Taglines: Sometimes, life happens by accident.
The Waterdance is about struggling to deal with paralysis. Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehabilitation centre with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies’ man, and Bloss, a racist biker. Considerable tension builds as each character tries to deal with his new found handicap and the problems that go with it, especially Joel, whose lover Anna is having as difficult a time as he is. As Raymond reveals a dream about dancing on the surface of a lake to stay afloat, it becomes apparent that each of them must find his own Waterdance to survive his tragedy.
The Waterdance is a 1992 American drama film directed by Neal Jimenez and Michael Steinberg and starring Eric Stoltz, Wesley Snipes, William Forsythe, Helen Hunt, Elizabeth Peña, Grace Zabriskie, Kimberly Scott, Eva Rodriguez, Angélica Castell and Tony Genaro. It was written by Neal Jimenez.
The film is a semi-autobiographical story about a young fiction writer who becomes tetraplegic fully paralyzed in a hiking accident and works to rehabilitate his body and mind at a rehabilitation center. The title refers to a dream recounted by Raymond, the Snipes character, about dancing on the surface of a lake. Since, in Raymond’s dream, he must continue dancing on the lake or sink and drown, the dream may be a metaphorical reference to the necessity of continually coping with the world.
The Waterdance (1992)
Directed by: Neal Jimenez, Michael Steinberg
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Wesley Snipes, William Forsythe, Helen Hunt, Elizabeth Peña, Grace Zabriskie, Kimberly Scott, Eva Rodriguez, Angélica Castell, Tony Genaro
Screenplay by: Neal Jimenez
Production Design by: Bob Ziembicki
Cinematography by: Mark Plummer
Film Editing by: Jeff Freeman
Costume Design by: Isis Mussenden
Music by: Michael Convertino
MPAA Rating: R for language and sensuality.
Distributed by: The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Release Date: May 13, 1992
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