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Lady in the Water

Lady in the Water theatrical poster
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Produced by Sam Mercer
Jose L. Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan (ˈʃaməˈlan ( Malayalam: മനോജ് നെല്ലിയട്ടു ശ്യാമളന്‍ Tamil: மனோஜ் நெல்லியட்டு Sam Mercer is a producer of many Hollywood films such as Signs, The Sixth Sense, and Van Helsing. Rodriguez
M. Night Shyamalan
Written by M. Night Shyamalan
Starring Paul Giamatti
Bryce Dallas Howard
Jeffrey Wright
Bob Balaban
M. Night Shyamalan
Music by James Newton Howard
Editing by Barbara Tulliver
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) July 21, 2006
Language English
Budget $75,000,000
Allmovie profile
IMDb profile

Lady in the Water is a 2006 thriller/fantasy film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan (ˈʃaməˈlan ( Malayalam: മനോജ് നെല്ലിയട്ടു ശ്യാമളന്‍ Tamil: மனோஜ் நெல்லியட்டு Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan (ˈʃaməˈlan ( Malayalam: മനോജ് നെല്ലിയട്ടു ശ്യാമളന്‍ Tamil: மனோஜ் நெல்லியட்டு Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (born June 6, 1967) is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning American Actor Bryce Dallas Howard (born March 2 1981) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her film roles in the M For the Austalian film director see Geoffrey Wright. Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American multiple award-winning Film Robert Elmer "Bob" Balaban (born August 16, 1945) is an American Actor, Author and director, best known Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan (ˈʃaməˈlan ( Malayalam: മനോജ് നെല്ലിയട്ടു ശ്യാമളന്‍ Tamil: மனோஜ் நெல்லியட்டு James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951 in Los Angeles) is an Academy Award nominated Film score Composer and Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest The thriller is a broad Genre of Literature, Film, Gaming and Television. Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes usually involving magic, Supernatural events make-believe creatures or exotic Fantasy worlds Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan (ˈʃaməˈlan ( Malayalam: മനോജ് നെല്ലിയട്ടു ശ്യാമളന്‍ Tamil: மனோஜ் நெல்லியட்டு

Contents

Plot summary

After falling and knocking himself unconscious on the slippery pavement beside the swimming pool of a Philadelphia apartment building, the building caretaker Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti) finds himself rescued by a delicate and mysterious young woman named Story (Bryce Dallas Howard). Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (born June 6, 1967) is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning American Actor Bryce Dallas Howard (born March 2 1981) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her film roles in the M Cleveland tells Story that she must return home, and takes her outside (while she is asleep) to breathe fresh night air. Suddenly Heep sees something moving around in the bushes. It growls, waking Story up, and starts chasing them. They are so frightened that Story screams all the way to the door, but they escape.

Come morning, Heep calls in a local animal control officer, who is puzzled by his description of the lurking animal: a large, wolf-like creature with a coat that looks like grass. An animal control officer may be an Employee of or a contractor to a Municipality, is charged with the responsibility of responding to calls for service The grey wolf or gray wolf ( Canis lupus) also known as the timber wolf or simply wolf, is a Mammal of the order Carnivora Grass is the common word that generally describes Monocotyledonous green Plants The family Gramineae ( Poaceae) are the "true grasses" and include While alone in Cleveland's apartment, Story discovers his journal, and in it his horrible secret; that he was once a medical doctor but gave it up – along with his sense of purpose – after his wife and child were murdered. While talking to a young Korean tenant, Young-Soon Choi (Cindy Cheung), Cleveland asks her the meaning of "narf", a term Story uses to name herself. Young-Soon mentions, in reply, an old Korean fairy tale her great-grandmother had told her and her mother before her about such a creature. A fairy tale or fairy story is a fictional Story that may feature folkloric characters (such as fairies, enchantments]] often involving Because it was told long ago, she has forgotten it completely. With the help of Young-Soon's mother and Young-Soon herself as translator, Heep finds out that narf is a term for a rare type of nymph or water-faerie. In Greek mythology, a nymph is any member of a large class of mythological entities in human female form A narf is occasionally sent from the "Blue World" to "awaken" a human (called a "vessel") who will help change the world for the better. He also discovers there are lupine creatures that try to kill any narf that leaves its world, called "Scrunts". The Scrunts are strong, vicious, and smart. Furthermore, they appear to be covered with grass and can flatten themselves to hide completely from human view. In order to control these and other spirits, there are laws in this world upheld by three bloodthirsty, monkey-like creatures called "Tartutic", which are the only things that a scrunt fears. The English word " spirit " comes from the Latin " spiritus " (breath A monkey is any member of either the New World monkeys or Old World monkeys two of the three groupings of Simian Primates the third group being After discovering this, Heep asks Story for the description of her human "vessel" so he can help find it; Story only knows that her vessel is a writer and that once she finds her vessel, she can be returned home by a large eagle called "The Great Eatlon". Eagles are large birds of prey which are members of the Bird order Falconiformes and family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera

