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28 October 1963 (USA)
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On their way to a sailing trip, an aging husband and wife invite along an emphatic young hitchhiker out of sheer patronization. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 1 win
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2 nominations
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(10 articles)
Polanski's Pardon? Not So Fast
(From Huffington Post. 3 October 2009, 11:23 AM, PDT)
This Roman Polanski Chatter is Simply Out of Control
(From Rope Of Silicon. 28 September 2009, 11:46 PM, PDT)
(From Huffington Post. 3 October 2009, 11:23 AM, PDT)
This Roman Polanski Chatter is Simply Out of Control
(From Rope Of Silicon. 28 September 2009, 11:46 PM, PDT)
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The games people play
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Leon Niemczyk | ... | Andrzej | |
| Jolanta Umecka | ... | Krystyna | |
| Zygmunt Malanowicz | ... | Young Boy |
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94 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Australia:PG |
Iceland:L |
South Korea:12 |
UK:X (original rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:S |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG (re-rating) (2004) |
UK:PG (video rating) (1992)
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Initially, Polanski wanted to make a criminal story about a couple which takes a young hitchhiker to a boat trip, and at the end the boy dies in mysterious circumstances. In his version the trip was about a week long a involved some other characters. It was Jerzy Skolimowski who proposed to shorten it to one day and limit the number of characters. The final script was created in only three, four days by Polanski, Skolimowski and Jakub Goldberg in Polanski's apartment. While writing the script they were playing the dialogue, changing the roles all the time.
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Continuity: At the end of the movie when Andrzej and Krystyna are driving away from the harbor, the boats in the background change between shots.
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Referenced in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
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Polanski's first feature, on paper, sounds like nothing more than a run-of-the-mill claustrophobic thriller set on a boat - a couple takes a loner on board, you figure out the rest. 'Dead Calm', 'The Deep', etc etc etc.
Instead, 'Knife In The Water' is an agonisingly tense look at male posturing & ego, the husband & hitch-hiker constantly challenging each other in every possible way - sailing prowess, games of fiddlesticks, knife throwing & just generally strutting about. There's almost never a single moment where the two aren't trying to trump each other, & one gets the impression that it's not even to impress the girl, so much as themselves. As the film progresses, the tension mounts & tempers fray.
In a Hollywood film, this would build up to a dramatic climax of violence & catharsis, accompanied with thunder & lightning. Polanski doesn't let us off the hook that easily - things get rough, but the games continue, right until the very end of the film.
Shot in black & white, with a cast of three, & virtually one small location, 'Knife In The Water' puts bigger films to shame. No stars, no pyrotechnics, no special effects, probably very little budget, & it's completely riveting from start to finish.
It was nominated for the Best Foreign Film at the Oscars - the first feature of a young Polish film student - & rightly so.
A brilliant start to a brilliant career.