The River Wild is a 1994 American adventure thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, Benjamin Bratt, and Joseph Mazzello as Roarke. It is about a family on a whitewater rafting trip who encounter two violent criminals in the wilderness.
| Director | Curtis Hanson |
| Produced by | Lawrence Turman, David Foster |
| Writer(s) | Denis O'Neill |
| Starring | Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello, John C. Reilly |
| Music | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Robert Elswit |
| Edited by | David Brenner, Joe Hutshing |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Released | September 30, 1994 |
| Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English, American Sign Language |
| Budget | $45 million |
| Box office | $94.2 million |
| Netflix ID | 17672040 |
A family is taken hostage on a whitewater rafting trip that they were on to celebrate their son's tenth birthday.
Meryl Streep did some of her own rafting stunts within the film. She and Kevin Bacon both received Golden Globe nominations for their performances.
Films directed by Curtis Hanson.. Films set in Idaho.. American adventure thriller films.. American Sign Language films.. Films about criminals.. Films shot in Montana.. Rafting films.. Films set in Boston.. Films shot in Massachusetts.. Films shot in Oregon.. 1990s adventure films.. 1990s crime thriller films.. Films about families.. Films about dysfunctional families.
Latest information about The River Wild updated on July 28 2021.