Heep asks tenants if they are writers, and he eventually finds out that Vick (M. Night Shyamalan), a young man who lives with his sister, Anna Ran (Sarita Choudhury), is presently writing, but suffers from writer's block. Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan (ˈʃaməˈlan ( Malayalam: മനോജ് നെല്ലിയട്ടു ശ്യാമളന്‍ Tamil: மனோஜ் நெல்லியட்டு Sarita Choudhury (birth name Sarita Catherine Louise Choudhury (born August 18, 1966 in Blackheath, London, England) is a Believing that this tenant is Story's vessel, Cleveland arranges a meeting between the two. When he meets Story, Vick feels an "awakening" that clears his mind and allows him to complete his book, which is a compendium of his apparently clear-sighted political paradigm. The word paradigm ( Greek:παράδειγμα (paradigmacomposite from para- and the verb δείχνυμι "to show" as a whole -roughly- meaning "example" Now that Story's task is accomplished, she is free to return to the Blue World.

As she attempts to go home that night, the Scrunt attacks her, breaking the law, and badly injures her. Heep rescues her, and the two of them escape into the apartment building. Judging that taking Story to his house is not worth the risk of meeting the Scrunt again, Heep instead takes Story upstairs to the apartment of Vick and his sister. When Story falls ill, Mr. Heep again turns to Young-Soon. He learns that a Scrunt carries a poison with the potential to kill a narf. In the context of Biology, poisons are substances that can cause damage, Illness, or Death to Organisms usually by A mud called "Kii", given to a narf before she leaves the Blue World, will neutralize the poison. Cleveland then dives to the bottom of the pool, where he presumes that Story had been living, and finds the Kii, almost drowning in the small room she had excavated, becoming trapped due to the faulty handle she had constructed. The Kii heals the narf, and Story survives to attempt her departure again.

During Story's healing process, Vick asks Story to foretell the events that will occur after he publishes his book, titled "The Cookbook". A prophecy follows:

"A boy in the Midwest of this land will grow up in a home where your book will be on the shelf and spoken of often. He will grow up with these ideas in his head. He will grow into a great orator. He will speak and his words will be heard throughout this land and throughout the world. This boy will become leader of this country and begin a movement of great change. He will speak of you and your words. Your book will be the seeds of many of his great thoughts. It will be the seeds of change. . . "

Later, Vick asks Story to answer these questions: How can his book effect such change without something dramatic taking place to have it gain attention? Why did the boy not search to meet him? Vick knows the book has things many people will not like hearing; therefore he asks if someone will kill him because he wrote this book.

Story reveals that this boy will not be able to meet Vick, because Vick will have been killed by someone angered by his book. She reveals that Vick's sister will have seven children, of whom Vick will live to see two. She adds that though humans consider themselves alone, that which each one does affects all. Heep refuses to hear his own future from Story when she offers to reveal it.

