In which year did Tom Hanks fall in love with a mermaid in the film Splash?
"Tonight I Could Fall in Love ""Tonight I Could Fall in Love"" is a song by American singer-songwriter Suzi Quatro, released as a non-album single in 1985. ""Tonight I Could Fall in Love"" was written by Richard Gower and was produced by English producer Mickie Most, the owner of RAK Records. It was Quatro's only 1985 release, which failed to enter the UK Top 100, although it did peak at #140 in the UK. Following the limited success of the 1982 album ""Main Attraction"", Quatro found herself without a label. During 1984, Quatro returned to London to record a new"
"content not appropriate for the studio's flagship Walt Disney Pictures banner. ""Splash"" had received a PG-rating for including some profanity and brief nudity. In 1964, eight-year-old Allen Bauer (David Kreps) is vacationing with his family near Cape Cod. While taking a sight-seeing tour on a small boat, he sees something below the ocean surface that fascinates him, and jumps into the water even though he cannot swim. Underwater, he encounters a mermaid girl (Shayla Mackarvich) and inexplicably finds himself able to breathe under water. However, Allen is pulled back to the surface, and the two are separated. Since no one"
"closer to an earlier draft of ""Splash"". On August 1, 2016, Deadline reported that Jillian Bell and Channing Tatum would star with Bell as the female human and Tatum as the merman. Tatum will also produce the remake through his production company Free Association with his producing partners Reid Carolin and Peter Kieran, while Howard and Grazer will also produce from their production Imagine Entertainment with their partner Anna Culp will be the executive producer and Marja-Lewis Ryan will pen the remake. Splash (film) Splash is a 1984 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard, written by Lowell"
"Sharon Stone. Principal photography began on March 1, 1983 and completed on June 30, 1983 in Los Angeles, California and New York City, New York. The beach where Tom Hanks first encounters the nude Daryl Hannah is on the former Gorda Cay in the Bahamas, which now is known as Castaway Cay, the private island of Disney Cruise Line. Darryl Hannah's mermaid tail was designed and created by Academy Award-winning visual effects artist Robert Short. The tail was fully functional. Hannah swam with the mermaid tail so fast that her safety team could not keep pace with her. According to"
"conceal her true identity from her lover. A made-for-television sequel, ""Splash, Too"", followed in 1988, starring Amy Yasbeck and Todd Waring. Immensely popular, the film precipitated a surge in popularity of mermaids in general and mermaiding in particular, as it inspired many people to buy tails and get into the water. Darryl Hannah's mermaid tail was designed and created by Academy Award-winning visual effects artist Robert Short. The tail was fully functional. Hannah swam with the mermaid tail so fast that her safety team could not keep pace with her. According to the DVD documentary, Hannah had been swimming ""mermaid"""
"her legs were ""shrink-wrapped."" ""Mermaid Got Married"" (1994): this Hong Kong romantic-comedy tells the story of a school teacher who falls in love with a mermaid who'd rescued him as a young boy. The film stars Asian cinema idols Ekin Cheng, Christy Chung, and Takeshi Kaneshiro. The film is loosely based on ""Splash"". ""The Thirteenth Year"" (1999): a teen learns that his birth mother is a mermaid after he begins to grow fins and slimy scales on his thirteenth birthday. ""Mermaids"" (2003): this 2003 television film was directed by Ian Barry and stars Serah D'Laine, Nikita Ager and Australian model"
"style with her legs bound together since she was a child, due to her fascination with Hans Christian Andersen's ""The Little Mermaid"" story. However, by the standards of swimmable mermaid tails, the exceptionally detailed film tail was difficult to remove. For the sake of efficiency, Hannah at first kept it on while the cast had lunch. In the documentary contained on the 20th-anniversary ""Splash!"" DVD, Tom Hanks recalled how the other cast members would drop French fries over the side of the tank to her as though she were a trained sea mammal, for she couldn't leave the water while"
"Mississippi Mermaid Mississippi Mermaid () is a 1969 French romantic drama film directed by François Truffaut and starring Catherine Deneuve and Jean-Paul Belmondo. Adapted from the 1947 novel ""Waltz into Darkness"" by Cornell Woolrich, the film is about a tobacco planter on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean who becomes engaged through correspondence to a woman he does not know. When she arrives it is not the same woman in the photo, but he marries her anyway. Filmed in southern France and Réunion island, ""Mississippi Mermaid"" was the 17th highest-grossing film of the year in France with a total of"
