Dead Silence 1996

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Dead Silence ★★½ 1996 (R)

Three escaped convicts, including ruthless Ted Handy (Coates), have hijacked a busload of deaf children and their teacher (Matlin) and are holding them hostage in an abandoned slaughterhouse. Veteran FBI agent John Cooper (Garner) is called in but he not only has to deal with a tense and possibly tragic situation but with a grandstanding politician (Smith) who's criticizing his every action and the last-minute arrival of another hostage negotiator (Davidovich). Based on the novel “A Maiden's Grave” by Jeffery Deaver. 105m/C VHS, DVD . Gary Basaraba, Vanessa Vaughan, Blu Mankuma, Mimi Kuzyk, Scott Speedman, John Bourgeois, Barry Pepper, James Garner, Kim Coates, Marlee Matlin, Charles Martin Smith, Lolita (David) Davidovich, Kenneth Welsh, James Villemaire; D: Daniel Petrie Jr.; W: Donald Stewart; C: Thomas Burstyn; M: Jonathan Goldsmith. CABLE