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| Directed by | Ron Howard |
| Produced by | Brian Grazer |
| Written by | Bruce Jay Friedman Lowell Ganz Babaloo Mandel |
| Starring | Tom Hanks Daryl Hannah |
| Music by | Lee Holdridge |
| Editing by | Daniel P. Hanley Mike Hill |
| Distributed by | Touchstone Films |
| Release date(s) | March 9, 1984 |
| Running time | 111 min. Ronald William Howard (born March 1 1954 is a director and producer as well as an Actor. Brian Grazer (born July 12, 1951, in Los Angeles, California) is an Oscar and Emmy Award -winning American Bruce Jay Friedman (born April 26, 1930) is an American Novelist Screenwriter, and Playwright. Lowell Ganz (born August 31, 1948 in New York New York) is an American Screenwriter, Television writer, and Television Marc "Babaloo" Mandel (born October 13, 1949 in New York City) is an American writer Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9 1956 is an two-time Academy award and Emmy winning American Film actor, director Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is a American Film actress. Daniel P Hanley, ACE (born 1955 is a Film editor who won an an Academy Award for the film Apollo 13 (1995 Mike Hill, ACE (born 1952 in Omaha Nebraska) is a Film editor who won an an Academy Award for the film Apollo 13 (1995 Touchstone Pictures is one of several alternate Film labels of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1984 Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | USD$8,000,000 |
| Gross revenue | USD$69,821,334 (domestic) |
| Followed by | Splash, Too |
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Splash is a 1984 fantasy film and romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 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 United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Splash Too is the 1988 Disney TV movie sequel to the 1984 Movie Splash (starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes usually involving magic, Supernatural events make-believe creatures or exotic Fantasy worlds Romantic comedy films, colloquially known as romcom, are movies with light-hearted humorous plotlines centered around romantic ideals such as a True love able to Ronald William Howard (born March 1 1954 is a director and producer as well as an Actor. Lowell Ganz (born August 31, 1948 in New York New York) is an American Screenwriter, Television writer, and Television Marc "Babaloo" Mandel (born October 13, 1949 in New York City) is an American writer Although originally conceived as an "adult" film, Splash today is considered by some to be a family-friendly movie.
Tagline: Two days ago, this girl showed up naked at the Statue of Liberty. Liberty Enlightening the World (La liberté éclairant le monde commonly known as the Statue of Liberty (Statue de la Liberté was presented For Allen Bauer, it was love at first sight. Now, everyone is chasing her. . . trying to prove she's a mermaid. A mermaid is a Mythological aquatic creature that is half human half aquatic creature (e From the first laugh you'll be hooked.
She was the woman of Allen's dreams. She had large dark eyes, a beautiful smile and a great pair of fins.
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material The original music score was composed by Lee Holdridge.
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Main cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Tom Hanks | Allen Bauer |
| Daryl Hannah | Madison |
| John Candy | Freddie Bauer |
| Eugene Levy | Dr. Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9 1956 is an two-time Academy award and Emmy winning American Film actor, director Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is a American Film actress. John Franklin Candy (October 31 1950 &ndash March 4 1994 was a Canadian Comedian and Actor. Eugene Levy (born December 17, 1946) is a Canadian Emmy - and Grammy Award -winning Actor, Television director Walter Kornbluth |
| Dody Goodman | Mrs. Dolores "Dody" Goodman ( October 28 1914 &ndash June 22 2008) was an American character actress known for Stimler |
| Richard B. Shull | Dr. Richard B Shull ( February 24 1929 - October 14 1999) was an American character actor. Ross |
| Shecky Greene | Mr. Shecky Greene (born Sheldon Greenfield, April 8, 1926) is a comedian known for his nightclub performances in Las Vegas, where he has been a Buyrite |
| Bobby Di Cicco | Jerry |
| Howard Morris | Dr. Bobby Di Cicco (born 1955 is an American Actor. He has starred in several films since the 1970s but has mostly been involved in television work such as The A-Team Howard "Howie" Morris ( September 4, 1919 &ndash May 21, 2005) was an American comic Actor and Zidell |
Plot summary
As a boy, Allen Bauer, who does not know how to swim, is rescued from drowning off Cape Cod by a young mermaid, and an instant connection forms between the two. Cape Cod (or simply the Cape to most New Englanders is a Peninsula nearly coextensive with Barnstable County Massachusetts and forming the easternmost When his parents retrieve him, no one sees the mermaid, who weeps at the loss of her new friend before departing. Allen comes to believe the encounter was a near-death hallucination, but his bond with the mermaid proves so strong that his subsequent relationships with women invariably fail as he subconsciously seeks the connection he felt with the mermaid. A hallucination, in the broadest sense is a Perception in the absence of a stimulus.
