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With Kevin Costner, Chaim Jeraffi, Rick Aviles, R.D. Call. In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land.
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- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Kevin Reynolds
- 1995-07-28
Waterworld is a 1995 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by Kevin Reynolds and co-written by Peter Rader and David Twohy. It was based on Rader's original 1986 screenplay and stars Kevin Costner, who also produced it with Charles Gordon and John Davis. It was distributed by Universal Pictures.
Some humans have survived, and even fewer still, notably the Mariner (Kevin Costner), have adapted to the ocean by developing gills. A loner by nature, the Mariner reluctantly befriends Helen ...
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- Kevin Reynolds
- PG-13
- Kevin Costner
- The Waterworld Script Was Inspired by Mad Max.
- The Movie Marked Kevin Costner and Kevin Reynolds's Fourth Collaboration.
- Waterworld Was The Most Expensive Movie Ever Made at The Time of Its Release.
- The Movie's Production Was Troubled from The start.
- Joss Whedon Was An Uncredited Screenwriter.
- Its Production Gave Hawaii’s Economy A Boost.
- Waterworld Wasn’T A Total Flop.
- The Movie Received An Oscar Nomination.
- It Earned A Few Razzie Nominations, too.
- Waterworld Inspired A Hit Attraction at Universal Studios.
Sixteen years before the premiere of Waterworld, George Miller launched an action franchise set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Waterworld differs from the Mad Max series in some major ways (while Waterworld’s setting is an endless sea, most Mad Max movies take place in the desert), but they both imagine a primitive, violent future. Waterworld sti...
Star Kevin Costner and director Kevin Reynolds worked on three films together prior to Waterworld: Fandango (1985), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), and Rapa Nui (1994). (Costner produced but didn’t star in the latter.) During their fourth collaboration, the pair often butted heads over the creative direction of the film. Costner was apparentl...
Before it was first screened to the public, Waterworld had already gained a notorious reputation for being the most expensive film of all time. The original budget was set at $65 million, but thanks to the lavish, bloated production, that number rapidly increased. The final total came out to $175 million, breaking the previous record for costliest ...
Much of the blame for Waterworld going over its budget and schedule was the result of bad luck. There were numerous injuries and disasters on-set: Kevin Costner’s stunt double Norman Howell nearly died of an embolism when he surfaced too quickly during a deep-sea dive, and Costner had his own near-death experience when he got caught in a squallwhil...
Avengers director Joss Whedon was one of many writers who worked on Waterworld’s screenplay. He was brought in to punch up the script after production had already begun, and he soon learned that he had his work was cut out for him. "I was there basically taking notes from Costner, who was very nice, fine to work with, but he was not a writer," Whed...
One winner in Waterworld’s disastrous production was the state of Hawaii. The movie was shot on the coast of Hawaii’s Big Island, and the longer the movie shot in the area, the more money that was pumped into the local economy. Hawaii brought in more than $35 million from Waterworld’s production in 1994.
If the average person knows one thing about Waterworld, it’s likely that it was a huge flop—but this characterization of the movie may be rooted more in legend than truth. It’s true that the film made just $88 million at the U.S. box office, which was far less than its inflated budget. It performed much better overseas, however, grossing $175 milli...
Waterworld was hardly a critical darling when it premiered, but it did receive recognition from one of Hollywood’s most prestigious institutions. For the 1996 Academy Awards, the movie was nominated for Best Sound. It lost the award to Apollo 13.
Waterworld got much more attention from the Golden Raspberry Awards—a.k.a. the Razzies—than it did from the Oscars. The tongue-in-cheek award show recognizes the worst Hollywood has to offer each year, and in 1996, it honored Waterworld with four nominations. Though it was nominated for Worst Picture, Worst Director, and Worst Actor for Costner, Wa...
Waterworld may have been panned by audiences and critics, but the stunt show it inspired has been a consistent hit at Universal theme parks for decades. Waterworld: A Live Sea War Spectacularis set after the events of the film, and it features Helen (Jeanne Tripplehorn's character), the Deacon (Hopper's), and the Mariner (Costner's role) played by ...
Jul 28, 1995 · The first shot of an action hero is supposed to set the tone for a movie; remember your initial glimpses of James Bond or Batman, and compare them with “Waterworld,” which shows Mariner peeing into a bottle, pouring the fluid into a home-made chemistry set, cranking a handle to process it, and then drinking it.
Global warming has melted the polar ice caps, leaving most of Earth under water. A new island society has emerged - and the mutated hero Mariner believes he's found a map to the mythical Dryland! 11,501. IMDb 6.3 2 h 15 min 1995 X-Ray HDR UHD PG-13. Action • Adventure • Alienated • Ambitious.
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In the future, the Earth is engulfed with water when the polar ice caps melted, leaving the lands and civilization beneath the sea. In "Waterworld" drifters sail across the waters of the world on their man-made ships, trading for supplies and salvaging what is left of civilization, communities of survivors live in towns called "Atolls", and a ...
