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Limbo (1999)

R06/04/1999Adventure, Drama, Thriller2h 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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

    Donna De Angelo

  2. Cast 1

    David Strathairn

    Joe Gastineau

  3. Cast 1

    Vanessa Martinez

    Noelle De Angelo

  4. Cast 1

    Kris Kristofferson

    Smilin' Jack

  5. Cast 1

    Casey Siemaszko

    Bobby Gastineau

  6. Cast 1

    Kathryn Grody

    Frankie

  7. Cast 1

    Rita Taggart

    Lou

  8. Cast 1

    Leo Burmester

    Harmon King

  9. Cast 1

    Michael Laskin

    Albright

**_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), just way m...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$8,000,000.00

Revenue $1,997,807.00

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