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The Water Horse - Legend of the Deep Details

2007 Certificate PG
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The story of The Water Horse begins when a young boy named Angus MacMorrow takes home a mysterious object he finds on the beach. He soon realizes that it is a magical egg, and finds himself raising an amazing creature: a mythical "water horse". As he and his friend, whom he names Crusoe, form a bond of friendship, Angus begins .. Read more

Starring Geraldine Brophy, Ben Chaplin, Brian Cox, Alex Etel
Director Jay Russell
Genres Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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The Water Horse - Legend of the Deep

The story of The Water Horse begins when a young boy named Angus MacMorrow takes home a mysterious object he finds on the beach. He soon realizes that it is a magical egg, and finds himself raising an amazing creature: a mythical "water horse". As he and his friend, whom he names Crusoe, form a bond of friendship, Angus begins a journey of discovery, protecting a secret that gives birth to a legend.

Starring Geraldine Brophy, Ben Chaplin, Brian Cox, Alex Etel, Craig Hall
Director Jay Russell
Studio SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 52 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 52 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language DVD: English, English Audio Description
Blu-ray: English
Subtitles Blu-ray: Croatian, Icelandic, Dutch, Lithuanian, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Estonian, Greek, Hindi, Czech, Hungarian, Bulgarian, English, Arabic, Turkish, Polish
Released DVD: 30 Jun 2008
Blu-ray: 30 Jun 2008
Production year: 2007
Format DVD
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    Theres backbone to spare in this superior family film aimed at the type of kids who like a wee splash of Scotch on... read more on Time Out

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    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Just about floats

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    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Just about floats

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    Nim's Island

    • 28 Apr 2008

    Another above average children's film from Walden Media, the company behind the Narnia films, The Water Horse and Bridge to Terabithia (not to mention The Seeker). Based on a novel by Australian author Wendy Owen, this is a Robinson Crusoe/Swiss Family Robinson story, crossed with a bit of Romancing the Stone, and a subplot about a mariner struggling to survive after his yacht is capsized by a tropical storm. That leaves his ten-year-old daughter Nim Rusoe (Abigail Breslin) on her own,... Read more

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