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The Resource The shape of water, Fox Searchlight Pictures presents, in association with TSG Entertainment, a Double Dare You production ; a Guillermo Del Toro film ; produced by J. Miles Dale, Guillermo Del Toro ; story by Guillermo Del Toro ; screenplay by Guillermo Del Toro & Vanessa Taylor ; directed by Guillermo Del Toro

The shape of water, Fox Searchlight Pictures presents, in association with TSG Entertainment, a Double Dare You production ; a Guillermo Del Toro film ; produced by J. Miles Dale, Guillermo Del Toro ; story by Guillermo Del Toro ; screenplay by Guillermo Del Toro & Vanessa Taylor ; directed by Guillermo Del Toro

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Summary
"An otherworldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment"--Container
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  • sgn
  • eng
  • sgn
  • fre
  • spa
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
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Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (123 min.)
Note
  • Title from title frame
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2017
  • Originally part of a Blu-ray/DVD set
  • Special features: A fairy tale for troubled times; theatrical trailers
Instance
Label
The shape of water
Title
The shape of water
Statement of responsibility
Fox Searchlight Pictures presents, in association with TSG Entertainment, a Double Dare You production ; a Guillermo Del Toro film ; produced by J. Miles Dale, Guillermo Del Toro ; story by Guillermo Del Toro ; screenplay by Guillermo Del Toro & Vanessa Taylor ; directed by Guillermo Del Toro
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Editor of moving image work
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Film producer
Presenter
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Production designer
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Genre
Language
  • sgn
  • eng
  • sgn
  • fre
  • spa
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
"An otherworldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment"--Container
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Awards note
  • Nominated for 13 Academy Awards, 2018: Best Picture, Best Director (Guillermo del Toro), Best Original Music Score (Alexandre Desplat); Academy Award for Best Picture.
  • Golden Globe Award for best director of a motion picture, 2018 (Guillermo del Toro).
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TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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  • Shape of water (Motion picture)
  • Shape of water (Motion picture)
  • Shape of water (Motion picture)
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Credits note
Costume designer, Luis Sequeira ; music, Alexandre Desplat ; film editor, Sidney Wolinsky ; production designer, Paul Denham Austerberry ; director of photography, Dan Laustsen ; story by Guillermo Del Toro
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
  • MPAA rating: R; sexual content, graphic nudity, violence and language
  • CHV rating: 14A
Language note
In English, American sign language, Spanish or French with Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); Closed-captioned; English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities
LC call number
  • PN1995.9.F36
  • PN1997.2
LC item number
  • S53 2018
  • .S53 2018b
NLM call number
  • 2341767
  • 2341768
NLM item number
  • Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
PerformerNote
Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer, Nick Searcy, David Hewlett
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  • Toro, Guillermo del
  • Taylor, Vanessa
  • Dale, J. Miles
  • Laustsen, Dan
  • Desplat, Alexandre
  • Wolinsky, Sidney
  • Austerberry, Paul Denham
  • Sequeira, Luis
  • Hawkins, Sally
  • Shannon, Michael
  • Jenkins, Richard
  • Jones, Doug
  • Stuhlbarg, Michael
  • Spencer, Octavia
  • Searcy, Nick
  • Hewlett, David
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • TSG Entertainment
  • DDY (Firm)
  • Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Runtime
123
Series statement
Academy Award Best Picture, 2018
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  • Laboratories
  • Security classification (Government documents)
  • Science
  • Fairy tales
  • Cold War
  • Mermen
  • Amphibians as laboratory animals
  • Orphans
  • Mute persons
  • Animals, Mythical
  • Laboratorios
  • Ciencia
  • Amphibians as laboratory animals
  • Animals, Mythical
  • Fairy tales
  • Laboratories
  • Mermen
  • Mute persons
  • Orphans
  • Science
  • Security classification (Government documents)
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
The shape of water, Fox Searchlight Pictures presents, in association with TSG Entertainment, a Double Dare You production ; a Guillermo Del Toro film ; produced by J. Miles Dale, Guillermo Del Toro ; story by Guillermo Del Toro ; screenplay by Guillermo Del Toro & Vanessa Taylor ; directed by Guillermo Del Toro
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Note
  • Title from title frame
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2017
  • Originally part of a Blu-ray/DVD set
  • Special features: A fairy tale for troubled times; theatrical trailers
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1022567330
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (123 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
024543417675
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • 2341767
  • 2341768
  • 2354049
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The shape of water, Fox Searchlight Pictures presents, in association with TSG Entertainment, a Double Dare You production ; a Guillermo Del Toro film ; produced by J. Miles Dale, Guillermo Del Toro ; story by Guillermo Del Toro ; screenplay by Guillermo Del Toro & Vanessa Taylor ; directed by Guillermo Del Toro
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Title from title frame
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2017
  • Originally part of a Blu-ray/DVD set
  • Special features: A fairy tale for troubled times; theatrical trailers
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1022567330
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (123 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
024543417675
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • 2341767
  • 2341768
  • 2354049
Recording technique
stamping
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0
Video recording format
DVD

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