"in 1899. Feigning a desire to become part of genteel society (under the alias ""Miss Doris Thalassia Waters""), the mermaid's real design is to seduce Harry Chatteris, a man she saw ""some years ago"" in ""the South Seas—near Tonga,"" who has taken her fancy. This she reveals in a conversation with the narrator's second cousin Melville, a friend of the family who adopts ""Miss Waters"". As a supernatural being, she is unimpressed with the fact that Chatteris is engaged to the socially-minded Miss Adeline Glendower and is trying to make amends for his wastrel youth by entering politics. With mere"
"the DVD documentary, Hannah had been swimming ""mermaid"" style with her legs bound together since she was a child, due to her fascination with Hans Christian Andersen's ""The Little Mermaid"" story. However, the exceptionally detailed film tail was difficult to remove. For the sake of efficiency, Hannah at first kept it on while the cast had lunch. In the documentary contained on the 20th-anniversary ""Splash!"" DVD, Tom Hanks recalled how the other cast members would drop French fries over the side of the tank to her as though she were a trained sea mammal, because she couldn't leave the water"
"star, Johnny Weissmuller. Williams caught the attention of MGM scouts at the Aquacade. After appearing in several small roles, alongside Mickey Rooney in an Andy Hardy film, and future five-time co-star Van Johnson in ""A Guy Named Joe"", Williams made a series of films in the 1940s and early 1950s known as ""aquamusicals"", which featured elaborate performances with synchronized swimming and diving. In 1952, Williams appeared in her only biographical role, as Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman in ""Million Dollar Mermaid"", which went on to become her nickname while at MGM. Williams left MGM in 1956 and appeared in a"
"two films, ""Pagan Love Song"" (also 1950) and later ""Jupiter's Darling"" (1955). They both had cameos in the film ""Callaway Went Thataway"" (1951). In ""Million Dollar Mermaid"" (1952), Williams portrayed Annette Kellermann, a real-life Australian swimming and diving star. Williams co-starred with Victor Mature, who played Kellermann's husband and manager, James Sullivan. The two engaged in a passionate affair during filming. Williams often called this her favorite film, and named her autobiography after it. Williams also won the ""Henrietta Award"" at the 1952 Golden Globes, for World Film Favorite – Female. ""Easy to Love"" (1953), also with Van Johnson, was"
"DVD/Blu-ray releases but with reduced vertical picture. Hans Van Tongeren, an acclaimed Dutch actor, was visiting the area as a tourist when Daryl Hannah spotted him in the crowd. She arranged a meeting with the director and, subsequently, Van Tongeren was added to the cast as Jan. In a scene, actor Christopher Atkins was in a photograph published in a Greek magazine. Atkins had recently starred in ""The Blue Lagoon"" (1980) for director Randal Kleiser. Daryl Hannah's character remarks, ""I use to dream I was a mermaid."" Two years later, Daryl Hannah starred as a mermaid in ""Splash"" (1984). ""Summer"
"chanting ""Ghostbusters"" in Ray Parker, Jr.'s hit ""single"" for the movie. Candy played Tom Hanks's womanizing brother in the hit romantic comedy "" Splash"", generally considered his break-out role. Candy went back to Canada to star in ""The Last Polka"" (1985) which he also wrote with co-star Eugene Levy. He was Richard Pryor's best friend on ""Brewster's Millions"" (1985) and had a cameo in the ""Sesame Street"" film ""Follow That Bird"" (1985). Candy's first lead role in a Hollywood film came with ""Summer Rental"" (1985) directed by Carl Reiner. He was reunited with Hanks in ""Volunteers"" (1985), though the film"
"Tom Green's 2001 film ""Freddy Got Fingered"", when Gord is showing his cartoon ""Zebras in America"" to the head of the cartoon studio in an attempt to shop the drawings, he compares the cartoon to ""Splash"" calling it ""A fish out of water story"". Actress and underwater stunt woman Mermaid Melissa's films, ""Real Life Adventures"", are a tribute to ""Splash"" by replicating the mermaid tail used for the movie. Underwater scenes are filmed using the tail not only as a prop but as a functional swimming peripheral. Film actor and underwater performer Merman Christian uses fully functioning silicone tails that"
"The Mermaid (2016 film) The Mermaid () is a 2016 Chinese–Hong Kong fantasy romantic comedy directed, co-written, and produced by Stephen Chow. The film tells the story of a playboy businessman (Deng Chao) who falls in love with a mermaid (Lin Yun) who was sent to assassinate him. It was released in China on 8 February 2016. It broke numerous box office records, including biggest opening day and biggest single day gross through its seventh day of release, as well as having the biggest opening week of all time in China. It is the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time in"
