Splash 1984

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 111 min

genre: fantasy

theme: romantic fantasy

director: Ron Howard

Score: 6 / 10

Splash is a 1984 American romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard, from a screenplay by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, and Bruce Jay Friedman, and a story by Friedman and producer Brian Grazer. The film stars Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, and Eugene Levy. Its plot involves a young man who falls in love with a mysterious woman who is secretly a mermaid. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Plot

In 1964, eight-year-old Allen Bauer and his family are taking a boat tour at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Allen is fascinated by something below the surface and jumps overboard, even though he cannot swim. In the ocean, he encounters a young girl and when they hold hands, he inexplicably finds himself able to breathe underwater. However, Allen is rescued and pulled back to the surface, and the two are separated. Since no one else saw the girl, Allen comes to believe the encounter was a near-death hallucination. After the boat pulls away, the young girl is revealed to be a mermaid.

Awards

Cast

More details

author	Babaloo Mandel Brian Grazer Bruce Jay Friedman Lowell Ganz
award	National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay Saturn Award for Best Actress
contentLocation	New York City
director	Ron Howard
editor	Daniel P. Hanley Mike Hill
events	mad scientist
genre	comedy fantasy
keywords	arrest boat tour cape cod dissect dissection dive frogman government agents how to indecent exposure kiss madison avenue massachusetts mermaid new york harbor older brother plan president president of the united states reject rescue return home secret lab statue of liberty sunken ship swimming underwater young girl young woman
musicBy	Lee Holdridge
nomination	Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay Saturn Award for Best Actress Saturn Award for Best Director Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film Saturn Award for Best Make-up Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay
producer	Brian Grazer
productionCompany	Touchstone Pictures
publisher	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
recordedAt	Los Angeles New York City The Bahamas
theme	mad scientist romantic comedy romantic fantasy