Waterworld movie trivia movie#
When the news leaked early that the production was in financial trouble the press quickly jumped upon it, comparing the not yet completed movie to the expensive Warren Beatty/Dustin Hoffman flop Ishtar, by calling it 'Fishtar'. Do you walk away $100million down and not even half a movie completed? Or do you at least finish the film regardless of the cost and hope to get the money back? It was a really a no-win situation there. So with the shoot already massively running over schedule, Universal ended up forking out an additional $75million to complete the picture. A hurricane destroyed sets worth millions of dollars. Then there's the weather, which is always a lot worse offshore.
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But making a movie at sea, in an artificial seawater enclosure near Hawaii, pretty much automatically doubles the cost of everything, from insurance to catering and all that's in between.
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It cost $63million! So Universal clearly had huge faith in both Kevin Costner and director Kevin Reynolds. Let's put that in some perspective, when pre-production began Jurassic Park was in cinemas, an amazing movie with costly special effects. Originally Waterworld was given a budget of $100million. You may have heard of the escalating budget, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. However, so many people listened to all the negativity surrounding the film upon release 19 years ago that I'm constantly surprised by those that haven't given it a chance, those that think it's a flop.those that think it's a stinker.īut even those that praise Waterworld aren't always aware of the many troubles surrounding the movies production.
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I'm not saying it's not the best in the world, but it's a very enjoyable 2+ hours, and well worth watching. I'm probably splitting the audience down the middle here because chances are if you've seen Waterworld then you'll know it's a good movie with a lot going for it. With all the troubles surrounding the production of Waterworld it is testament to Kevin Costner that it turned out as good as it did.