and has been classified a 15 certificate you may also like.
Marlee matlin, kim coates, lolita davidovich, james garner, scott speedman. Dead silence is a 1997 madefortv thriller based upon the jeffery deaver novel a maidens grave and starring james garner. Movie, dead silence movie,dead silence trailer,dead silence 1997, daniel petrie,charles martin smith, james garner, kim coates, lolita. Streamvf dead silence streaming complet vf votre film. Dead silence is a 2007 american supernatural horror film directed by james wan and written by leigh whannell, the creators of saw. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Dead silence is an effective creepy horror that just stays above mediocrity. Three convicts on the run take over a school bus for deaf children and then take the teacher and the children. A thriller with a twoinone hero the new york times. Its far more ominous just to show the dummys staring eyes or grinning face suddenly turned in a different position than the last shot.
James garner, lolita davidovich, marlee matlin, kim. Dead silence 1997 letterboxd social film discovery. The tv film stars garner as fbi hostage negotiator john potter, marlee matlin as. Dead silence 1997 is an action, drama movie starring marlee matlin and kim coates. The following weapons were used in the film dead silence 1997. Zachrannu akciu vedie specialny agent fbi, ktory chce so zlocincami nielen vyjednavat, aby prepustili rukojemnikov, ale sucasne ich aj zatknut. Ryan kwanten, amber valletta, donnie wahlberg, michael fairman. Cast includes james garner, kim coates, charles martin smith. Dead silence 1997 from internet movie firearms database guns in movies, tv and video games. 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. Fbi agent john potter leads the fbis hostage rescue team in their efforts to get the kids released without harm and also to capture the escapees. Directed by daniel petrie, jr staring james garner, kim coates, marlee matlin and charles martin smith.