Heep questions Young-Soon's mother for more information and finds that there are humans with powers capable of helping a narf. The specific roles of the human helpers in the bedtime story are a Symbolist, a Guardian, a Guild, and a Healer. Needing to find these people to help Story, Heep consults someone he believes to be an expert on story-writing, a movie critic, Mr. Farber (Bob Balaban), who has just moved in as a tenant. Robert Elmer "Bob" Balaban (born August 16, 1945) is an American Actor, Author and director, best known Farber's comments on the probable casting of each role and the unoriginality of film-making lead Heep to his conclusions as to the identities of the helpers. Heep assumes that Mr. Dury (Jeffrey Wright) is the Symbolist (interpreter) because of his ability to decipher crossword puzzles; that Mrs. For the Austalian film director see Geoffrey Wright. Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American multiple award-winning Film Bell (Mary Beth Hurt) is the Healer because a butterfly was attracted to her; and that he is himself the Guardian because of Story's trust in him. Mary Beth Hurt (born September 26, 1946) is a critically acclaimed American stage and screen actress A butterfly is an Insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a He assumes also that a group of smokers (played by Joseph Reitman, Jared Harris, Grant Monohon, John Boyd, and Ethan Cohn) are the Guild because they always sit together, talking as their minds wander, and seem to have no other role in life. Jared Francis Harris (born 24 August 1961 in London) is a British Actor.

The Guild throws a party that the movie critic Farber believes is in his honor, with which the tenants are to be distracted while Story's friend the Great Eatlon comes for her; but things go wrong. The supposed Guild members are unable to have the band start their music on time, and they leave their posts to help a sick guest. Vick's sister, who is watching for the Scrunt with a handheld mirror, is jostled, whereupon her mirror breaks, leaving her incapable of seeing the monster. A monster is any of a large number of Legendary creatures which usually appear in Mythology, Legend, or Horror fiction. This leaves Story completely vulnerable to the Scrunt, who strikes when everyone is momentarily distracted by a popping balloon. Heep saves Story from being dragged away by the Scrunt, but she is badly wounded, leaving her unconscious and near death. Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific The helpers doubt that they are truly the ones meant to help Story because nothing is working out right. When they ask Heep why he sought them out for their specific roles, he tells them that Mr. Farber guided him, telling him how to identify these types of people or groups of people. The tenants question how a person could be so arrogant as to assume that he was able to accurately predict the thoughts and actions of another human being.

The Scrunt enters the building during the party because the supposed Guild members watching the door fail to make sure it is closed. Shortly after this, Mr. Farber walks into a hallway occupied by the Scrunt. He sees it and makes a speech to the effect that in a family film having details parallel to those of his own story, in which no one has died, a disliked side-character (himself) is not going to be killed, but will narrowly escape and learn a lesson. As Farber turns to run, the Scrunt attacks and kills him.

Heep realizes that he has not properly identified Story's helpers. The supposed Symbolist, Mr. Dury, realizes that his son Joey is the true Symbolist; finding deep, hidden meanings in the images on cereal boxes. Joey, in turn, identifies the true Guild: seven "sisters" — so called because each one is someone's sister, regardless of her relationship with the other six. They are Vick's sister, Young-Soon (whose older sister married a dentist), and the five daughters of a neighbor, the Torres Sisters (played by Maricruz Hernandez, Carla Jimenez, Natasha Perez, Monique Cornan and Marilyn Torres). Required also are two witnesses; a man who has no secrets (thanks to the loquacity of his wife), Mr. Bubchik, and a man whose opinion Cleveland Heep respects, Mr. Leeds. When Mrs. Bell, whom Heep thought was the healer, reveals that the symbolic butterfly only arrived when Cleveland approached her, Heep comes to the realization that he, himself, is the Healer. With the help of the true Healer and Guild, Story is healed and revived.

The entire party then take her out to the poolside. By this time, Story's hair has become ash-blonde, contrasting with her first appearance (wherein her hair is black) and the scenes showing her in Cleveland's shower-bath (wherein it is dark red); apparently this indicates her progressively greater frailty. As the people approach the pool, the Scrunt attacks, but is held a captive by the gaze of Reggie (Freddy Rodriguez), a strong-armed athlete now revealed as the Guardian. Freddy Rodriguez (born January 17, 1975) is an American actor known for playing the characters Hector Federico "Rico" Urged by Cleveland, Reggie advances toward the scrunt, which backs away from him. Abruptly the Tartutic emerge from the nearby hedgerow, pounce on the Scrunt, beat it, and drag it back into the bush. The Great Eatlon successfully carries Story back to the Blue World.

