Savage Water

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Savage Water
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Directed by Paul W. Kener
Written byKipp Boden
Produced byPaul W. Kener
StarringBridget Agnew
Ron Berger
Gil Van Waggoner
Pat Comer
Production
companies
Talking Pictures, Inc.
Release date
  • July 11, 1979 (1979-07-11)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000 [1]

Savage Water is a 1979 American thriller horror film [2] [3] co-produced and directed by Paul W. Kener and written by Kipp Boden. [4] It stars Bridget Agnew, Ron Berger, Gil Van Waggoner, Pat Comer, Dewa DeAnne, Gene Eubanks, Kener, and Clayton King.

Contents

Premise

A group of people are vacationing in the Grand Canyon, where they paddle through the Colorado River on a white water rafting tour run by a man named Dave Savage. As the trip goes on, the vacationers fall prey to a mysterious killer. [2] [3]

Cast

Production

Savage Water was filmed on location in the Grand Canyon and along the Colorado River in Utah, [6] between Lees Ferry and Lake Mead. [5] Filming also took place in the Cataract Canyon between the cities of Moab and Hite, [5] as well as at the Apache Motel in Moab [7] and the Sandy, Utah Court House. [5] Screenwriter Kipp Boden was an actual Utah river runner. [1]

Savage Water was the last of four films produced by director Paul W. Kener's company Talking Pictures, Inc. [8]

Music

The film's theme music was provided by Doug Warr, and Kener's wife Karen and her band the KC Classics performed the song "Sherrie", which is used in the film. [1]

Release

Savage Water premiered on July 11, 1979, at the Grand Cinema in Moab, Utah, on a double bill with The Wendigo, another film produced by Talking Pictures. [7]

Home media

In May 2013, the film was released on DVD by Vinegar Syndrome as a double feature with the 1971 film Death by Invitation . [9] [10]

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