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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 total
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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.
- SoundtracksPlease, please please
Written by James Brown (uncredited) and Johnny Terry (uncredited)
Performed by James Brown
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The great thing about this film is that once the usual character-building stuff is out of the way, you will not move an inch and your eyes will only move if you have a widescreen television...
Sterling performances from both Harvey Keitell and Cameron Diaz really make this film come alive and as incident after incident fall upon the hapless couple, you feel yourself gripping the chair more and more, your nails getting smaller and smaller, and the enjoyment increasing and increasing.
All in all, Head Above Water is a great film, with good (if not at times, erratic) directing, and with superb acting.
Sterling performances from both Harvey Keitell and Cameron Diaz really make this film come alive and as incident after incident fall upon the hapless couple, you feel yourself gripping the chair more and more, your nails getting smaller and smaller, and the enjoyment increasing and increasing.
All in all, Head Above Water is a great film, with good (if not at times, erratic) directing, and with superb acting.
- Philip Miseldine
- Dec 25, 1999
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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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