Production

The movie was originally planned for Disney, as Shyamalan's previous four films. However, after showing Disney executives the script, they decided to pass on the project. Shyamalan was reportedly angry about the rejection and presented the project to Warner Bros, which agreed to move forward; the events that lead to the making of the movie were featured in a book, The Man Who Heard Voices, by Michael Bamberger. [1][2][3]

Shyamalan, who shoots in and around his hometown of Philadelphia, established a production facility at the Jacobson Logistics warehouse site in nearby Levittown, Pennsylvania, where sets for the apartment complex and a half city block of row houses were built. Levittown Pennsylvania is a Census-designated place (CDP and Suburban community located in Bucks County Pennsylvania, within the Philadelphia Occasional footage was shot inside the overflow area of the warehouse. Most of the filming was completed after work hours.

Cast

Actor Role
Paul Giamatti Cleveland Heep/The Healer
Bryce Dallas Howard Story
M. Night Shyamalan Vick Ran/The Vessel
Sarita Choudhury Anna Ran/Guild member
Cindy Cheung Young-Soon Choi/Guild member
June Kyoto Lu Mrs. Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (born June 6, 1967) is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning American Actor Bryce Dallas Howard (born March 2 1981) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her film roles in the M Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan (ˈʃaməˈlan ( Malayalam: മനോജ് നെല്ലിയട്ടു ശ്യാമളന്‍ Tamil: மனோஜ் நெல்லியட்டு Sarita Choudhury (birth name Sarita Catherine Louise Choudhury (born August 18, 1966 in Blackheath, London, England) is a Choi
Bob Balaban Harry Farber
Jeffrey Wright Mr. Robert Elmer "Bob" Balaban (born August 16, 1945) is an American Actor, Author and director, best known For the Austalian film director see Geoffrey Wright. Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American multiple award-winning Film Dury
Noah Gray-Cabey Joey Dury/The Symbolist
Freddy Rodriguez Reggie/The Guardian
Bill Irwin Mr. Noah Gray-Cabey (born November 16, 1995) is an American Television actor and Pianist. Freddy Rodriguez (born January 17, 1975) is an American actor known for playing the characters Hector Federico "Rico" William Mills "Bill" Irwin (born April 11, 1950) is an American Actor and Clown noted for his contribution to the renaissance of American Leeds
Mary Beth Hurt Mrs. Mary Beth Hurt (born September 26, 1946) is a critically acclaimed American stage and screen actress Bell
Tovah Feldshuh Mrs. Terri Sue "Tovah" Feldshuh (born December 27 1952) is an award-winning American Actress, Singer, and Playwright Bubchik
Tom Mardirosian Mr. Tom Mardirosian (born December 14, 1947) is an American Actor. Bubchik
Jared Harris Goatee Smoker
John Boyd One-Eyebrow Smoker
Ethan Cohn Glasses Smoker
Grant Monohon Emaciated Smoker
Joseph D. Jared Francis Harris (born 24 August 1961 in London) is a British Actor. Reitman Long-Haired Smoker
Maricruz Hernandez Perez de la Torre Sister #1/Guild member
Carla Jimenez Perez de la Torre Sister #2/Guild member
Natasha Perez Perez de la Torre Sister #3/Guild member
Monique Curnen Perez de la Torre Sister #4/Guild member
Marilyn Torres Perez de la Torre Sister #5/Guild member

Soundtrack

Lady in the Water
Lady in the Water cover
Soundtrack by James Newton Howard
Released July 18, 2006
Genre Soundtrack
Label Decca
Producer Amanda Ghost
Tom Herbers
Oliver Leiber
Professional reviews
James Newton Howard chronology
Freedomland Lady in the Water Blood Diamond

