Drama ·Mystery · United Kingdom · 1992 · 1h 35m

Waterland

Director

Cast

Jeremy Irons as Tom Crick Sinéad Cusack as Mary Crick Grant Warnock as Young Tom Lena Headey as Young Mary Callum Dixon as Freddie Parr Ethan Hawke as Matthew Price

Crew

Robert Elswit — Director of Photography Lesley Walker — Editor Carter Burwell — Original Music Composer Peter Prince — Writer Graham Swift — Novel Katy McGuinness — Producer

Synopsis

The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life is to narrate it to his class and interweave in it three generations of his family's history.

Mood & Themes

based on novel or book 1970s family history teacher memory high school teacher history teacher norfolk pittsburgh, pennsylvania

Key Collaborators

Stephen Gyllenhaal Director Robert Elswit Director of Photography Lesley Walker Editor Carter Burwell Original Music Composer Peter Prince Writer Graham Swift Novel Katy McGuinness Producer Patrick Cassavetti Producer Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski Production Design Lindy Hemming Costume Design

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