Telluride 2008 Festival
Advertisement
Sign in
Username   Password         Forgot password?
Wanna join? Tour Spout | Sign up
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Rate this movie.

trailerWatch trailer

Rent it, watch it, find it

Advertisement
Synopsis
A lonely young boy vows to protect the rapidly growing hatchling that emerges from a mysterious egg found on the shores of a Scottish loch in My Dog Skip and Tuck Everlasting director Jay Russell's screen adaptation of writer Dick King-Smith's popular children's novel. Angus MacMorrow (Alex Etel) has made a most unusual discovery, and he's about to find out just how one innocent boy's greatest fantasy can also be a frightened adult population's greatest threat. Unable to identify the egg that he found while walking the sandy shores, Angus is even more perplexed about the discovery and the creature that emerges resembles what comes to be known as a Water Horse. As the bizarre new life form begins to grow at an alarming rate, it soon becomes obvious that Angus will not be able to keep it a secret for very long. It seems that the government has formed a particularly acute interest in Angus' recent find, and now, as Captain Hamilton (David Morrissey) of the Royal British Navy transforms the small-town diner run by Angus' mother Anne (Emily Watson) into his base of operations, the young boy will have to do some seriously quick thinking if he is to keep his newfound friend out of the hands of research scientists and get it back into the acquatic environment in which it thrives. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Cast

David Morrissey Capt. Hamilton
David Morrissey Captain Hamilton
Marshall Napier Sgt. Strunk
Joel Tobeck Sgt. Walker
Brian Cox Old Angus
Ben Chaplin Lewis Mowbray
Emily Watson Anne MacMorrow
Craig Hall
Alex Etel Angus MacMorrow
Priyanka Xi Kirstie MacMorrow
Erroll Shand Lt. Wormsley

Production Crew

Brad Mill Art Director
Dan Hennah Art Director
Simon Bright Art Director
Dick King-Smith Book Author
Liz Mullane Casting
Susie Figgis Casting
Oliver Stapleton Cinematographer
James Newton Howard Composer (Music Score)
John Bloomfield Costume Designer
Jay W. Russell Director
Jay W. Russell Director
Mark Warner Editor
Charles James Newirth Executive Producer
Jay W. Russell Executive Producer
Vincent Lascoumes First Assistant Director
Denise Luiso Musical Direction/Supervision
Barrie M. Osborne Producer
Charlie Lyons Producer
Douglas Rae Producer
Robert Bernstein Producer
Tony Burrough Production Designer
Michael Hedges Re-Recording Mixer
Tom Johnson Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Nelson Jacobs Screenwriter
Simon Beaufoy Screenwriter
Terry George Screenwriter
John Mahaffie Second Unit Director
Dan Hennah Set Decorator
Philip Thomas Set Designer
Dave Whitehead Sound/Sound Designer
Tony Johnson Sound/Sound Designer
Weta Digital Special Effects
Augie Davis Stunts Coordinator
Dan Hennah Supervising Art Director
Dave Whitehead Supervising Sound Editor
Jason Canovas Supervising Sound Editor
Erik Winquist Visual Effects Supervisor
R. Christopher White Visual Effects Supervisor
Stephen Rosenbaum Visual Effects Supervisor
Weta Digital Visual Effects Supervisor
Year: 2007
Runtime:
Country: UK
MPAA Rating: PG
for mild action/violence, some language and smoking
Category: Feature

Genre
Fantasy

Color type
Deluxe

Sound
Dolby Digital
DTS
SDDS

Produced by
Beacon Pictures
Ecosse Films
Revolution Studios
Walden Media

Release
December 25, 2007 (USA)
by Sony Pictures