The shape of water.

Resource Information

The work The shape of water. represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The shape of water.

Statement of responsibility

Fox Searchlight Pictures presents a Double Dare You production ; produced by Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale ; story by Guillermo del Toro ; screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor ; directed by Guillermo del Toro

Contributor

• Laustsen, Dan
• Fox Searchlight Pictures
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Dale, J. Miles
• Desplat, Alexandre
• Hawkins, Sally, 1976-
• Jenkins, Richard, 1947-
• Jones, Doug, 1960-
• Double Dare You Productions
• Shannon, Michael, 1974-
• Spencer, Octavia
• Stuhlbarg, Michael
• Taylor, Vanessa, 1978-
• Toro, Guillermo del, 1964-
• Wolinsky, Sidney

Actor

• Hawkins, Sally, 1976-
• Jenkins, Richard, 1947-
• Jones, Doug, 1960-
• Spencer, Octavia
• Shannon, Michael, 1974-
• Stuhlbarg, Michael

Director of photography

• Laustsen, Dan

Editor of moving image work

• Wolinsky, Sidney

Film director

• Toro, Guillermo del, 1964-

Film producer

• Toro, Guillermo del, 1964-
• Dale, J. Miles

Presenter

• Fox Searchlight Pictures

Production company

• Double Dare You Productions

Publisher

• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc

Screenwriter

• Toro, Guillermo del, 1964-
• Taylor, Vanessa, 1978-

Subject

• Romance films
• Science -- Experiments -- Drama
• Security classification (Government documents) -- Drama
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• United States -- Social life and customs -- 1945-1970 -- Drama
• Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Orphans -- Drama
• Amphibians as laboratory animals -- Drama
• Cold War -- Drama
• Fairy tales -- Drama
• Fantasy films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Historical films
• Laboratories -- Drama
• Mermen -- Drama
• Mute persons -- Drama
• Mythical animals -- Drama

Genre

• Drama
• Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
• Historical films
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Fantasy films
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Romance films

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Set in 1962 Cold War America, high-security government lab workers Elisa and Zelda unexpectedly discover a secret classified experiment

Member of

• Shape of water (Motion picture)
• Shape of water (Motion picture)
• Shape of water (Motion picture)

Awards note

• Golden Globe Award for best director of a motion picture, 2018 (Guillermo del Toro).
• Academy Awards, 2018: Best Picture, Best Director (Guillermo del Toro), Best Original Music Score (Alexandre Desplat).

Cataloging source

JBL

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Director of photgoraphy, Dan Laustsen ; editor, Sidney Wolinsky ; music, Alexandre Desplat

Dewey number

791.4372

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for sexual content, graphic nudity, violence and language

Language note

• In English, French or Spanish with optional subtitles in French and Spanish; optionally subtitled in English for the hearing impaired (SDH); optionally described in English for the visually impaired (DVS)
• DVD: Closed-captioned
• English, Spanish or French dialogue; English DVS (descriptive video service); Spanish or French subtitles; English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing)

PerformerNote

Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer

Runtime

123

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action