The River Wild (1994) on Netflix
PG-1319941h 51mActionAdventureCrime
Gail Hartman, a former river guide with a strained marriage, brings her family down the Salmon River for her son Roarke's tenth birthday. Tom joins late, and they meet three other rafters.
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Gail Hartman teaches history in Boston and once worked as a river guide. Her marriage to Tom, an architect, is strained by his long hours. She takes their son Roarke and the dog Maggie rafting on the Salmon River; their daughter Willa stays with Gail's parents. Tom joins them at the last minute. The family meets three other rafters, Wade, Terry and Frank. At a day break the Hartmans find Frank gone, and the other two say he left after an argument; he had been the guide, so Gail offers to guide them.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The River Wild (1994)
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- Meryl Streep was nearly swept away and came close to drowning during filming when Curtis Hanson asked her to shoot one more scene despite her exhaustion; she survived because of her personal flotation device and the river rescue team, and told Hanson afterwards that in future he should believe her when she says she cannot do something.
- The film was initially scored by Maurice Jarre, but after the producers threw his work out, Jerry Goldsmith was signed to rescore the whole project.
- The major whitewater stunts were performed by expert professional river guide Kelley Kalafatich, who was hired as Meryl Streep's stunt double for the movie.
