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The Shape of Water (Original title)
Date: 2017 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Synopsis: In 1960s America a lonely woman works in a secret government laboratory. Her life changes when she discovers the nature of the experiments taking place there.

Genre:
Fantasy

Subjects:
Cold War, Laboratory tests
Releases
Date: 01 December 2017Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 119 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Date: 14 February 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour and Black and White - SoundAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 123 mins 10 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)

Credits (70)
©: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, ©: TSG Entertainment Finance LLC, A Double Dare production: Double Dare, Presents: Fox Searchlight Pictures, [presented] in association with: TSG Entertainment, Production Services: Inc. Bob Industries, Produced by: Guillermo del Toro, Produced by: J. Miles Dale, Associate Producer: Chuck Ryant, Associate Producer: Daniel Kraus, Associate Producer: John O'Grady, Associate Producer: Knowles. T.K., Unit Production Manager: J. Miles Dale, Production Manager: Dennis Chapman, Production Co-ordinator: Marie-Claude Harnois, Production Accountant: Wendy Gaboury, Location Manager: Vince Nyuli, Post-production Supervisor: Douglas Wilkinson, 1st Assistant Director: Pierre Henry, 2nd Assistant Director: Tyler Delben, 3rd Assistant Director: Lize Van Der Bijl, 3rd Assistant Director: Nicole Dipietro, Script Supervisor: Dug Rotstein, Casting by: Robin D. Cook, Extras Casting: Zameret Kleinman, Screenplay by: Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor, Story by: Guillermo del Toro, Director of Photography: Dan Laustsen, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: J.P. Locherer, A Camera Operator: Gilles Corbeil, B Camera Operator: J.P. Locherer, Digital Imaging Technician: Gautam Pinto, Still Photographer: Kerry Hayes, Visual Effects Supervisor: Dennis Berardi, Visual Effects by: Mr. X, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Warren Appleby, Film Editor: Sidney Wolinsky, Associate Editor: Cam McLauchlin, 2nd Assistant Editor: Mary Juric, Production Designer: Paul Denham Austerberry, Art Director: Nigel Churcher, Set Decorator: Shane Vieau, Set Decorator: Shane Melvin, Concept Artist: Guy David, Vincent Proce, Property Master: Vic Rigler, Costume Designer: Luis Morejon Sequeira, Costume Supervisor: Suzanne Aplin, Head Make-up: Jordan Samuel, Key Make-up: Patricia Keighran, Creature Suit And Various Makeup Effects Created By: Legacy Effects, Head Hair: Paula Fleet, Key Hair: Rossana Vendramini, Main Titles: Cam McLauchlin, Digital Intermediate Colourist: Chris Wallace, Music by: Alexandre Desplat, Score Performed by: The London Symphony Orchestra, Score Conducted by: Alexandre Desplat, Dance Choreographer: Roberto Campanella, Production Sound Mixer: Glen Gauthier, Boom Operator: Steve Switzer, Re-recording Mixer: Christian Cooke, Re-recording Mixer: Brad Zoern, Supervising Sound Editor: Nathan Robitaille, Stunt Co-ordinator: Steve Lucescu, Unit Publicist: Lisa Shamata, Digital Intermediate Facility: DeLuxe Toronto, Filmed at: Cinespace Studios
Cast (36)
Sally Hawkins (Elisa Esposito), Michael Shannon (Richard Strickland), Richard Jenkins (Giles), Michael Stuhlbarg (Dr Robert Hoffstetler), Octavia Spencer (Zelda Fuller), Doug Jones (amphibian man), David Hewlett (Fleming), Nick Searcy (General Hoyt), Stewart Arnott (Bernard), Nigel Bennett (Mihalkov), Lauren Lee Smith (Elaine Strickland), Martin Roach (Brewster Fuller), Allegra Fulton (Yolanda), John Kapelos (Mr Arzoumanian), Morgan Kelly (pie guy), Marvin Kaye (burly Russian), Dru Viergever (military policeman), Wendy Lyon (Sally, secretary), Cody Ray Thompson (guard), Diego Fuentes (worker), Madison Ferguson (Tammy Strickland), Jayden Greig (Timmy Strickland), Karen Glave (African American wife), Danny Waugh (African American husband), Dan Lett (Cadillac salesman), Deney Forrest (Lou), Brandon McKnight (Duane), Clyde Whitham (wet cinema patron), Jonelle Gunderson (bus passenger 1), Cameron Laurie (bus passenger 2), Evgeny Akimov, Sergei Nikonov, Vanessa Oude-Reimerink, Alexey Pankratov (Russian band), Guillermo del Toro, Nathan Robitaille (creature vocals)