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Dec 25, 2007 · The CGI water horse was totally convincing, from newborn baby just out of the egg to full-blown adulthood. It really had a personality. The actors were convincing in their roles, too.
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- Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- Jay Russell
- 2007-12-25
Dec 25, 2007 · The boy, Angus, discovers a mythical “water horse” that is born an orphan. The boy begins to slowly come to grips with his own sense of being orphaned (fatherless) by caring for this creature. In essence, helping this orphaned water horse is a means for him to begin to heal himself.
- Fantasy Adventure Adaptation
- Kids Family Teens Adults
- 1 hr. 51 min.
- 2007
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (stylised on-screen as simply The Water Horse) is a 2007 fantasy drama film directed by Jay Russell and written by Robert Nelson Jacobs, based on Dick King-Smith's children's novel The Water Horse.
Dec 24, 2007 · The movie, set in Scotland but wonderfully photographed in New Zealand, tells the story of a 12-year-old named Angus ( Alex Etel) who finds a curious egg on the beach, brings it home and is astonished to see it hatch a cute little creature with a big appetite.
"At Loch Ness, the water horse was associated with a 'strange fish' tradition, which we have traced back to 1868. The persistence of the legend is due to its further association, in 1933, with the sea serpent tradition and the Jurassic plesiosaur, a contemporary of the dinosaurs ."
- Gerri Miller
Sep 19, 2023 · The ending of “The Water Horse” is bittersweet but ultimately hopeful. While Angus must say goodbye to his beloved friend, he knows that it is for the best. Crusoe belongs in Loch Ness, where he can live freely and safely among his own kind.
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He finds out when her kid son Angus MacMorrow, who found a strange egg loitering on the beach, got it hatching a rare Celtic mythological Nessie-like creature he called Crusoe, which needs bathing, and Lewis recognizes as a water horse, of which only one exists at any time.