The soundtrack for The Lady in the Water was composed by James Newton Howard. James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951 in Los Angeles) is an Academy Award nominated Film score Composer and Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Amanda Ghost (born Amanda Louisa Gosein is a Singer and Songwriter from London, England. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951 in Los Angeles) is an Academy Award nominated Film score Composer and Freedomland is a 2006 film starring Samuel L Jackson and Julianne Moore. Blood Diamond is an Academy Award nominated 2006 adventure Drama film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick and James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951 in Los Angeles) is an Academy Award nominated Film score Composer and The last four tracks are non-soundtrack songs from singer/songwriter Amanda Ghost, Indie rock band A Whisper in the Noise and rock 'n' roll revivalists Silvertide. Amanda Ghost (born Amanda Louisa Gosein is a Singer and Songwriter from London, England. Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene A Whisper in the Noise is a musical project of rock composer West Thordson. Silvertide is a rock band hailing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Each of the four songs was originally written by Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Howard won the IFMCA Award for Best Film Score for Lady in the Water in 2006, as well as the awards for Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film, and Best Single Cue of 2006 for "The Great Eatlon"[4]. The International Film Music Critics Association, also known by the acronym IFMCA is an association of editors journalists radio hosts and reviewers from online and print publications

Track Listing

  1. "Prologue"
  2. "The Party"
  3. "Charades"
  4. "Ripples In The Pool"
  5. "The Blue World"
  6. "Giving The Kii"
  7. "Walkie Talkie"
  8. "Cereal Boxes"
  9. "Officer Jimbo"
  10. "The Healing"
  11. "The Great Eatlon"
  12. "End Titles"
  13. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" – A Whisper In The Noise
  14. "Every Grain Of Sand" - Amanda Ghost
  15. "It Ain't Me Babe" – Silvertide
  16. "Maggie's Farm" – Silvertide

Reception

Lady in the Water was critically panned around the time of its release. Of Shyamalan's role in the film, Mark Kermode said, "It's like someone pouring petrol over their heads and setting fire to themselves. "[5] Variety magazine wrote a scathing advance review that appeared on July 16, 2006. Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman Film review redirects here for the similar sounding Film revue please visit Revue#Film revues. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Common complaints about the film were that little effort was put into getting the viewer to believe in the world, that few moments of the film could be taken seriously, and that Shyamalan was using the film as a form of self-indulgence; instead of having a minor cameo, as in most of his films, Shyamalan cast himself as a visionary whose writing changes the world, and included a film critic -- portrayed as arrogant, self-assured, and passive -- who is despised by the other characters, and who ultimately is violently killed. For the "brief appearance" see Cameo appearance. For the "chemical emergency software" see Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Many reviewers attacked this self-indulgence: Manohla Dargis of The New York Times wrote of the story, "Apparently those who live in the water now roam the earth trying to make us listen, though initially it’s rather foggy as to what precisely we are supposed to hear — the crash of the waves, the songs of the sirens, the voice of God — until we realize that of course we're meant to cup our ear to an even higher power: Mr. Manohla Dargis (born April 1961 is one of the chief Film critics for The New York Times. Shyamalan. "[6] Frank Lovece of Film Journal International said, "Fans of actor Paul Giamatti or of filmmaker M. Frank Lovece is an American Journalist, Author, Comedy performer and Comic-book Writer. Night Shyamalan may get something out of Lady in the Water, a fractured fairy tale about a water nymph who comes to a Philadelphia apartment house to deliver an important message. Anyone else is likely to be perplexed by the muddled mythmaking or actively astonished at the self-indulgent ego of a writer-director-producer who casts himself in the role of a visionary writer whose martyrdom will change the world. "[7] Michael Medved gave Lady in the Water one and a half stars (out of four) calling it, ". Michael Medved (born October 3 1948) is an American radio host, conservative political commentator, Film critic . . a full-out, flamboyant cinematic disaster, a work of nearly unparalleled arrogance and vapidity", adding that, ". . . Lady in the Water is all wet. . . "[8] Also panned was the fact that the film was based on a bedtime story Shyamalan told to his children; Pete Vonder Haar of Film Threat commented: "If Shyamalan is going to use his kids as a focus group for future projects, maybe he should start making movies for Nickelodeon already and stop wasting our time. Film Threat is a Magazine and a Webzine about Independent film, published and edited by Chris Gore. Nickelodeon (commonly referred to as Nick) is an American Cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel "An ironic comment, considering Shyamalan's next project would be a live-action adaptation of Nickolodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender. Avatar The Last Airbender (also known in some countries as Avatar The Legend of Aang) is an Emmy award -winning American [9] CNN's Tom Charity, among many others, has called Lady in the Water the worst film of 2006.

