Lady in the Water [WS]

Director: M. Night Shyamalan M. Night Shyamalan

Overview

M. Night Shyamalan writes and directs this self-proclaimed, grown-up "bedtime story" about an apartment building superintendent named Cleveland (Paul Giamatti) who discovers a magical sea-nymph named Story (Bryce Dallas Howard) who's been transported to this world and is living in the building's own swimming pool. As this bizarre revelation sinks in, Cleveland becomes enraptured by her other-worldly charm. As he shelters her in his apartment, other inhabitants of the building begin falling into place as representations of characters from an Eastern myth in which these mermaids, or "narfs," co-exist unhappily with more beastly and violent characters. In human reality, the forces of darkness that threaten the heroes of a fairy tale prove to be much more terrifying, and the victory of good over evil is by no means guaranteed. Jeffery Wright, Jared Harris and Mary Beth Hurt co-star, as well as Shyamalan himself, playing the visionary writer Vick.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/19/2006
UPC:	0012569763753
Original Release:	2006
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Surround EX]
Language:	English
Time:	1:49:00
Sales rank:	42,998

Special Features

Lady in the Water: A bedtime story; Reflections of Lady in the Water: 6-part documentary; Additional scenes; Auditions; Gag reel; Theatrical trailers; DVD-ROM pc weblink

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Paul Giamatti	Cleveland Heep
Bryce Dallas Howard	Story,Tartutic #1,Composer
Jeffrey Wright	Mr. Dury
Bob Balaban	Harry Farber
Sarita Choudhury	Anna Ran
Cindy Cheung	Young-Soon Choi
M. Night Shyamalan	Vick Ran
Bill Irwin	Mr. Leeds
Mary Beth Hurt	Mrs. Bell
Noah Gray Cabey	Joey Dury
Joseph D. Reitman	Long Haired Smoker
Jared Harris	Goatee Smoker
Grant Monohon	Emaciated Smoker
Ethan Cohn	Glasses Smoker
June Kyoto Lu	Mrs. Choi,Mrs. Choi
Tovah Feldshuh	Mrs. Bubchik
Tom Mardirosian	Mr. Bubchik
Maricruz Hernandez	Perez de la Torre Sister #1
Carla Maria Jimenez	Perez de la Torre Sister #2
Natasha Perez	Perez de la Torre Sister #3
Monique Gabriela Curnen	Perez de la Torre Sister #4
Marilyn Torres	Perez de la Torre Sister #5
George Bass	Mr. Perez de la Torre
Joel Marsh Garland	Pool Guy
James Breen	SPCA Guy
Walter Lafty	Silvertide Band Member
Mark Melchiorre Jr.	Silvertide Band Member
Kevin Frank	Silvertide Band Member
Brian Weaver	Silvertide Band Member
Nick Perri	Silvertide Band Member
Brian Steele	Tartutic #2
Kurt Carley	Tartutic #3
David Odgen Stiers	Narrator

Technical Credits

M. Night Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Sam Mercer	Producer
Scott Guitteau	Sound Effects
Kevin W. Flynn	Key Grip
Douglas Ziegler	Special Effects
Douglas Aibel	Casting
Jake Lombard	Stunts
Kevin Foster	Stunts
Duncan Spencer	Key Grip
Christian Eubank	Special Effects
William Lee	Special Effects
Hoang Anh Le	Special Effects
Patrick Edward White	Special Effects
Karin Silvestri Coye	Stunts
G. Grant Jewett	Stunts
Tom Prate	Key Grip
Gary Price	Stunts
Julia Dumenigo	Stunts
Jeri Kalvan	Stunts
Michael Shellito	Special Effects
Kim Koscki	Stunts
Larry Shorts	Stunts
Trevor Habberstad	Stunts
Joel Iwataki	Sound Mixer
Steve Boeddeker	Sound/Sound Designer