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Splash (1984)

PG | | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | 9 March 1984 (USA)
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A young man is reunited with a mermaid who saves him from drowning as a boy and falls in love not knowing who/what she is.

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Tim, The Doorman (as Tony Di Benedetto)
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Michaelson
Charles Walker ...
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Buckwalter
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Storyline

Allen Bauer is rescued from drowning as a young boy off Cape Cod by a young mermaid. Years later, he returns to the same location, and once again manages to fall into the sea, and is rescued once more by the mermaid (Allen isn't sure what he has seen and what he has imagined). Using maps from a sunken ship, the mermaid decides to search for Allen in New York City, sprouting legs when her tail dries. On finding Allen, they fall in love, but she has a secret, which will no longer be a secret if she gets her legs wet. Written by Rob Hartill

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mermaid | public nudity | cmnf scene | cmnf | clothed male naked female | See All (170) »

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She was the woman of his dreams... she had large dark eyes, a beautiful smile and a great pair of fins. See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

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Release Date:

9 March 1984 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Splash: Jungfrau am Haken  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,174,059, 11 March 1984, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$62,100,000
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1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Steve Guttenberg auditioned for the lead but did not get the part. However, Ron Howard did give him a role in his next picture, Cocoon (1985). See more »

Goofs

After Allen and Madison jump into the water at the end of the movie and fend off the frogmen, they immediately come upon a coral reef and other aquatic features that appear tropical and which would not be found in the Hudson River/New York Harbor. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Mary Bauer: [catches Freddie looking up women's skirts] Freddie!
Young Freddie: I dropped something.
Mary Bauer: Ralph, talk to him.
[Ralph smacks Freddie upside the head]
Mary Bauer: Listen to your father. Come on, from over there we can see Cape Cod.
Ralph Bauer: We were just on Cape Cod. We could have stayed there, I would have saved twelve dollars.
Mary Bauer: Allen, sweetheart, don't you want to see Cape Cod?
[Allen shakes his head]
Mary Bauer: All right, darling, you know where we are if you change your mind.
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Crazy Credits

Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah swimming and coming to an underwater city. See more »

Connections

Referenced in The Graham Norton Show: Chris Hemsworth/Ron Howard/Lily Tomlin/Kevin Bridges/Blake/Shirley Bassey (2015) See more »

Soundtracks

Love Came For Me
Written by Lee Holdridge and Will Jennings
Performed by Rita Coolidge
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Any recommendations for other movies about mermaids?
Q: What is "Splash" about?
Q: Is the fairytale about 'The Little Mermaid' available to read online?
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Well-made comedy with a disturbing undertone of pessimism
15 August 2002 | by – See all my reviews

Splash is a really well-made Hollywood fantasy comedy, with early Tom Hanks already developing into the charismatic everyman and Darryl Hannah and John Candy at their best. But under the comedy and sweetness I have always thought there was a disturbing undertone of extreme pessimism--just what kind of ugly and cruel society do we live in, in which the mermaid Madison's only prospect is that she will be tortured, from which Hanks' character ultimately has to flee, never to see his beloved brother again? (The same dark undertone is even more pronounced, I think, in Ron Howard's next big hit Cocoon, where the old folks willingly escape an earth and families that don't seem to offer them anything anymore.)
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