Years later, now co-owner with his womanizing brother Freddie Bauer of a wholesale fruit and vegetable business in New York City, Allen, depressed after his latest breakup, returns to the same location, where he briefly encounters eccentric scientist Dr. The City of New York A scientist, in the broadest sense refers to any person that engages in a systematic activity to acquire Knowledge or an individual that engages in such practices Walter Kornbluth, and again falls into the sea. He wakes up on a beach where he encounters a beautiful naked woman who, unknown to him, is the mermaid he met as a boy (she is wearing the same necklace that she wore as a girl). He instantly becomes attracted to her, as she again saved him from drowning. But after kissing him, she dives into the sea and leaves Allen to return home. Kornbluth, seeking proof of strange sea creatures, also encounters the mermaid, whom he becomes obsessed with finding again.
The mermaid finds Allen's wallet that he dropped in the water and decides to find him in New York. (In one scene that was deleted, the mermaid meets with a sea hag who tells her that she can only stay six days from the sea, but she has to wet her tail every day, which explains the bathtub scene. The movie instead clarifies that mermaids become human after they have been dry long enough but return to mermaid form if their bodies are soaked with water. ) She comes ashore at Liberty Island naked, arrested for indecent exposure. Liberty Island, formerly called Bedloe's Island, is a small uninhabited island in Upper New York Bay in the United States best known as the location of the See also Public indecency, Exhibitionism Indecent exposure is the deliberate exposure by a person of a portion or portions of his or her own body under The crowd boos at the cops for arresting a beautiful woman just because she is naked. Garnering information from Allen's wallet (which she still carries), the cops call Bauer, who races to the police station. She gets released in Allen's care. She later picks up English from watching television all day at Bloomingdale's. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Bloomingdale's (or Bloomie's) is a chain of upscale American Department stores owned by Macy's Inc Needing a name, Allen lists some choices as they walk. While doing so when on Madison Avenue, he asks himself aloud "Where are we? Madison," which the mermaid picks as her name.
Allen quickly falls in love with Madison, not realizing she is the mermaid he has subconsciously sought a reunion with all his adult life. While Madison requites his love, Allen finds it hard to understand her unusual behavior (for example, eating an entire lobster, shell and all) and has trouble accepting that this relationship might go well. Clawed lobsters compose a family ( Nephropidae, sometimes also Homaridae) of large marine Crustaceans Lobsters are economically important as Meanwhile, Kornbluth, realizing that the nude woman at Liberty Island was the mermaid he encountered, pursues the couple, although neither realize it at first.
When Kornbluth finally proves Madison is a mermaid by dumping water on her and turning her legs into a tail, she is taken in by government scientists for examination. At first jubilant at having proven his belief that mermaids exist, Kornbluth, who only wanted people to stop thinking he was insane, deeply regrets his actions when Madison is studied like a laboratory specimen and slated for dissection. Traditionally insanity or madness is the behaviour whereby a person flouts societal norms and may become a danger to himself and others Dissection (also called anatomization) is usually the process of disassembling and observing something to determine its internal structure and as an aid to discerning the function Meanwhile, Allen, stunned by the revelation, lapses into mortification at having fallen in love with a "fish". Fish are aquatic Vertebrate animals that are typically ectothermic (previously Cold-blooded) covered with scales, and equipped with two "People fall in love every day," he bemoans, "and look what I got. " But Freddie finally sets aside the lascivious humor that has typified him throughout the movie to break through Allen's self-absorption: "People fall in love every day, is that what you said? Yeah? Well, that's a crock. It doesn't work that way. " Freddie angrily berates Allen for giving up on Madison, with whom he has seen his brother so happy over the past few days. "A lot of people will never be that happy!" Freddie declares. "I'll never be that happy!" Realizing Madison's situation is more important than his mixed emotions, Allen calls various government officials, but no one will arrange for her freedom or even tell him where she is being held.
