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About
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
Theatrical
Dec 22, 2017
Digital
Feb 27, 2018
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 13, 2018
Box Office
$195.3M
Budget
$19.5M
Return
10.0x
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Music
Studio
Double Dare You, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Bull Productions, TSG Entertainment
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Cast
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Sally Hawkins
Elisa Esposito
M
Michael Shannon
Richard Strickland
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Richard Jenkins
Giles
O
Octavia Spencer
Zelda Fuller
M
Michael Stuhlbarg
Dr. Robert Hoffstetler
D
Doug Jones
Amphibian Man
D
David Hewlett
Fleming
N
Nick Searcy
General Hoyt
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Stewart Arnott
Bernard
N
Nigel Bennett
Mihalkov
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Lauren Lee Smith
Elaine Strickland
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Martin Roach
Brewster Fuller
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Allegra Fulton
Yolanda
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John Kapelos
Mr. Arzounian
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Morgan Kelly
Pie Guy
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Marvin Kaye
Burly Russian
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Dru Viergever
Military Policeman
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Wendy Lyon
Sally (Secretary)
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Cody Ray Thompson
Guard
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Diego Fuentes
Worker
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Quotes
See all →The Creature's Role in Romantic Narratives
How Guillermo del Toro's Black Lagoon Fantasy Inspired Shape of Water (November 3, 2017)
It's not the creature, I don't think that creature is designed in a way that he can be a romantic lead. It's beautiful, but it's not a romantic lead.
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Creature Perspective and Romantic Ending Proposal
How Guillermo del Toro's Black Lagoon Fantasy Inspired Shape of Water (November 3, 2017)
When I was in my 30s, I went to Universal and I said, "Can we do the movie from the point of view of the creature?" They didn't go for it. I said, "I think they should end up together." They didn't go for that, either.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
