Black Water (film)

Infobox Film
name = BLACK WATER


caption = Promotional poster
director = Andrew Traucki
David Nerlich
producer = Michael Robertson
writer = Andrew Traucki
David Nerlich
narrator =
starring = Diana Glenn,
Maeve Dermody
Andy Rodoreda
music = Rafael May
cinematography = John Biggins
editing = Rodrigo Balart
distributor = AV Pictures
released = February 22, 2008 (UK)
April 24, 2008 (AU)
runtime = 88 mins
country = Australia / United Kingdom
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =http://www.blackwatermovie.com/
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0816436

"Black Water" is a 2008 Australian survival / horror / thriller film set in the mangrove swamps of northern Australia. It was written and directed by Andrew Traucki and David Nerlich and stars Diana Glenn Maeve Dermody and Andy Rodoreda. The film was inspired by the true story of a crocodile attack in Australia's Northern Territory in December 2003 [Barbara McMahon. " [http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/jan/19/weekend.barbaramcmahon The night of the hunter] ". "The Guardian", January 19, 2008.] .

Cast

*Diana Glenn: Grace
*Maeve Dermody: Lee
*Andy Rodoreda: Adam
*Ben Oxenbould: Jim
*Fiona Press: Pat

ynopsis

A terrifying tale of survival in a crocodile inhabited mangrove swamp.

Grace, her boyfriend Adam and younger sister Lee decide to take a river tour whilst holidaying in Northern Australia. As they drift into a mangrove swamp their boat is suddenly capsized and Jim disappears. Realising they’ve been attacked by a crocodile, Adam drags Grace to the safety of a tree whilst Lee clings on top of the overturned boat. Adam and Grace frantically try to manoeuvre Lee and the boat to the tree but it is firmly stuck.

Stranded in the flooded mangrove swamp, the three holiday makers must work out what to do to survive.

Production

The location standing in for a vast mangrove river system in northern Australia was actually in the directors' home town of Sydney, 25 minutes from the CBD. They also spent a week in Darwin shooting footage of real saltwater crocodiles that were transplanted into the location along with the actors, with the directing team doing their own CG special effects to achieve this.cite web | last = George | first =Sandy| title = Same reptile, different scale| work = The Australian | date = 2007-02-21| url = http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21259383-16947,00.html| accessdate = 2007-08-08 ]

Release

World Premiere - opening London FrightFest Film Festival, [cite web | last = FrightFest| first = | title =FrightFest | work = frightfest.co.uk | date = 2007-08-23| url = http://www.frightfest.co.uk/film2.html| accessdate = 2007-08-07 ] London, August 23, 2007.
Other festivals:
Montreal World Film Festival,cite web | last = Kelly | first =Brendan| title =Variety | work = http://movies.go.com/variety/ | date = 2007-04-17| url = http://movies.go.com/variety/feature?featureid=908936| accessdate = 2007-08-08 ]
Fantasy Filmfest, (Germany), [cite web | last = Fantasy Filmfest| first = | title =Fantasy Filmfest | work = www.fantasyfilmfest.com | date = 2007-08-29| url = http://www.fantasyfilmfest.com/fantasy/filme2007/black-water.html| accessdate = 2007-08-07 ]
Melbourne Underground Film Festival
Commercial premiere January 4 in UK. Distributor, The Works UK [cite web | last = Australian Film Commission| first = | title = UK theatrical release for Black Water | work = afc.gov.au | date = 2007-08-29| url = http://www.afc.gov.au/newsandevents/indivision.aspx#iv4| accessdate = 2007-08-07 ]
North American distributor Grindstone Entertainment Group [cite web | last = Inside Film| first = | title =AV closes more deals on crocodile thriller Black Water | work = if.com.au | date = 2007-08-29| url = http://www.if.com.au/News/View.aspx?newsid=64| accessdate = 2007-08-07 ]

Trivia

A movie camera was nearly lost, having to be torn from the jaws of a crocodile on the second day of shooting.cite web | last = Gingold | first =Michael| title = Croc pic BLACK WATER keeps on rollin’| work = Fangoria.com | date = 2007-04-17| url = http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=4283| accessdate = 2007-08-07 ]

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0816436|title=Black Water
* [http://www.blackwatermovie.com Official Website]