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Waterworld
Sign in to saveWaterworld 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.
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6.2In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.
Cast
- Kevin Costner as Mariner
- Dennis Hopper as Deacon
- Jeanne Tripplehorn as Helen
- Tina Majorino as Enola
- R. D. Call as Enforcer
- Gerard Murphy as Nord
Themes
- sailboat
- human evolution
- tattoo
- ocean
- mutant
- pirate gang
- pirate
- melting ice caps
- oil tanker
- barmaid
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
222,867 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
61%
Metacritic
56/100
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 9 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Waterworld
- Film.image
- Waterworld.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Kevin Reynolds
- Film.music
- James Newton Howard
- Film.cinematography
- Dean Semler
- Film.editing
- Peter Boyle
- Film.distributor
- Universal Pictures
- Film.runtime
- 135 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $172–175 million
- Film.gross
- $264.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 136
- FilmAffinity ID
- 160303
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- publication date
- 1995-00-00
- Commons category
- Waterworld
- title
- Waterworld
- capital cost
- 175000000
- box office
- 264218220
- review score
- 56/100
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Article
22 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Ulysses Cut
- Cast
- Production
- Reception
- Box office
- Critical response
- Cast and director's reception
- Accolades
- Other media
- Home media
- Novelization
- Comic books
- Video games
- Pinball
- Theme park attraction
- TV series
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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.
The setting of the film is in the distant future. The polar ice caps have completely melted, and the sea level has risen over , covering nearly all of the land. The plot of the film centers on a nameless antihero, "The Mariner" (Costner), a drifter who sails the Earth in his trimaran.