  ghost ship is a 2002 american-australian horror film directed by steve beck. the film was shot in queensland, australia and vancouver, canada. it stars an ensemble cast featuring gabriel byrne, julianna margulies, ron eldard, desmond harrington, isaiah washington and karl urban. it was produced by dark castle entertainment and village roadshow pictures. despite its title, the film is unrelated to the 1952 film of the same name. ==plot== in may 1962, dozens of wealthy passengers are dancing in the ballroom and upon the deck of the italian ocean liner, antonia graza, while an italian woman, francesca, sings "senza fine". on the deck, a young girl, katie harwood, is sitting alone, until the ship's captain offers to dance with her. elsewhere, a hand presses a lever that unravels a thin wire cord from a spool. the spool snaps and the wire slices across the dance floor, bisecting the dancers. katie is spared due to her height. 40 years later, a boat salvage crew: captain sean murphy, maureen epps, greer, dodge, munder and santos are celebrating a success at a bar when jack ferriman, a canadian weather service pilot, approaches them and says he spotted a vessel running adrift in the bering sea. because the ship is in international waters, it can be claimed by whoever brings it to port. the crew sets out on the arctic warrior, an ocean salvage tugboat. they discover the ship is the antonia graza, which was believed to be lost at sea. when they prepare to tow it, they discover it contains a large quantity of gold. strange things begin to happen. epps claims to have seen a little girl on the stairwell, dodge finds a d
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