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chilling romantic mystery from director Robert Zemeckis
(FORREST GUMP, CONTACT, BACK TO THE FUTURE) casts
Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer as a quiet couple
living in the hills of Vermont. However, when they begin
seeing visions of a woman who is haunting their house,
the husband confesses that it is the ghost of a young
girl with whom he had an affair--and who might have been
murdered. A sexy and suspenseful film, WHAT LIES
BENEATH will keep viewers on the edge of their seats.
Robert Zemeckis takes a page right out of Hitchcock and
runs with it in the spooky supernatural thriller WHAT LIES
BENEATH. Dr. Norman Spencer (Harrison Ford) and his wife,
Claire (Michelle Pfeiffer), seem to have the perfect life:
a loving marriage, a daughter just entering college, and a
beautiful home on the water in Vermont. But what lies
beneath this idyllic existence are secrets that will rip
everything apart.
Dr. Spencer is an award-winning scientist whose work is
threatening to consume his life; meanwhile, his wife is
trying to deal with empty-nest syndrome now that her
beloved daughter has gone off to college.
Strange things start happening around
the house, and Claire starts believing that the man next
door murdered his wife and that the wife is trying to
contact her from beyond the grave. Dr. Spencer is
worried that Claire needs psychological help; he refuses
to believe that their house is haunted. But as more and
more dangerous events unfold, a frightening truth
threatens to destroy everything.
Robert Zemeckis's modern-day ghost story trembles with
threatening close-ups, a powerful musical score--and
lots of terror. And it does for bathtubs what Alfred
Hitchcock did for showers.
Estimated budget:
$65 million.
The film grossed more than $220 million worldwide.
WHAT LIES BENEATH was filmed on location in Addison,
Vermont, on Lake Champlain, as well as in an L.A.
studio.
In preparing for the movie, director Robert Zemeckis
recounted saying to his special effects supervisor, Rob
Legato, "Imagine, what would Alfred Hitchcock do if
he had computer graphics?"
Robert Zemeckis won a Student Academy Award in 1973 for
FIELD OF HONOR, which he made while at USC film school.
Zemeckis started making films when he was in the eighth
grade.
Both the Spencer house and the Feur house, as well as
the dock, were built especially for the film.
The original idea for the film--about a couple visited
by a student ghost--came from Steven Spielberg!!
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- Attractive Retail Box
- Genre:
Horror/Suspense, Ghosts, Murder, Supernatural,
Infidelity
- Rated:
14A (Canadian Home Video Rating)
- Rating Reason:
For Terror/Violence, Sensuality
and Brief Language.
- Starring:
Wendy Crewson, Harrison Ford, Joe Morton, Michelle
Pfeiffer, James Remar, Diana Scarwid, Rachel Singer,
Katharine Towne, Amber Valletta
- Directed By:
Robert Zemeckis
- Release Information:
- Studio: Universal Studios
- Theatrical Release Date: July 21,
2000
- DVD Release Date: September 2, 2003
- Run Time: 130 minutes
- Production Company: Universal
Studios
- Package Type: Keep Case
- Dual Layer
- DVD Features:
- Encoding:
Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only).
This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other
countries.
- Aspect Ratio(s):
- Widescreen anamorphic - 2.35:1
- Available Audio Tracks:
- English (DTS Digital 5.1 Surround)
- English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
- English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
- Language:
English
- Available Subtitles: English
- Closed Captioned: Yes
- Bonus Features:
- Insightful Commentary From Award
Winning Director Robert Zemeckis
- HBO's Popular First Look
Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
- Production Notes and Detailed Cast
and Filmmakers Biographies
- Suspenseful Theatrical Trailer
- Interactive Features:
- Scene Selection
- Interactive Menus
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