"Johnny Weissmuller. Williams caught the attention of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer scouts at the Aquacade. After appearing in several small roles, alongside Mickey Rooney in an Andy Hardy film, and future five-time co-star Van Johnson in ""A Guy Named Joe"", Williams made a series of films in the 1940s and early 1950s known as ""aquamusicals,"" which featured elaborate performances with synchronised swimming and diving. From 1945 to 1949, Williams had at least one film listed among the 20 highest-grossing films of the year. In 1952, Williams appeared in her only biographical role, as Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman in ""Million Dollar Mermaid"", which"
"(1969), ""Night Tide"" (1961), ""Bean"" (1997), ""The Sting"" (1973), ""Farewell, My Lovely"" (1975) with Robert Mitchum, ""Her"" (2013), ""A Night at the Roxbury"" (1998), ""Miracle Beach"", ""Forrest Gump"" (there is a Bubba Gump Shrimp Company Restaurant on the pier), ""Not Another Teen Movie"", ""Iron Man"", ""Desperate Teenage Lovedolls"", ""Dark Ride"", ""Cellular"", ""The Hottie and the Nottie"", ""Falling Down"", ""Ruthless People"" (the pier is the site of the movie's climactic final scene), ""Love Stinks"", ""Hancock"", the indie romantic comedy ""She Wants Me"", and """" (the scene with Lilly's birthday party). During the earthquake in the movie ""2012"", the pier can be"
"of laughs guaranteed to entertain the whole family."" The Mermaid (2016 film) The Mermaid () is a 2016 Chinese–Hong Kong fantasy romantic comedy directed, co-written, and produced by Stephen Chow. The film tells the story of a playboy businessman (Deng Chao) who falls in love with a mermaid (Lin Yun) who was sent to assassinate him. It was released in China on 8 February 2016. It broke numerous box office records, including biggest opening day and biggest single day gross through its seventh day of release, as well as having the biggest opening week of all time in China. It"
"October 2015 to a positive reception. In April 2016, Hanks starred as Alan Clay in the comedy-drama ""A Hologram for the King"", an adaptation of the 2012 novel of the same name. Hanks starred as airline captain Chesley Sullenberger in Clint Eastwood's ""Sully"", which was released in September 2016. He next reprised his role as Robert Langdon in ""Inferno"" (2016), and co-starred alongside Emma Watson in the 2017 science fiction drama ""The Circle"". He voiced David S. Pumpkins in ""The David S. Pumpkins Animated Halloween Special"", which aired October 28, 2017, on NBC, a character he had portrayed in episodes"
"often feature the fin shape seen in ""Splash."" Educator, mermaid performer, and owner of Halifax Mermaids Raina Mer had both of her signature personal fully functional swimming peripheral tails specifically made to resemble the one worn by Daryl Hannah in ""Splash!"" In 2016, producer Brian Grazer said he was working on a remake of ""Splash"", only with a twist. The only information Grazer has stated is that he gave a vague hint in which he said ""there's a movie star that's going to be involved"", and stated it'll most likely be from the point-of-view of the mermaid and will be"
"Andersen tales. Development started soon after ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"" in the late 1930s, but was delayed due to various circumstances. In 1985, Ron Clements became interested in a film adaptation of ""The Little Mermaid"" while he was serving as a director on ""The Great Mouse Detective"" (1986) alongside John Musker. Clements discovered the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale while browsing through a bookstore. Believing the story provided an ""ideal basis"" for an animated feature film and keen on creating a film that took place underwater, Clements wrote and presented a two-page treatment of ""Mermaid"" to Disney CEO"
"the sea witch. In 1987, songwriter Howard Ashman became involved with the writing and development of ""Mermaid"" after he was asked to contribute a song to ""Oliver & Company"". He proposed changing the minor character Clarence, the English-butler crab, to a Jamaican Rastafarian crab and shifting the music style throughout the film to reflect this. At the same time, Katzenberg, Clements, Musker, and Ashman revised the story format to make ""Mermaid"" a musical with a Broadway-style story structure, with the song sequences serving as the tentpoles of the film. Ashman and composer Alan Menken, both noted for their work as"
"Daryl Hannah Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is an American actress and environmental activist. She made her screen debut in Brian De Palma's supernatural horror film ""The Fury"" (1978). She is known for her roles as Pris Stratton in Ridley Scott's science fiction thriller ""Blade Runner"" (1982) and as Cathy Featherstone in Randal Kleiser's romantic comedy ""Summer Lovers"" (1982), as the mermaid Madison in Ron Howard's fantasy-romantic comedy ""Splash"" (1984), Roxanne Kowalski in the romantic comedy ""Roxanne"" (1987), Darien Taylor in Oliver Stone's drama ""Wall Street"" (1987) and Annelle Dupuy Desoto in the comedy-drama ""Steel Magnolias"" (1989). In"
