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Lady in the Water (2006)

PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.

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Paul Giamatti

Cleveland Heep
Bryce Dallas Howard

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Jeffrey Wright

Mr. Dury
Bob Balaban

Harry Farber
Sarita Choudhury

Anna Ran
Cindy Cheung

Young-Soon Choi
M. Night Shyamalan

Vick Ran
Freddy Rodríguez

Reggie
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
John Boyd

One-Eyebrow Smoker

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M. Night Shyamalan

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M. Night Shyamalan

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10 wins & 10 nominations.

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Director M. Night Shyamalan's wish list for his various male supporting roles included names such as: William Hurt, Sidney Poitier, Chris Cooper, Gene Wilder, Terrence Howard, Alec Baldwin, Vince Vaughn, Forest Whitaker, and Don Cheadle, among others.

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Cleveland Heep: Once, man and those in the water were linked. They inspired us. They spoke of the future. Man listened and it became real. But man does not listen very well. Man's need to own everything led him deeper into land. The magic world of the ones that ...
Cleveland Heep: ...

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(at around 32 mins) When he sees Vick's book "The Cookbook," Cleveland Heep says to himself, "This is s-s-s-s-silly." Stutterers often do not have a stammer when talking to themselves; they stutter primarily when talking to other people. However, Cleveland's stutter is a symptom of Post-traumatic Stress, in which case the stutter typically remains constant regardless of social situation until the stress is dealt with.