Taglines: They have the perfect marriage and the perfect house, until she found out what was wrong.
What Lies Beneath movie storyline. Norman Spencer, a university research scientist, is growing more and more concerned about his wife, Claire, a retired concert cellist who a year ago was involved in a serious auto accident, and who has just sent off her daughter Caitlin (Norman’s stepdaughter) to college. Now, Claire reports hearing voices and witnessing eerie occurrences in and around their lakeside Vermont home, including seeing the face of a young woman reflected in water.
An increasingly frightened Claire thinks the phenomena have something to do with the couple living next door, especially since the wife has disappeared without apparent explanation. At her husband’s urging, Claire starts to see a therapist; she tells him she thinks the house is being haunted by a ghost. His advice? Try to make contact. Enlisting the help of her best friend, Jody, and a ouija board, Claire seeks to find out the truth of What Lies Beneath.
What Lies Beneath is a 2000 American supernatural psychological horror film directed by Robert Zemeckis. It was the first film by the film studio ImageMovers. It stars Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer as a well-to-do couple who experience a strange haunting that uncovers secrets about their past. The film received mainly mixed reviews, and received three Saturn Award nominations.
What Lies Beneath opened in 2,813 theaters in North America and grossed $29,702,959 for an average of $10,559 per theater. The film ended up earning $155,464,351 domestically and $135,956,000 internationally for a total of $291,420,351 worldwide, close to triple its production budget of $100 million.
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Diana Scarwid, Joe Morton, James Remar, Jennifer Tung, Victoria Bidewell, Miranda Otto, Katherine Towne, Amber Valletta, Wendy Crewson
Screenplay by: Sarah Kernochan, Clark Gregg
Prıduction Design by: Rick Carter, William James Teegarden
Cinematography by: Don Burgess
Film Editing by: Arthur Schmidt
Costume Design by: Susie DeSanto
Set Decoration by: Karen O’Hara
Art Direction by: Stefan Dechanty, Tony Fanning, Elizabeth Lapp
Music by: Alan Silvestri
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for terror / violence, sensuality and brief language.
Distributed by: DreamWorks Pictures (North America), 20th Century Fox (International)
Release Date: July 21, 2000
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