Water (1985)

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115 min - Adventure | Comedy | Drama - 18 April 1986 (USA)

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	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

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Farce about a British diplomat to a West Indian island nation who finds his idyllic existance thrown into chaos when a large American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there. Written by Jonathan Broxton <j.w.broxton@sheffield.ac.uk>

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

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England wants the island dumped. France wants it bombed. America wants it wholesale. And Micahel Caine wants it . . . on the rocks. [USA theatrical] See more »

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Adventure | Comedy | Drama

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English

Release Date:

18 April 1986 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Water: The Movie See more »

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$510,136 (USA) (20 April 1986) (248 Screens)

Gross:

$1,256,862 (USA)

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Production Co:

HandMade Films See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

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Trivia

Cameo: [Alfred Molina] As a Frenchman, Pierre. See more »

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. See more »

Quotes

Miguel: Under British law, singing badly is not a crime.
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Spoofs The Concert for Bangladesh (1972) See more »

Soundtracks

"Celebration"
Music and lyrics by George Harrison and Mike Moran
Sung by Jimmy Helms
(c)1984 Ganga Publishing BV See more »

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