The Waterdance
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Directed by | Neal Jimenez Michael Steinberg |
Written by | Neal Jimenez |
Produced by | Marie Cantin (producer) Gale Anne Hurd (producer) Guy Riedel (executive producer) |
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Cinematography | Mark Plummer |
Edited by | Jeff Freeman |
Music by | Michael Convertino |
Distributed by | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.7 million[1] |
Box office | $1,723,319 (United States)[2] |
The Waterdance is a 1992 American drama film directed by Neal Jimenez and Michael Steinberg and starring Eric Stoltz, Wesley Snipes, William Forsythe and Helen Hunt. It was written by Neal Jimenez.
The film is a semi-autobiographical story about a young fiction writer who becomes tetraplegic fully paralyzed in a hiking accident and works to rehabilitate his body and mind at a rehabilitation center. The title refers to a dream recounted by Raymond Hill, Snipes' character, about dancing on the surface of a lake. Since, in Raymond's dream, he must continue dancing on the lake to avoid sinking and drowning, the dream may be a metaphorical reference to the necessity of continually coping with the world.
Plot[]
Joel Garcia (Eric Stoltz) is a writer who, after a hiking accident at a mountain, must struggle with paralysis. At the same time, he carries a relationship with Anna (Helen Hunt), a married woman, with whom he was having an affair at the time of the accident. The lovers attempt to carry on their affair during his emotional and difficult rehabilitation as a paraplegic.
Cast[]
- Eric Stoltz as Joel Garcia
- Wesley Snipes as Raymond Hill
- William Forsythe as Bloss
- Helen Hunt as Anna
- Elizabeth Peña as Rosa
- Grace Zabriskie as Pat
Reception[]
Critical response[]
The Waterdance received mostly positive reviews from critics; it holds a 94% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes from 16 reviews.
Accolades[]
The Waterdance won the Audience Award for Best Dramatic Feature at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.[3]
The Waterdance was nominated for 4 Spirit Awards in 1992 and was the only film to win 2 awards for Best First Feature and Best Screenplay.[4]
References[]
- ^ "AFI|Catalog".
- ^ "The Waterdance (1992)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ "Sundance Film Festival (1992)". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
- ^ "Independent Spirit Awards Lives Up to Its Name : Movies: Irreverent, annual alternative awards program names 'The Player' as best of 1992". Los Angeles Times. 1993-03-29. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
External links[]
- 1992 films
- English-language films
- Sundance Film Festival award winners
- 1992 directorial debut films
- 1992 drama films
- American films
- American drama films
- Films about paraplegics or quadriplegics
- Films about writers
- Films directed by Michael Steinberg
- Films produced by Gale Anne Hurd
- Films scored by Michael Convertino
- The Samuel Goldwyn Company films
- 1990s drama film stubs