Black Water (2007 film)
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| BLACK WATER | |
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| Directed by | Andrew Traucki David Nerlich |
| Produced by | Michael Robertson |
| Written by | Andrew Traucki David Nerlich |
| Starring | Diana Glenn, Maeve Dermody Andy Rodoreda |
| Music by | Rafael May |
| Cinematography | John Biggins |
| Editing by | Rodrigo Balart |
| Distributed by | AV Pictures |
| Running time | 88 mins |
| Country | Australia / United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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Black Water is a 2008 Australian survival / horror / thriller film set in the mangrove swamps of northern Australia. It was written and directed by Andrew Traucki and David Nerlich and stars Diana Glenn Maeve Dermody and Andy Rodoreda
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[edit] Cast
- Diana Glenn: Grace
- Maeve Dermody: Lee
- Andy Rodoreda: Adam
- Ben Oxenbould: Jim
- Fiona Press: Pat
[edit] Synopsis
A terrifying tale of survival in a crocodile inhabited mangrove swamp.
Grace, her boyfriend Adam and younger sister Lee decide to take a river tour whilst holidaying in Northern Australia.
As they drift into a mangrove swamp their boat is suddenly capsized and Jim disappears. Realising they’ve been attacked by a crocodile, Adam drags Grace to the safety of a tree whilst Lee clings on top of the overturned boat. Adam and Grace frantically try to manoeuvre Lee and the boat to the tree but it is firmly stuck.
Stranded in the flooded mangrove swamp, the three holiday makers must work out what to do to survive.
[edit] Production
The location standing in for a vast mangrove river system in northern Australia was actually in the directors' home town of Sydney, 25 minutes from the CBD. They also spent a week in Darwin shooting footage of real saltwater crocodiles that were transplanted into the location along with the actors, with the directing team doing their own CG special effects to achieve this.[1]
[edit] Release
World Premiere - opening London FrightFest Film Festival,[2]London, August 23, 2007.
Other festivals: Montreal World Film Festival,[3] Fantasy Filmfest, (Germany),[4] Melbourne Underground Film Festival
Commercial premiere January 4 in UK. Distributor, The Works UK[5]
North American distributor Grindstone Entertainment Group[6]
[edit] Trivia
A movie camera was nearly lost, having to be torn from the jaws of a crocodile on the second day of shooting.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ George, Sandy (2007-02-21). Same reptile, different scale. The Australian. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
- ^ FrightFest (2007-08-23). FrightFest. frightfest.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
- ^ Kelly, Brendan (2007-04-17). Variety. http://movies.go.com/variety/. Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
- ^ Fantasy Filmfest (2007-08-29). Fantasy Filmfest. www.fantasyfilmfest.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
- ^ Australian Film Commission (2007-08-29). UK theatrical release for Black Water. afc.gov.au. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
- ^ Inside Film (2007-08-29). AV closes more deals on crocodile thriller Black Water. if.com.au. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
- ^ Gingold, Michael (2007-04-17). Croc pic BLACK WATER keeps on rollin’. Fangoria.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
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