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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date2017-12-01
Languageen
Runtime2h 3m
Budget$19,500,000
Revenue$195,300,000
Production

Double Dare You, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Bull Productions, TSG Entertainment

7.2(13.1k)
•2017•2h 3m

The Shape of Water

"A fairy tale for troubled times."

DramaFantasyRomance

Overview

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

Cinematography
Dan Laustsen

Principal Cast

39 credited
Sally Hawkins
Sally HawkinsElisa Esposito
Michael Shannon
Michael ShannonRichard Strickland
Richard Jenkins
Richard JenkinsGiles
Octavia Spencer
Octavia SpencerZelda Fuller
Michael Stuhlbarg
Michael StuhlbargDr. Robert Hoffstetler
Doug Jones
Doug JonesAmphibian Man
David Hewlett
David HewlettFleming
Nick Searcy
Nick SearcyGeneral Hoyt
Stewart Arnott
Stewart ArnottBernard
Nigel Bennett
Nigel BennettMihalkov

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