The Waterdance (1992)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Directors:

Neal Jimenez
Michael Steinberg

Writer (WGA):

Neal Jimenez (written by)

Release Date:

13 May 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Imagine being trapped inside your own body. Imagine being set free.

Plot:

An oft overlooked film about struggling to deal with paralysis. Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking...

Plot Keywords:

Wheelchair | Handicap | Ethnic Slur | Racial Slur | Based On True Story

Awards:

5 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Eric Stoltz	...	Joel Garcia
Helen Hunt	...	Anna
William Allen Young	...	Les
James Roach	...	Guy in the Electric Wheelchair
Elizabeth Peña	...	Rosa
Henry Harris	...	Mr. Gibson
Tony Genaro	...	Victor
Eva Rodriguez	...	Victor's Wife
Erick Vigil	...	Victor's Son
Edgar Rodriguez	...	Victor's Son
Angélica Castell	...	Victor's Daughter
William Forsythe	...	Bloss
Grace Zabriskie	...	Pat
Wesley Snipes	...	Raymond Hill
Kimberly Scott	...	Alice

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-10 | Germany:12 | Sweden:11 | USA:R | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

No Frills Film Production

Trivia:

This is a semi-autobiographical film for co-director Neal Jimenez who became a paraplegic after a hiking accident.

Quotes:

Anna: Come on, I had a good time. Really. We saw a movie!
Joel Garcia: A bad, bad, bad, bad, bad movie.
Anna: Well, the dinner was... pretty bad too. Yeah. The whole day kind of sucked, didn't it?

Movie Connections:

References Ordinary People (1980)

I loved working on this film!

I loved working on this film with Neal and Michael. It was gold in my hands, and I knew it. Cut on film, the script and performances were superb, and I am so glad to see your reviewer gave Mr. Forsythe his due, as I absolutely loved him in this film. The first day of dailies he came up to me, leaned into me very closely and said "Choices, Jeff, choices", and then walked away. His choices were wonderful, and he won best actor at the Houston Film Festival, and the film took the Audience Award and the Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 1992. Neal was wonderful to work with, and is still a close friend, and that cannot be said of too many in this fickle town. He wrote a great script, and he and Mike got the performances of a lifetime out of everyone. Eric, Helen Hunt, one of Wesley Snipe's best to this day, and it was wonderful to be a part of the experience that was Neal's life. It was also interesting that Gale Anne Hurd, of action movie fame (Terminator, etc.), chose to produce it and get the film made. When it won at Sundance she threw her arms around me and said "We did it!" Neal, of course, was the man who did it, but it was great to be along on that ride. Jeff Freeman