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Title: The Waterdance (1992)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Eric Stoltz | ... | Joel Garcia | |
| Helen Hunt | ... | Anna | |
| William Allen Young | ... | Les | |
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James Roach | ... | Guy in the Electric Wheelchair |
| Elizabeth Peña | ... | Rosa | |
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Henry Harris | ... | Mr. Gibson |
| Tony Genaro | ... | Victor | |
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Eva Rodriguez | ... | Victor's Wife |
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Erick Vigil | ... | Victor's Son |
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Edgar Rodriguez | ... | Victor's Son |
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Angélica Castell | ... | Victor's Daughter |
| William Forsythe | ... | Bloss | |
| Grace Zabriskie | ... | Pat | |
| Wesley Snipes | ... | Raymond Hill | |
| Kimberly Scott | ... | Alice | |
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A film about struggling to deal with paralysis. Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehabilitation centre with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies' man, and Bloss, a racist biker. Considerable tension builds as each character tries to deal with his new found handicap and the problems that go with it, especially Joel, whose lover Anna is having as difficult a time as he is. As Raymond reveals a dream about dancing on the surface of a lake to stay afloat, it becomes apparent that each of them must find his own Waterdance to survive his tragedy. Written by Michael Silva <silvamd@cleo.bc.edu>
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Imagine being trapped inside your own body. Imagine being set free. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
13 May 1992 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Waterdance See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USAEdit
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Budget:
$2,700,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$138,313, 17 May 1992Gross USA:
$1,723,319Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$1,723,319Company Credits
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Joel Garcia: Boy, he sure came out of nowhere, didn't he?
Sang: It's a good thing we're already paralyzed.
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The computer/word processor that Anna brings to Joel is an Apple Macintosh Portable, released in 1989. It was one of the first battery powered portable computers from Apple and would be followed by Apple's Powerbook series. Primitive by today's standards, it had a 16 Mhz CPU, 1 MB of RAM, could save data on either a 1.4 MB floppy disc or 40 MB hard drive and had a folding 640x400 black and white LCD screen. See more »Quotes
[after Joel nearly crashes the van they're in]Joel Garcia: Boy, he sure came out of nowhere, didn't he?
Sang: It's a good thing we're already paralyzed.
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Featured in At the Movies: Lethal Weapon 3/The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish/The Waterdance/Night on Earth/All the Vermeers in New York (1992) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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_Waterdance_ explores a wide variety of aspects of the life of the spinally injured artfully. From the petty torments of faulty fluorescent lights flashing overhead to sexuality, masculinity and depression, the experience of disability is laid open.
The diversity of the central characters themselves underscores the complexity of the material examined - Joel, the writer, Raymond, the black man with a murky past, and Bloss, the racist biker. At first, these men are united by nothing other than the nature of their injuries, but retain their competitive spirit. Over time, shared experience, both good and bad, brings them together as friends to support one another.
Most obvious of the transformations is that experienced by Joel, who initially distances himself from his fellow patients with sunglasses, headphones and curtains. As he comes to accept the changes that disablement has made to his life, Joel discards these props and begins to involve himself in the struggles of the men with whom he shares the ward.
The dance referred to in the title is a reference to this daily struggle to keep one's head above water; to give up the dance is to reject life. _Waterdance_ is a moving and powerful film on many levels, and I do not hesitate to recommend it.