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6.3A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Allen Bauer
- Daryl Hannah as Madison
- Eugene Levy as Walter Kornbluth
- John Candy as Freddie Bauer
- Dody Goodman as Mrs. Stimler
- Shecky Greene as Mr. Buyrite
Themes
- new york city
- bachelor
- mermaid
- cape cod
- produce seller
- sympathetic
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ron Howard
- Screenplay by
- Lowell Ganz , Babaloo Mandel , Bruce Jay Friedman
- Story by
- Bruce Jay Friedman, Brian Grazer
- Produced by
- Brian Grazer
- Starring
- Tom Hanks Daryl Hannah Eugene Levy John Candy
- Cinematography
- Donald Peterman
- Edited by
- Daniel P. Hanley Mike Hill
- Music by
- Lee Holdridge
- Production company
- Touchstone Films
- Distributed by
- Buena Vista Distribution Co.
- Release date
- March 9, 1984 ( 1984-03-09 )
- Running time
- 111 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $11 million
- Box office
- $69.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 829095
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- publication date
- 1988-04-02
- title
- Splash
- capital cost
- 8000000
- production code
- 0260
- review score
- 71/100
- box office
- 69821334
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Splash is a 1984 American romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard, from a screenplay by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, and Bruce Jay Friedman, and a story by Friedman and producer Brian Grazer. The film stars Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, and Eugene Levy. Its plot involves a young man who falls in love with a mysterious woman who is secretly a mermaid. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
It is notable for being the first film released by Touchstone Pictures, a film label created by Walt Disney Studios that same year in an effort to release films targeted at adult audiences, with mature content not appropriate for the studio's flagship Walt Disney Pictures banner. Splash was critically and commercially successful, earning over $69 million on an $11 million budget, making it the tenth-highest-grossing film of 1984, and received praise for the acting, humor, and chemistry between Hanks and Hannah.