How the film "Water World" was filmed: footage from the filming and interesting facts (15 photos)

The film "Water World" starring Kevin Costner was released in distant 1995. And despite the fact that at home he showed himself not on the best side, in our country he was considered a real hit. Yes and of course it is worth noting that the shooting of this film was given very difficult.





1. At the time of its release, the film "Water World" was the most expensive picture (if you do not take into account inflation), until it beat James Cameron's Titanic.



2. Such low box office receipts can also be explained by the fact that pirates stole the film shortly before the premiere, so many viewers were able to watch movies immediately on cassettes, bypassing cinemas.



3. A special layout was created for filming the underwater city about the size of a person. It is, of course, much cheaper than rebuild a city of real size.



4. In order to understand how best to shoot a film, the director Kevin Reynolds asked Steven Spielberg for advice, as he shoulders was the movie "Jaws". And Spielberg gave the director advice - not to shoot a film on the water, as this will bring a lot of trouble and expense.



Reynolds did not listen to his colleague, but Spielberg turned out to be rights. Many members of the crew and actors called the shooting in this the film is a real hell. Weather conditions and a storm now and then spoiled the whole filming process, the shooting was very difficult, and on the set the playground was not fun, as people were languishing from the heat. Therefore, the quarrel film set was commonplace.

But the conditions were far from unbearable for everyone. Kevin Costner was given a villa with a pool during the filming, but the rest had to rest in less comfortable conditions and constantly endure inconvenience.



5. The film's budget was $175 million (not counting advertising costs), but at home the picture did not go to the audience, therefore, the fees turned out to be quite small ($88 million). IN The film has grossed 264 million worldwide. But with such income, the picture is still considered unsuccessful, since for success the picture was supposed to collect at least twice as much from the budget, then there are at least 350 million.

6. Actress Tina Majorino has been stung by jellyfish several times, earning her the nickname "Jellyfish Candy".



7. During the filming of the film, Kevin Costner constantly cursed with directed by Kevin Reynolds, which is why the latter eventually left project. As a result, Kevin himself took the director's chair in the final stages. Costner, and it was he who filmed the film. True, in the credits Costner as a second director was never named.

Reynolds later stated in an interview that Costner It's worth acting in your own films. But in 2012 Kevin Costner and Kevin Reynolds did meet again on set mini-series "The Hatfields and the Maccaoi".



8. Two trimarans were created for the filming of the film. One of them was intended for general plans and had a minimum of "stuffing", and the second was used specifically for close-ups, where we could already see all stray.



9. The film was supposed to include a tribe of slave traders, that was in the script. But due to bad weather built the scenery was destroyed, and there was no time and money for restoration It was, especially since the shooting had already gone way beyond the budget.



10. Actress Jean Tripplehorn refused to appear nude in film, so in the scene of undressing Helen, we see the understudy of the actress with back.



11. The cost of building Attol was approximately 22 million dollars, and its size exceeded a football field. By the way, due to budget shortages, Kevin Costner invested his own money in the film. So what can skto say that it was he who sponsored the construction of Attol.



12. The name for the girl (Enola) was not just invented, but has a hidden meaning behind it. If you read her name backwards, then get the word "Alone", which translates from English as "Lonely" or "the only one".



13. Many actors were invited to the role of the Deacon, including which was Gary Oldman, but he refused in favor of the film "The Scarlet Letter". According to Oldman himself, he just flipped a coin and the choice fell on to the Scarlet Letter. In general, it would be interesting to see the Deacon in performed by Oldman. All the same, the role of villains is always excellent for him. went out.



14. The idea for the film came about after the success of the film. "Crazy Max". Screenwriter Peter Rader was delighted with this film and I decided to write about something similar, but within the framework of global flooding. But despite the fact that the script was written back in 1986, it lay on shelf for several years, and ended up being rewritten several times, so The final version was very different from the original idea.

15. "Exxon Valdez" is a real-life tanker, which crashed off the coast of Alaska, spilling a huge amount of oil. It was this tanker that was used as a base for smokers. But unlike the movie, the real tanker was still repaired and renamed "Sea River Mediterranean".