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04/06/1999 Adventure, Drama, Thriller 2h 6m
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The only thing more dangerous than death...is survival.

Overview

Traumatized by a fishing boat accident many years before, Joe Gastineau has given up his hopes for a life beyond the odd jobs he takes to support himself. That quickly changes when nomadic club singer Donna de Angelo and her troubled teen-age daughter enter Joe’s life. Both mother and daughter fall for Joe, increasing the friction between them. The tension continues to build when Joe invites them on a pleasure cruise up the Alaskan coast, discovering too late that the trip may cost them their lives.

  1. John Sayles

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

    Donna De Angelo

  2. David Strathairn

    Joe Gastineau

  3. Vanessa Martinez

    Noelle De Angelo

  4. Kris Kristofferson

    Smilin' Jack

  5. Casey Siemaszko

    Bobby Gastineau

  6. Kathryn Grody

    Frankie

  7. Rita Taggart

    Lou

  8. Leo Burmester

    Harmon King

  9. Michael Laskin

    Albright

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2023-10-22
**_The challenges of life on the remote coast of the Great Northwest_**

A handyman in an isolated coastal town of Southeast Alaska (David Strathairn) meets a singer (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) while considering getting back to the ocean as a fisherman. He takes the woman and her daughter (Vanessa Martinez) on a boat trip up the coast where things don’t go as planned.

Written/directed by John Sayles, "Limbo" (1999) is a drama that becomes a gritty adventure and character study. After the dramatic set-up, the milieu is similar to “Out of Control” (1984) and “The Edge” (1997), ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$8,000,000.00

Revenue
$1,997,807.00

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