Waterproof

Eli, a Washington, D.C. storeowner, is inadvertently shot by the young son of a taxi cab driver. In a panic, his mom kidnaps the wounded Eli and flees to her hometown of Waterproof, Louisiana. Arriving at the home of her estranged family, its not long before a dark childhood secret is revealed. An e...

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Corporate Author: Cloud Ten Pictures (Firm), Interstate Forty Feature Film Company., Cape Fear FilmWorks (Firm), Lightmotive, Inc. (Firm), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Capra, Frank, 1934-2007., Fincannon, Craig., Cornick, Jonathan., Lee, Roland., Berman, Barry, 1957-, Reynolds, Burt., Grace, April., Mayo, Whitman., Jones, Orlando, 1968-, DuBois, Ja'Net, 1938-, Lee, Anthony., Thompson, Stephen., Davis, William., Winborne, Hughes., Dada, Sonia., Cone, Nancy Natalie., Walker, Roy.
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
Published: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, p2004, c2001.
Edition: Widescreen version.
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Summary: Eli, a Washington, D.C. storeowner, is inadvertently shot by the young son of a taxi cab driver. In a panic, his mom kidnaps the wounded Eli and flees to her hometown of Waterproof, Louisiana. Arriving at the home of her estranged family, its not long before a dark childhood secret is revealed. An emotionally-charged, faith-based story that focuses on the interaction of a stranger and a family torn apart by a long-buried secret.
Item Description: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD, Dolby surround.
Audience: MPAA rating: PG-13.
Production Credits: Director of photography, Stephen Thompson ; art director, William Davis ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; original music, Sonia Dada ; costume designer, Nancy Natalie Cone ; production designer, Roy Walker.
ISBN: 1404968156
9781404968158
Author Notes: Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. was born in Lansing, Michigan on February 11, 1936. He played football for Florida State University, but his sports career ended in 1955 when he was seriously injured in a car crash. He later studied acting at Palm Beach Junior College, where in 1956 he won a drama award that included a scholarship to the Hyde Park Playhouse in Hyde Park, New York. In 1958, he signed a seven-year contract with Universal Studios and was cast in a new NBC series called Riverboat.

He would go on to appear in about 100 films and numerous television shows. His films included Deliverance, The Longest Yard, Semi-Tough, Smokey and the Bandit, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Starting Over, and Boogie Nights. He won a Golden Globe for his performance as a paternalistic director of pornographic movies in Boogie Nights. His television appearances included Gunsmoke and Evening Shade. He won an Emmy for his performance in Evening Shade in 1991. His memoir, But Enough About Me written with Jon Winokur, was published in 2015. He died on September 6, 2018 at the age of 82.

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