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The Shape Of Water (2017)
DVD (1 discs
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Genre: Science Fiction
Aspect Ratio: Wide
Sound: DD 5.1
Academy Awards:
4 Wins , 13 Nominations
Synopsis
Love has a way of finding us in the most unexpected places. Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water" is a haunting fairy tale set in Baltimore in 1962, at the height of the Cold War. Elisa Esposito (Sally Hawkins), a mute cleaning woman at a top-secret government laboratory, lives a quiet, solitary life in an apartment above a movie theater, communicating in sign language. Then she and her co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover the facility's most closely guarded secret: a mysterious amphibious creature (Doug Jones) captured in South America and worshiped there as a god, held captive by the cruel Colonel Strickland (Michael Shannon). Elisa secretly visits the creature, bringing him hard-boiled eggs and playing records for him, and forms an extraordinary bond with him. When she learns that the military plans to dissect him, to gain an advantage over the Soviets in the space race, she sets out to save him with help from her neighbor, Giles (Richard Jenkins), a lonely, struggling artist. A sympathetic scientist (Michael Stuhlbarg), who is secretly a Soviet spy, has his own reasons to help. It won the Golden Lion at Venice and four Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Score.
Cast
John Kapelos
Nick Searcy
Richard Jenkins
Michael Shannon
Doug Jones
Sally Hawkins
Octavia Spencer
Michael Stuhlbarg
David Hewlett
Stewart Arnott
Nigel Bennett
Lauren Lee Smith
Martin Roach
Allegra Fulton
Morgan Kelly
Director
Guillermo Del Toro
Awards & Nominations
- Oscar Nominee: Best Achievement in Sound Editing
- Oscar Nominee: Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
- Oscar Nominee: Best Actor In A Supporting Role
- Oscar Nominee: Best Actress In A Leading Role
- Oscar Nominee: Best Actress In A Supporting Role
- Oscar Nominee: Best Cinematography
- Oscar Nominee: Best Film Editing
- Oscar Nominee: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
- Oscar Winner: Best Achievement in Production Design
- Oscar Winner: Best Director
- Oscar Winner: Best Music, Original Score
- Oscar Winner: Best Picture
Keywords
Academy Award Winners
Adventure
Drama
Fantasy
Gay / Lesbian Interest
Romance
Science
Science Fiction
Technical Specifications
Audio Languages
English, French, Spanish
Subtitle Languages
English, French, Spanish
Special Features
- Featurettes/Behind-The-Scenes/Documentaries
- Interviews
- Trailers/TV spots
- A Fairy Tale For Troubled Times
- Anatomy of a Scene: Prologue
- Anatomy of a Scene: The Dance
- Shaping the Waves: A Conversation with Artist James Jean Guilermo del Toro's Master Class