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The Weight of Water (2000)

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Film details

Featuring

Catherine McCormack Sarah Polley Sean Penn
Director

Kathryn Bigelow
Country

USA
Year

2000
Genres

Thriller Period drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Le Poids De L'eau Alternative

Synopsis

Period mystery drama. Part of the narrative takes place in 1873, when the brutal murder of two women in a remote village in the New England region of the Isle of Shoals leads to a sensational murder trial. In the current day, more than 100 years later, a journalist, Jean, is asked to write a story about the case, while spending a weekend on a boat in the area along with her husband, Thomas, his brother-in-law, Rich, and Rich's girlfriend. The two stories unfold in parallel to reveal the story behind the murder, as well as the tense situation that begins to surface during the weekend spent on the boat.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Jean Janes
    
    Catherine McCormack
  - Maren Hontvedt
    
    Sarah Polley
  - Thomas Janes
    
    Sean Penn
  - Rich Janes
    
    Lucas, Josh
  - Adaline Gunne
    
    Elizabeth Hurley
  - Louis Wagner
    
    Ciarán Hinds
  - John Hontvedt
    
    Ulrich Thomsen
  - Evan Christenson
    
    Berthelsen, Anders W.
  - Karen Christenson
    
    Katrin Cartlidge
  - Anethe Christenson
    
    Vinessa Shaw
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Kathryn Bigelow
  - Assistant Director
    
    David Webb
  Production:
  - Presented by
    
    StudioCanal
  - Production Company
    
    Manifest Film Co.
  - Production Company
    
    Palomar Pictures
  - Production Company
    
    Miracle Pictures
  - [Production Company]
    
    Weight of Water
  - [Production Company]
    
    Four Water Productions
  - Executive Producer
    
    Lisa Henson
  - Executive Producer
    
    Steven-Charles Jaffe
  - Producer
    
    Janet Yang
  - Producer
    
    Sigurjón Sighvatsson
  - Producer
    
    A. Kitman Ho
  - Co-producer
    
    Sean Wimmer
  - Co-producer
    
    Zimmer, Chris
  Casting:
  - Casting
    
    Mali Finn
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Alice Arlen
  - Screenplay
    
    Christopher Kyle
  - Based on the novel by
    
    Anita Shreve
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Adrian Biddle
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Smith, Howard E.
  Design:
  - Production Designer
    
    Karl Júlíusson
  - Art Director
    
    Mark Laing
  Costumes:
  - Costume Designer
    
    Marit Allen
  Music:
  - Music Composer/Conductor
    
    David Hirschfelder
  - Music Supervisor
    
    Randy Gerston
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Maitland, Tod A.
  - Sound
    
    Dennis Maitland

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