Water (1985/I)

Director:

Dick Clement

Writers:

Dick Clement (screenplay) &
Ian La Frenais (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

18 April 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

They're All In It - Up To Their Necks!

Plot:

Farce about a British diplomat to a West Indian island nation who finds his idyllic existance thrown...

Plot Keywords:

Caribbean | Reference To Al Pacino | One Word Title | Reference To Gandhi | Independent Film

Cast

Michael Caine	...	Governor Baxter Thwaites
Valerie Perrine	...	Pamela Weintraub
Brenda Vaccaro	...	Dolores Thwaites
Leonard Rossiter	...	Sir Malcolm Leveridge
Billy Connolly	...	Delgado Fitzhugh
Dennis Dugan	...	Rob Waring
Fulton Mackay	...	Reverend Eric
Jimmie Walker	...	Jay Jay
Dick Shawn	...	Deke Halliday
Fred Gwynne	...	Franklin Spender
Trevor Laird	...	Pepito
Chris Tummings	...	Garfield Cooper
Stefan Kalipha	...	Cuban (as Stephan Kalipha)
Alan Igbon	...	Cuban
Kelvin Omard	...	Nado

Also Known As:

Water: The Movie (UK) (alternative title)

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

West Germany:12 | Germany:6 (re-rating: 2006) | Australia:M | Iceland:L | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

St Lucia

Company:

HandMade Films

Trivia:

Paul Heiney got his part in this movie as part of BBC TV show called "In At The Deep End" where he and co-presenter Chris Serle would try out various jobs - in this case a film actor.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Ms. Baxter speaks to her husband by megaphone, her voice sounds equally amplified despite the distance between mouth and the microphone varying wildly.

Quotes:

Prime Minister: There was only one Gandhi. One anorexic little looney in a loin cloth and we lost an entire subcontinent.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)

Soundtrack:

Focus of Attention

An extremely funny film

I am quite disappointed with the average for this film. I found it to be one of the funniest films I have ever seen. The cast is superb and the script, although not one of the best written, is filled with humor that was was made even better by the acting. It was filmed on the island of St. Lucia. It's a story of a company drilling for oil and accidently discovers mineral water, a substance that is even more valuable than oil. But it is important to keep it a secret. Jimmie Walker, who I don't particularly like, plays the part of a radio dj and does it wonderfully. Michael Caine and Brenda Vaccaro are fabulous as is everyone else. Please give this film a chance. I think it might be one of those little surprises that come along every once in a while.