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The waterboy

An oddball mama's boy who lives to carry water for football players becomes a star when a coach discovers his hidden ferocity and channels it into gridiron greatness.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Robert Simonds Company (film production company.)
Other Authors:	Coraci, Frank (Film director), Simonds, Robert, 1964- (Film producer), Giarraputo, Jack (Film producer), Herlihy, Tim (Screenwriter), Sandler, Adam (Actor, Screenwriter), Bates, Kathy, 1948- (Actor), Balk, Fairuza (Actor), Reed, Jerry (Actor), Winkler, Henry, 1945- (Actor)
Format:	Videos DVD
Language:	English French
Published:	[Burbank, Calif.] : Touchstone Home Entertainment, [1999]
Edition:	Widescreen.
Subjects:	Mothers and sons > Drama. Football > Drama. Parental overprotection > Drama. Mothers and sons > Juvenile fiction. Comedy films. Feature films. Video recordings for hard of hearing people. Drama.
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Summary:	An oddball mama's boy who lives to carry water for football players becomes a star when a coach discovers his hidden ferocity and channels it into gridiron greatness.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998. Special features : production featurette and theatrical trailer.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Audience:	MPAA rating: PG-13; for language and some crude sexual humor.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Steven Bernstein ; film editor, Tom Lewis ; music by Alan Pasqua.
ISBN:	078881494X 9780788814945
Access:	Educational and home use only.
Author Notes:	Born in Manhattan, NY in 1945, Henry Winkler rose to fame as television's "The Fonz" on the 1970's sitcom, Happy Days. In 1970, Winkler graduated from the Yale School of Drama and went on to act in various commercials before being cast as Arthur Fonzarelli. After Happy Days, Winkler went on to produce and direct various television shows, as well as continue acting in co-starring roles in movies such as "Scream" and "The Waterboy". Along with his acting and directing career, Henry Winkler is a children's advocate who helped to found the Children's Action Network which helps to provide immunization to children at no charge. He is also involved with several other children's charities and began writing the Hank Zipzer series in 2003 which centers around an adventurous boy with dyslexia.