Lady in the Water Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

A bedtime story...

Dec. 22, 2008

Lady in the Water

Release Date: Friday, July 21, 2006

Jeffrey Wright, Cindy Cheung, Bryce Dallas Howard, M. Night Shyamalan, Bob Balaban, Paul Giamatti, Freddy Rodriguez, Sarita Choudhury, Mary Beth Hurt, Sam Mercer

PG-13 Drama N/A

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Plot

What's the story about?

In "Lady in the Water", a story originally conceived by Shyamalan for his children, a modest building manager named Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti) rescues a mysterious young woman (Bryce Dallas Howard) from danger and discovers she is actually a narf, a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the treacherous journey from our world back to hers. Cleveland and his fellow tenants start to realize that they are also characters in this bedtime story. As Cleveland falls deeper and deeper in love with the woman, he works together with the tenants to protect his new fragile friend from the deadly creatures that reside in this fable and are determined to prevent her from returning home.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Lady in the Water.

Bryce Dallas Howard
Argylle, Jurassic World Dominion
Paul Giamatti
Jungle Cruise, The Holdovers
F
Freddy Rodriguez
Poseidon, Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story
Jeffrey Wright
The Batman Part II, The Batman
B
Bob Balaban
The Monument's Men, 80 For Brady
S
Sarita Choudhury
The Green Knight, Innocence
M
Mary Beth Hurt
Untraceable, The Dead Girl
C
Cindy Cheung
Love in Taipei, Mistress America

Crew Behind the Film

The Lady in the Water behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director M. Night Shyamalan last directed Trap and Trap. The film's writer M. Night Shyamalan last wrote Trap and Trap.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Screenwriter: M. Night Shyamalan
Producers: Sam Mercer
M. Night Shyamalan

Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Company: Blinding Edge Pictures; Legendary Pictures

Additional Information

MPA Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for some frightening sequences
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: A bedtime story...
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

All Trailers

Official Lady in the Water movie trailers and clips.

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Production Details

What we know about the Lady in the Water movie production.

Production Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Lady in the Water was released in on Friday, July 21, 2006. There were 3 other movies released on the same date, including Monster House, Clerks II and Fragile.

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