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The Water Horse (2007)

PG 112 min  -  Adventure | Family | Fantasy  -   25 December 2007 (USA)
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A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.

Director:

Jay Russell

Writers:

Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenplay), Dick King-Smith (book)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Nathan Christopher Haase ...
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William Johnson William Johnson ...
Clyde
Megan Katherine Megan Katherine ...
Elliot Lawless ...
Beach Kid
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Storyline

A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.

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Plot Keywords:

Egg | Wilhelm Scream | Rescue From Drowning | Cook | Pub  | See more »

Taglines:

Every big secret starts small. See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some action/peril, mild language and brief smoking See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA | UK | Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$2,385,644 (USA) (23 December 2007) (2772 Screens)

Gross:

$104,636,188 (Worldwide) (18 May 2008)
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Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX  | DTS-ES  | SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

WILHELM SCREAM: When the Water Horse knocks over the patrol boat, one of the secondary soldiers cries out as he flies into the water. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Angus first takes the egg into the workshop, you can see the door to the workshop is set in a recessed porch and it is cloudy. The next shot, as he enters the workshop, has the sun streaming through the glass in the door. Whilst it is feasible that the sun could have just come out, it would be impossible for it to be streaming through the glass, given the position of the door in the previous shot. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Female Tourist: What is that?
Male Tourist: It's a famous picture of the monster. But it's fake.
Female Tourist: How do you know it's fake? It looks real.
Old Angus: Oh, it's fake alright.
Male Tourist: Of course it's fake. Everyone knows that.
Old Angus: We'd know, son. There's more to that photo than meets the eye.
Male Tourist: Oh ho, really.
Old Angus: Well, if you'd like to know the real truth.
Female Tourist: Yeah, I wanna know. Come on, it'll be fun.
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Crazy Credits

Dedicated to the loving memory of Tristan Lascoumes 1996-2007 See more »


Soundtracks

"Garden in the Rain"
Written by James Dyrenforth and Carroll Gibbons
Performed by Blue Barron and His Orchestra featuring Russ Carlyle
Courtesy of Hindsight Records See more »