The Water Horse (2007)
A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.
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Jock McGowan -
Gracie -
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Lewis Mowbray -
Jimmy's Buddy #1
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Old Angus -
Gunner Corbin
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Angus MacMorrow -
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Charlie MacMorrow -
Jimmy McGarry
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Jimmy's Buddy #2
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Clyde
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Female Tourist
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Beach Kid
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Director:
Jay RussellWriters:
Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenplay), Dick King-Smith (book)All Cast & Crew
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Although credited as a Dick King-Smith adaptation, the movie's story is almost completely original. The titular booklet by King-Smith is a simple story of children raising a baby Loch Ness Monster. But while this provided a basic springboard for the plot, there is not enough drama, eventfulness or character development in the book for a feature film. The adaptation had to improvise by creating numerous new characters and situations, and reassigned the movie's chronology from the early 1930s (just before Loch Ness Monster rumors were first heard) to the violent, turbulent 1940s when the Second World War was in progress.
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Female Tourist:
What is that?
Male Tourist:
It's a famous picture of the monster. But it's fake.
Female Tourist:
How do you know it's fake? It looks real.
Old Angus:
Oh, it's fake alright.
Male Tourist:
Of course it's fake. Everyone knows that.
Old Angus:
We'd know, son. There's more to that photo than meets the eye.
Male Tourist:
Oh ho, ...
Old Angus:
...
Goofs
In an early scene, Angus pulls out a first aid kit, and the bandage on top is labeled 'Telfa'. The film is set in 1942, but Telfa bandages weren't marketed by the Kendall Company/Curity until 1954.
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No Sea Monsters were harmed during the making of this film.
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Genres
Adventure | Family | FantasyDetails
Release Date:
25 December 2007Language
English
Country of Origin
New Zealand, UK, AustraliaFilming Locations
Ardkinglas House, Cairndow, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UKBox Office
Budget:
$40,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend USA:
$2,385,644 23 December 2007
Gross USA:
$40,412,817
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$104,636,188
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