"The Thirteenth Year The Thirteenth Year is a 1999 comedy-drama Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) directed by Duwayne Dunham and starring Chez Starbuck and Courtnee Draper. It premiered on Disney Channel on May 15, 1999. Cody Griffin is an adopted teenager; his birth mother is a mermaid who left him on the Griffins' boat when he was a baby to avoid being captured. As she left, she was spotted by Mr. Wheatly, a fisherman who became obsessed with finding mermaids. Years later, Cody establishes himself as a quick swimmer on his school's swim team, and he has a girlfriend named"
"Springs, as well as the hiring of Florida swimmer Ricou Browning to play the Creature in the movie's underwater sequences. He worked with several noted actors including Weissmuller, W.C. Fields, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Gregory Peck, Jayne Mansfield, Ann Blyth, Lloyd Bridges. In 1948, Perry spearheaded the development of the Weeki Wachee Springs attraction, and is credited with performing the first underwater shows there. His daughter Margaret Eileen Perry performed as one of the youngest mermaids ever at the springs in 1948 at age 13. It was later that year that Perry met his future wife Dot. Perry was president"
"Splash, Too Splash, Too is a 1988 American made-for-television film sequel to the 1984 film ""Splash"" produced by The Walt Disney Company. Directed by Greg Antonacci and written by Bruce Franklin Singer. It stars Todd Waring as Allen Bauer and Amy Yasbeck as Madison Bauer. It was first broadcast in two parts on ""The Disney Sunday Movie"" on May 1 and May 8, 1988, on the ABC television network. Set four years after the events of the first movie, Allen Bauer (Todd Waring) and his wife Madison (Amy Yasbeck), a mermaid, have been living on a deserted island hideaway. Allen"
"is her not Cherry Pie. Will the love potion keep them from being with their true love? When Ariel (Mark Herras) was a little boy, he met someone that most people never get to meet—a mermaid, the same age as he. He only sees her one time and never again. Years later, Ariel goes to the beach to find inspiration as a painter. While out snorkeling, he nearly drowns, and he is rescued by a beautiful girl. He wakes up groggily to find out that the girl is a mermaid. She quickly jumps back into the sea, disappearing instantly. He"
"tale, ""The Little Mermaid"", first published in 1837. In the original story, a young mermaid falls in love with a human prince whom she saves from drowning when his ship is wrecked in a storm. Although her grandmother tells her not to envy humans, who live much shorter lives than mermaids, and whose only consolation is an immortal soul, the mermaid chooses to risk her life in order to be with the prince. She trades her tongue and her beautiful voice to the sea-witch in exchange for a draught that will make her human and allow her to live on"
"NYC.” In 2008, she married Michael Hill, a journalist. She has one son and two stepsons. Patty Dann Patty Dann (born October 30, 1953) is an American novelist and nonfiction writer, perhaps best known for ""Mermaids"", a coming-of-age novel about a teenage girl which was published in 1986. In 1990, it was made into a movie starring Cher, Winona Ryder, Bob Hoskins and Christina Ricci. Her most recent novel is ""Starfish, ""which is a sequel to ""Mermaids."" Her newest book is ""The Butterfly Hours: Transforming Memories into Memoir,"" which has been chosen by Poets & Writers as One of the"
"Mermaids (1990 film) Mermaids is a 1990 American comedy-drama film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder (who was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actress for her role), and Christina Ricci in her first film role. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name written by Patty Dann. It was shot in and around the towns of Rockport, Gloucester, Ipswich, Lincoln and Pawtucket. The film is narrated by Charlotte Flax, a quirky and awkward 15-year-old girl living in Oklahoma with her single, eccentric mother, Rachel (whom she calls ""Mrs."
"in the United States on December 11, 2015, by Warner Bros. Pictures. ""In the Heart of the Sea"" received mixed reviews from critics, and grossed $93 million against a $100 million budget. In 1850, author Herman Melville visits innkeeper Thomas Nickerson, the last survivor of the sinking of the whaleship ""Essex"", offering money in return for his story. Nickerson initially refuses, but then finally agrees when his wife intervenes. The story turns to 1820: a whaling company in Nantucket has refitted the ""Essex"" to participate in the lucrative whale oil trade, and 14-year-old Nickerson signs on as a cabin boy."
"Wanda Wilcox. Sean Penn had offered to play the part of Chinaski for as little as a dollar as long as his friend Dennis Hopper would provide direction, but the European director Barbet Schroeder had invested many years and thousands of dollars in the project and Bukowski felt Schroeder deserved to make it. Bukowski wrote the screenplay for the film and appears as a bar patron in a brief cameo. Crazy Love is a 1987 film directed by Belgian director Dominique Deruddere. The film is based on various writings by author and poet Charles Bukowski, in particular The Copulating Mermaid"