SPLASH!
USA. 1984.
Director - Ron Howard,
Screenplay - Jay Friedman, Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel,
Story - Friedman,
Producer - Brian Grazer,
Photography - Jordan Klein,
Photographic Effects - Philip Meador,
Special Effects - Ron Tantin,
Mermaid Construction - Robert Shourt,
Makeup - Robert J. Schiffer,
Production Design - Jack T. Collis.
Production Company - Touchstone.
Cast:
Tom Hanks (Allen Bauer),
Darryl Hannah (Madison),
John Candy (Freddie Bauer),
Eugene Levy (Walter Kornbluth),
Dody Goodman (Mrs Stimler),
Richard B. Shull (Dr Ross)
Plot: Allen Bauer is the successful manager of a fruit and vegetable market in New York City but longs to find love in his life. While boating at Cape Cod, he falls in the water but is saved by a beautiful mermaid. Picking up the wallet Allen drops, the mermaid follows him back to New York City. He is called when she is found walking naked in the streets. She learns to speak English after six hours of watching tv and names herself Madison. They fall blissfully in love, with Allen unaware of her true nature. However she is followed by an obsessed scientist who is determined to prove her existence to the world.