Teaser poster for the film.
Teaser poster for the film.

It was listed by Variety as one of the ten "biggest (financial) losers" of 2006. Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman [10]

Not all reviews were negative. Harrison Scott Key wrote in World magazine that, "The plot turns into a puzzle. WORLD Magazine is a biweekly Christian news magazine, published in the United States of America, and based in Asheville, . . and it's quite fun to watch. Ultimately, the movie has us asking one of the most important questions an audience can ask: What happens next? And that makes it a good film". [11] Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe wrote that though the film is "built on too much ponderous self-regard . The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, . . [t]here is a good chunk of Lady in the Water that is simply too well made and affectingly acted to dismiss as a mere exercise in arrogance". [12]

It won two Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Supporting Actor (M. Night Shyamalan) and Worst Director (M. Night Shyamalan). It was nominated for two more Razzies including Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay (written by M. Night Shyamalan).

Box office

In its opening weekend (21-23 July 2006), the film grossed a total of $18. 2 million, placing third in the United States box office results for that weekend. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for Admission to a venue It was M. Night's lowest opening for any of his five major films. Due to negative reviews and poor word-of-mouth, its second week fell sharply to $7. 1 million, pushing its total to only $32. 2 million. Its third weekend was no better, falling another 62. 1% to $2. 7 million. As of September 14, 2006, its total was $42. 285 million. [1] In addition, the film only made $30. 5 million in the foreign box office, pulling its tally to approximately $72. 785 million internationally. The movie had an estimated budget of $70 million[2] for production and a further $70 million[3] in advertising costs.

DVD releases

This movie was released simultaneously on DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-ray from Warner Home Video on December 19, 2006. Warner Home Video is the Home video unit of Warner Bros Entertainment Inc Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

The extras included on the DVD are:

Trivia

Related books

Lady in the Water, A Bedtime Story children's book
Lady in the Water, A Bedtime Story children's book

Children's book

Shyamalan, who credits the development of the movie to a bedtime story he told his children about what happens in their pool at night,[13] wrote the 72-page children's book Lady in the Water: A Bedtime Story (Little, Brown, New York, ISBN 0-316-01734-5) to coincide with the movie. The book's illustrations were done by Crash McCreery. It was released on the same day as the film, on July 21, 2006.

The Man Who Heard Voices

The Man Who Heard Voices (Gotham Books, New York, ISBN 1-59240-213-5), by Sports Illustrated writer Michael Bamberger, recounting the making of the film, was released July 20, 2006. Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner.

References

  1. ^ Brian Lowry, Lady in the Water, Variety, July 16, 2006, Accessed May 10, 2008.
  2. ^ Peter Travers, Lady in the Water, Rolling Stone, July 20, 2006, Accessed May 10, 2008.
  3. ^ Sink or Swim, Entertainment Weekly, July 7, 2006, accessed May 10, 2008.
  4. ^ IFMCA Award (2006) "Awards and Winners 2006"
  5. ^ BBC - Five Live MARK KERMODE
  6. ^ The New York Times (July 2006) "Finding Magic Somewhere Under the Pool in Lady in the Water" by Manohla Dargis
  7. ^ Film Journal International Lady in the Water, by Frank Lovece
  8. ^ Michael Medved's Eye On Entertainment - Lady In The Water Review
  9. ^ Film Threat Review
  10. ^ Variety.com - 2006: Hollywood diagnosis, Sun., Dec. 24, 2006.
  11. ^ World (Aug. 19, 2006): "A thrillertale: Middle Earth and Philadelphia collide in Lady in the Water", by Harrison Scott Key
  12. ^ The Boston Globe (July 21, 2006): "Fractured Fairy Tale", by Wesley Morris
  13. ^ JoBlo.com (June 26, 2006) - "Early Lady Review!" by Mike Sampson

External links

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