Splash [20th Anniversary Edition]

Director: Ron Howard

Overview

"The mermaid comedy classic Splash comes back to DVD in a jam-packed 20th Anniversary Edition thanks to Touchstone Home Entertainment. Presented in an anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen picture with brand-new Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, the flick looks and sounds

Product Details

Release Date:	05/15/2007
UPC:	0786936207972
Original Release:	1984
Rating:	PG
Source:	WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:50:00
Sales rank:	3,051

Special Features

Closed Caption;"Making a Splash": Babaloo Mandel, Brain Grazer, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy, John Candy, Lowell Ganz, Ron Howard, and Tom Hanks reminisce on making the film; Commentary by director Ron Howard, producer Brian Grazer, and writers Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel (with introduction and closing by Ron Howard); Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah audition tapes with introductions by Ron Howard

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tom Hanks	Allen Bauer
Daryl Hannah	Madison
John Candy	Freddie Bauer
Eugene Levy	Dr. Walter Kornblush
Dody Goodman	Mrs. Stimler
Shecky Greene	Mr. Buyrite
Richard B. Shull	Dr. Ross
Bobby Di Cicco	Jerry
Howard Morris	Dr. Zidell
Patrick Cronin	Michaelson
Charles Walker	Michaelson's Partner
David Knell	Claude
Jeff Doucette	Junior
Charles Macaulay	The President
Royce D. Applegate	Buckwalter
Tony Longo	Augie
Nora Denney	Ms. Stein
Ronald F. Hoiseck	Dr. Johanssen
Lou Tiano	Bartender
Joe Grifasi	Manny
Rance Howard	McCullough,Girls at Wedding,Wedding Guest
Fred Lerner	Husband
David Lloyd Nelson	Lt. Ingram,Lt. Ingram
Al Chesney	Fat Jack
Lowell Ganz	Stan the Tour Guide
James Ritz	TV Department Manager
Maurice Rice	TV Salesman
Babaloo Mandel	Rudy
Pierre Epstein	Dr. Hess
Louisa Marie	Girls at Wedding
Valerie Wildman	Wedding Guest
Christopher Thomas	Wedding Guest
Richard Dano	Wedding Guest
Ron Kuhlman	Man with Date
Lori Kessler	Girl with Date
Joe Cirillo	Sgt. Munson
Tom Toner	Parilli
Lee Delano	Sgt. Lelandowski
Migdia Varela	Wanda
Jack Denton	Man by Elevator
Nick Cinardo	George
Fil Formicola	Policeman
Than Wyenn	Mr. Ambrose
Clare Peck	TV Reporter
Jason Late	Young Freddie
Shayla MacKarvich	Young Madison
Eileen Saki	Dr. Fujimoto
David Kreps	Young Allen
Bill Smitrovich	Ralph Bauer
Jack Hallett	Reporter
Nancy Raffa	Actor
Daryl Edwards	Actor,Reporter
Amy Ingersoll	Reporter
Jeffrey Dreisbach	Actor
Victoria Lucas	Actor
Jodi Long	Reporter
Tony DiBenedetto	Tim, The Doorman
Corki Grazer	Wife
Nick D'Elia	TV News Truck Driver
Lee Holdridge	Composer

Technical Credits

Brian Grazer

Bruce Jay Friedman

Babaloo Mandel

Lowell Ganz

Brian Grazer	Producer,Screenwriter
John Thomas Lenox	Executive Producer,Producer
Mitch Suskin	Special Effects
Bruce Jay Friedman	Screenwriter
Babaloo Mandel	Screenwriter
Lowell Ganz	Screenwriter
Nick Alphin	Sound Effects
Danny Aiello III	Stunts
Bill Shepard	Casting
Jesse Wayne	Stunts
Richard S. Church	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Opening Credits
2. Boy Overboard
3. Grownup Problems
4. Desolate Drunk
5. Cape Cod
6. Mysterious Encounter
7. To the Rescue
8. Bloomingdale's
9. Home Away From Home
10. A Distant Memory
11. Allen in Love
12. A Big Present
13. Allen's Proposal
14. Looking for Love
15. Behold, the Mermaid
16. A Lucky Guy
17. Covert Operation
18. On the Run
19. A Leap of Faith
20. End Credits

Menu

Side #1 --
Play
Bonus Features
Making a Splash
The Audition Tapes
Tom Hanks
Daryl Hannah
Audio Commentary With the Filmmakers Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel: On
Audio Commentary With the Filmmakers Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel: Off
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Scene Selection
Sneak Peeks
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Hope Springs
Calendar Girls
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Audio Options
English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
French
Captions & Subtitles
Captions: English for the Hearing Impaired
Subtitles: Spanish
Subtitles: None

Editorial Reviews

Splash, Ron Howard's bubbly romantic comedy fairy tale, marks Tom Hanks at his early screwball best, as light and buoyant then as he has since become serious and stately. In one of his first prominent film roles, Hanks effectively plays the loosey-goosey romantic idealist Allen Bauer. Darryl Hannah brings touching innocence to the role of the adult mermaid, hiding her identity from Bauer by never allowing her legs to get wet with saltwater -- which would transform them into her telltale fin. There are a lot of cute, (forgive the pun) fish-out-of-water set pieces in New York, the most farfetched of which is Hannah's character learning English after a day of watching TV at Bloomingdale's. While Hanks is quite funny, and sometimes as charmingly naïve and hopeful as his best moments in Big, the film's considerable laughs belong mostly to John Candy and Eugene Levy. Candy plays his typical loveable lout, a jokester with soul, and Levy is riotous as the oft-injured scientist villain, whose apropos refrain ("What a week I'm having!") is supported by a chain of slapstick scenarios that only Levy could play with such goofy frustration. At the helm, Howard strikes a sweet balance between humor and sentiment in one of the earliest of a string of directorial successes.