Desperate, Allen confronts the guilt-ridden Kornbluth, who still has clearance to the lab where Madison is imprisoned. Impersonating two Swedish scientists, the brothers enter the lab with Kornbluth, then Allen and Kornbluth emerge with a figure concealed in blankets, claiming it to be the scientist impersonated by Freddie, who was attacked by "the creature," who is now too dangerous to approach; the panicking security guard closes off the lab until the head scientist arrives to receive a cheerful greeting from Freddie, who remained in the lab while Allen and Kornbluth smuggled Madison outside in the blankets. After a pursuit through the streets of the city, she jumps back into the ocean. When she reveals that Allen can survive under water as long as he is with her, Allen realizes she was the young mermaid he met so long before, and although Madison warns him that if he comes to live in the sea, he will be unable to return to the surface world (she does not specify why), they both continue their lives in what appears to be an underwater kingdom. Exile means to be away from one's home (ie city state or country while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened by prison or death upon return Underwater is a term describing the realm below the surface of Water where the water exists in a natural feature (called a body of water) such as an Ocean A monarchy is a Form of government in which supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in an individual who is the Head of state, often for life or
Cameos
Screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandell both make cameo appearances in the film. Ganz plays Stan, the tour guide, in the scene set at the Statue of Liberty where he yells "BOCCE BALLS!!!" at the sight of the naked Daryl Hannah. Bocce (or Bocci, or Boccie) is a precision Sport belonging to the Boules sport family closely related to Bowls and Pétanque Mandell plays the man in charge of ice skate rentals who tackles Tom Hanks' character when he tries to run out with his skates still on. Ice skates are boots with blades attached to the bottom used to propel oneself across a sheet of ice Ron Howard's father, actor Rance Howard, can be seen early in the film, screaming at Hank's character about "his cherries". Rance Howard (born November 17, 1928) is an American Actor who has starred in film and on television Howard's brother, Clint Howard, can be seen as a pianist, at the dinner where Alan and Madison are eating lobsters. Clint Howard (born April 20 1959) is an American Film and Television Actor.
Spinoffs
- A sequel, Splash, Too (directed by Greg Antonacci), appeared in 1988 as a TV movie (contradicting the first movie's finale revelation that if Allen goes to live in the sea, he can never return). Splash Too is the 1988 Disney TV movie sequel to the 1984 Movie Splash (starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Only one member of the original cast, Dody Goodman (the Bauers' slightly deranged assistant Mrs. Dolores "Dody" Goodman ( October 28 1914 &ndash June 22 2008) was an American character actress known for Stimler), reprises her role.
- A novelization of the film, written by Ian Marter (under the pen name Ian Don), was published by Target Books in the United Kingdom. Ian Marter ( 28 October, 1944 - 28 October, 1986) was an English Actor and Writer, perhaps best known for Target Books was a British Publishing Imprint, established in 1973 by Universal-Tandem Publishing Co Ltd, a paperback publishing company The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
Production
According to the documentary on the 20th Anniversary Edition DVD, producer Brian Grazer had pitched the film to numerous studios but was turned down repeatedly until Disney Studio, then newly-headed by Michael Eisner, agreed to produce the film. Brian Grazer (born July 12, 1951, in Los Angeles, California) is an Oscar and Emmy Award -winning American Michael Eisner (born March 7, 1942) was CEO of The Walt Disney Company from September 22, 1984 to September 30 An issue at the time of production was the competition between Splash and another announced mermaid film that had lined up Warren Beatty as its star. A mermaid is a Mythological aquatic creature that is half human half aquatic creature (e Warren Beatty (born Henry Warren Beaty; March 30 1937 is an American Academy Award - and Golden Globe -winning Actor, producer Director Ron Howard promised the studio that Splash would be filmed quicker and cheaper than the other film, which eventually fell through. Ronald William Howard (born March 1 1954 is a director and producer as well as an Actor.
As it was expected that Splash would require a PG rating, The Walt Disney Company's then policy of only releasing G-rating films lead to the creation of Touchstone Pictures, which would release films targeted towards older audiences. Touchstone Pictures is one of several alternate Film labels of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1984 Splash was the first film to be released by the new studio.
Casting
Various A-list actors were approached for the lead role, among them Michael Douglas, Richard Gere, Jeff Bridges, Christopher Reeve, and John Travolta. Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American Actor and producer, primarily in Movies and Television Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949) is a Golden Globe - and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American Actor. Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is a four-time Academy Award -nominated American Actor and Musician. Christopher D'Olier Reeve ( September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American Actor, director, (Who turned it down because he thought the story seemed "corny". ) Tom Hanks was suggested to director Howard after Hanks had appeared in Happy Days to reported comedic success. Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9 1956 is an two-time Academy award and Emmy winning American Film actor, director Happy Days is an American Television sitcom that originally aired from 1974 to 1984 on ABC. Daryl Hannah was cast after the director and producer had seen her in Blade Runner
According to his autobiography, John Candy wanted the role of Dr. Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is a American Film actress. Blade Runner is a 1982 American Science fiction Film, directed by Ridley Scott. Walter Kornbluth, but the producers thought he would be better as Freddie Bauer.
