Un ragazzo solitario scopre un misterioso uovo che fa schiudere la creatura marina di una leggenda scozzese.Un ragazzo solitario scopre un misterioso uovo che fa schiudere la creatura marina di una leggenda scozzese.Un ragazzo solitario scopre un misterioso uovo che fa schiudere la creatura marina di una leggenda scozzese.
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- Hughie
- (as Edward Campbell)
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- QuizIn traditional Scottish mythology, 'The Water Horse' aka 'Kelpie' is a terrifying people-eating "boogeyman." This beast appears in a pleasing form to lure unsuspecting victims (usually children) to play with it. Once the unfortunate soul had mounted the Kelpie, it would trap the victim with glue excreted from its skin, and drag him or her down to a watery death. Another kind of Kelpie took the form of a handsome man who targeted young women, analogous to the Dracula and Nosferatu of Eastern Europe. Society used these legends to protect young people by teaching them to be wary of adult strangers and dangerous natural formations. Kelpie stories come from all over Scotland, and are not exclusively associated with Loch Ness. It was only in the 1930s, after the popularity of early stop-motion dinosaur films such as Un mondo perduto (1925) and King Kong (1933), that the standard image of Scottish lake monsters was revised to be shaped like a dinosaur or a plesiosaur. Their nature was subsequently changed to become docile, cute and cuddly, because this image is more convenient for creating a tourist attraction. The association of these monsters with Loch Ness specifically, only came about because the first published photo of such a "creature" was made there, around 1933. After that picture (called the "Surgeon's Photo" and seen frequently in this film) became world-famous in 1934, several similar monsters were "sighted" in various locations across Canada, and given names such as Ogopogo and Cadborosaurus. During the Great Depression, happy novelties in the news were popular, so they were covered extensively. The fact that these "sightings" are so convenient for entertainment culture and the tourist industry, suggests that the phenomenon is commercial rather than biological.
- BlooperIn an early scene, Angus pulls out a first aid kit, and the bandage on top is labeled 'Telfa'. The film is set in 1942, but Telfa bandages weren't marketed by the Kendall Company/Curity until 1954.
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[first lines]
Female Tourist: What is that?
Male Tourist: It's a famous picture of the monster. But it's fake.
Female Tourist: How do you know it's fake? It looks real.
Old Angus: Oh, it's fake alright.
Male Tourist: Of course it's fake. Everyone knows that.
Old Angus: We'd know, son. There's more to that photo than meets the eye.
Male Tourist: Oh ho, really.
Old Angus: Well, if you'd like to know the real truth.
Female Tourist: Yeah, I wanna know. Come on, it'll be fun.
Old Angus: [starts telling the story]
- Curiosità sui creditiNo Sea Monsters were harmed during the making of this film.
- ConnessioniFeatured in Starz Special: The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)
- Colonne sonoreBack Where You Belong (Theme from The Water Horse)
Produced by Daniel Lanois
Written and Performed by Sinéad O'Connor
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- Budget
- 40.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 40.946.255 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 9.186.054 USD
- 30 dic 2007
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 103.967.384 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 52 minuti
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- 2.35 : 1