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A prominent judge, his wife, her ex-lover, and their neighbor encounter a dead body that complicates their lives.A prominent judge, his wife, her ex-lover, and their neighbor encounter a dead body that complicates their lives.A prominent judge, his wife, her ex-lover, and their neighbor encounter a dead body that complicates their lives.
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- 1 win & 1 nomination
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- TriviaThe movie is based on the Norwegian movie Head Above Water (1993). Nils Gaup, director of the original, said about it: "Twice Hollywood has remade my films, and both times they have managed to make the worst movie ever." The other movie being Pathfinder (2007).
- GoofsIt takes two people to carry the corpse from the house to the motor boat but later the judge is able to carry it on his own from the boat up a hill where he mixes cement, which sets very quickly, to cover it.
- Crazy creditsAt the very end of the credits, after the copyright notice, there's an additional scene showing Lance's bird, Mo, on a cliff near the shore, chewing on the remains of Kent's postcard.
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Written by James Brown (uncredited) and Johnny Terry (uncredited)
Performed by James Brown
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"Head Above Water" certainly isn't a classic film or anything, yet it's probably worth a watch even though the film is short and the humor is dark and the plot is somewhat weak. The performances from Diaz and Keitel make it worth a view. Cameron Diaz as sexy as ever stars as Nathalie a free spirited young lady who's had a rough past with substance abuse, and supposedly now that her spouse is a judge named George(Harvey Keitel)her problems have washed ashore at their summer beach place. Upon a visit from an ex flame of Nathalie's a young man Kent(Billy Zane)takes an unexpected departure and things only become more complex when nearby friend Lance(Craig Sheffer)rounds out the mix in what is found to be a triple love triangle! Overall nothing great it's just some good and sexy work from Diaz in one of her early works as the plot just unravels to show a slick and messy triple love triangle.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $32,212
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,589
- Jun 29, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $32,212
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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