Dead Silence (1997 film)
Appearance
Dead Silence | |
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Genre | Action Drama Thriller |
Based on | A Maiden's Grave by Jeffery Deaver |
Written by | Donald Stewart |
Directed by | Daniel Petrie Jr. |
Starring | |
Music by | Jonathan Goldsmith |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | John Fremes Scott Kroopf Adam Leipzig |
Producer | John Kemeny |
Production locations | Toronto Vancouver |
Cinematography | Thomas Burstyn |
Editor | Ronald Sanders |
Running time | 99 minutes |
Production companies | |
Original release | |
Release | January 11, 1997 |
Dead Silence is a 1997 made-for-TV thriller based upon the Jeffery Deaver novel A Maiden's Grave and starring James Garner. 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 TV film stars Garner as FBI hostage negotiator John Potter, Marlee Matlin as hostage teacher Melanie Charrol and Kim Coates as hostage-taker Theodore "Ted" Handy.
See also
External links
- Dead Silence at IMDb