Ghost Ship
Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Warner Bros.  (2002) 91 mins R

5.3 (19,991 votes)
Sea Evil

Finders keepers. Any abandoned ship floating in international waters can be claimed and towed to port by whoever is fortunate enough to find it. Or, in the case of one team of salvage experts, unfortunate enough.

Ghost Ship is a stylish, effects-packed chiller from House On Haunted Hill and Thirteen Ghosts producers Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis and Gilbert Adler. Salvagers trained for any situation imaginable come face to horrifying face with the unimaginable after boarding a derelict luxury liner. Julianna Margulies, Gabriel Byrne, Ron Eldard and Isaiah Washington are among the hands on deck who'll confront a seafaring collector of souls. Steve Beck (Thirteen Ghosts) directs this terror-de-force. Bon voyage, fright fans!...

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Cast and Crew
Julianna Margulies  ......  Maureen Epps
Gabriel Byrne  ......  Captain Sean Murphy
Isaiah Washington  ......  Greer
Ron Eldard  ......  Dodge
Desmond Harrington  ......  Jack Ferriman
Alex Dimitriades  ......  Santos
Director  .....  Steve Beck
Producer  .....  Joel Silver; Robert Zemeckis; Gilbert Adler; Bruce Berman
Writer  .....  John Pogue; Mark Hanlon
Notes
Filming Locations:
Australia (more)

Trivia:
The ghost captain tells Gabriel Byrne's character that the Antonio Graza rescued a ship called the Lorelei. Rescuing this ship is what eventually led to the destruction of the Antonia Graza and the death of all its passengers. "Die Lorelei" is a German poem about a siren-type woman who lures boats to ruin and sailors to their deaths. (more)

Goofs:
Factual errors: When Epps breaks a cabin window and throws the pump discharge line out the window, we see in the shot from outside the ship that the water is being discharged from at least five decks above the water-line. The engine room was below the water line, and no one would run a hose up an extra five flights of stairs when they could run it overboard just above the water-line. (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Greer: I can't hold her much longer, Murph. Port bow is heeling. She's taking on way too much water.
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