The River Wild with Meryl Streep: DVD Cover

    The River Wild Director: Curtis Hanson Cast: Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello

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    • DVD Release Date: 12/10/1997
    • Original Release: 1994
    • Rating: Rated PG13
    • Sales Rank: 8,623

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    Side #1 --
    0. Chapter List
    1. Main Titles:reflections On The Charles [3:07]
    2. Wade [3:49]
    3. Three On A Raft [3:14]
    4. Our First Whoop-Dee-Doo [12:11]
    5. Wade In The Water [1:45]
    6. The Birthday Present [7:35]
    7. Going With My Friends [1:36]
    8. I Need Your Wife... [6:24]
    9. Ranger Johnny [:16]
    10. Pursued [6:55]
    11. Little Niagara [10:04]
    12. No Stopping And No Turning Back [:11]
    13. The River Wild [7:04]
    14. The Trap [2:01]
    15. There'S No Way... [8:09]
    16. End Titles:"The River Is Wide" (Cowboy Junkies) [6:09]

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    In a change-of-pace role designed to prove that she could carry high-concept genre films as well as character-driven dramas, Meryl Streep headlined this fast-paced adventure as Gail, a whitewater rafting guide. For a vacation, Gail is accompanying her son Roarke (Joseph Mazzello) and workaholic husband Tom (David Strathairn) on a river trip. Gail and Tom are experiencing marital troubles and contemplating divorce, but their problems take a back seat when they encounter some menacing rafters led by Wade (Kevin Bacon). After Tom saves Wade from drowning, they discover that the men are murderous fugitives using the river as an escape route. Kidnapped by the killers, Gail's forced to leave her husband stranded on shore and guide the villains through the "Gauntlet," a raging confluence of rivers that few rafters ever survive. Meanwhile, Tom proves to be wilier than anyone suspected, following the raft on foot and plotting his family's rescue. Following a quartet of popular B-grade thrillers, director Curtis Hanson attempted to break partially out of the genre with The River Wild, which, despite the presence of a psycho killer, played as more a stunt-filled action movie than a murder mystery. Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

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    August 03, 2004: This is a really good movie! It combines family into a life and death situation- I had a blast watching it! I was on the edge of my seat several times! It's really entertaining and I highly recommend it!