Filming
The beach where Tom Hanks first encounters the naked Daryl Hannah is on the former Gorda Cay in the Bahamas. The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an independent sovereign English -speaking country consisting of two thousand Cays and It is now Castaway Cay, the private island paradise of the Disney Cruise Line. Castaway Cay is a Private island or "out island" in the Bahamas which serves as an exclusive Port of call for the Disney Cruise Line Disney Cruise Line is an American Cruise ship company owned by The Walt Disney Company and headquartered in Celebration Florida.
Mermaid
The mermaid tail which Daryl Hannah wore was manufactured by Robert Short Productions. It is fully functional: Hannah swam with the mermaid tail so fast that her safety team could not keep pace with her. According to the DVD documentary, Hannah had been swimming "mermaid" style with her legs bound together since she was a child, due to her fascination with Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid story. Hans Christian Andersen (ˈhanˀs ˈkʰʁæʂd̥jan ˈɑnɐsn̩ in Danish or simply H The Little Mermaid (Den lille havfrue is a Fairy tale by the Danish Poet and Author Hans Christian Andersen about a young
Response
The movie was a huge success, made with a USD$8 million budget, the movie grossed $6,174,059 on its opening weekend and ended up grossing $69,821,334 in the U. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been S. alone. [1]
Impact on popular culture
Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner's 2006 book Freakonomics (as well as possibly other sources) credits the film with popularizing the name "Madison" for girls. Steven David "Steve" Levitt (born May 29, 1967) is a prominent American Economist best known for his work on crime in particular on Stephen J Dubner (b August 26, 1963) is an American journalist who has written four books and numerous articles Freakonomics A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything is a 2005 non-fiction book by University of Chicago Economist Steven Levitt Surname James Madison, fourth President of the United States Dolley Madison, the wife of James Madison In the film, Daryl Hannah's character takes her name from Madison Avenue after walking past a road sign. Hanks' character comments that it is not a real name as, at the time, it was a rather unusual name for a woman. However, in the years since the film was released in theatres and re-released on VHS and then DVD, the name's popularity has skyrocketed. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is
According to the Social Security Administration, the name "Madison" was the 216th most popular name in the United States for girls in 1990, the 29th most popular name for girls in 1995, and the 3rd most popular name for girls in 2000 [1]. The United States Social Security Administration ( SSA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that administers The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. In 2005, the name finally cracked the top 50 most popular girls' names in the United Kingdom, and articles in British newspapers credit the film for the popularization. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
Becky Anderson's 2007 novel In Stereo Where Available features a character who adopted the name "Madison" as a child after developing a fixation on the film.
Butch Hartman once credited the Eugene Levy character as the inspiration for his character of Denzel Crocker on The Fairly Oddparents. Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV (born January 10 1965 in Highland Park Michigan) is an American Eugene Levy (born December 17, 1946) is a Canadian Emmy - and Grammy Award -winning Actor, Television director This is a list of characters in the Nickelodeon animated series The Fairly OddParents. Both characters are obsessed with a certain legendary creature and spend their free time trying to prove that such creatures exist. In both cases, the characters have practically no social life and various enemies.
In Tom Green's 2001 film Freddy Got Fingered, when Gord showing his cartoon "Zebras in America" to the head of the cartoon studio in an attempt to shop the drawings, he compares the cartoon to Splash calling it "A fish out of water story". Michael Thomas "Tom" Green (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian Actor, Rapper, Writer, Comedian Freddy Got Fingered ( 2001) is a Comedy Film directed by written by and starring Tom Green.
Songs in movie
- "Love Came for Me" by Rita Coolidge
- "Stay With Me Tonight" by Jeffrey Osborne
- "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham
- "She Works Hard for the Money" by Donna Summer
- "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" from Song of the South
- "Piano Concerto No. 1" by Frédéric Chopin
See also
References
External links
- Splash at the Internet Movie Database
- Splash at the 80s Movie Gateway
- Splash at Rotten Tomatoes
- "Mohammed the lad leaps up league of names" at Times Online – article about the popularity of names, mentioning the name Madison
- "Madison and Her Sisters" at TeeVee Archive – another article about the name Madison and its link to the film
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