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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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Waterworld is a 1995 American action and science fiction film directed by Kevin Reynolds and written by David Twohy. The cast includes Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino, and Michael Jeter. Kevin Costner, John Davis, Charles Gordon, and Lawrence Gordon served as producers, while Davis Entertainment handled production. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix, with a runtime of 135 minutes and a budget of 175,000,000.
Filmed in Hawaii, the movie features James Newton Howard’s score and was edited by Peter Boyle. It received a PG-13 rating and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound. The film earned a total of 264,218,220 in revenue. Audience and critic scores include an IMDb rating of 6.3, a Metascore of 56, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 61%.
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Film · TMDB
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
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- seamanship
- Director
- Kevin Reynolds
- Cast member
- Lee Arenberg
- Composer
- James Newton Howard
- Producer
- Lawrence Gordon
- Production company
- Davis Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Dean Semler
- Filming location
- Hawaii
- Duration
- 136
- FilmAffinity ID
- 160303
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1995-00-00
- Commons category
- Waterworld
- film editor
- Peter Boyle
- title
- Waterworld
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- production designer
- Dennis Gassner
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 175000000
- box office
- 264218220
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- WikiProject Climate change
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- inspired by
- Mad Max
- review score
- 56/100
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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