Magic in the Water

Starring:Mark Harmon, Joshua Jackson, Harley Jane Kozak, Sarah Wayne, Willie Nark-Orn, Frank Salsedo, Morris Panych, Ben Cardinal, Adrien Dorval, Mark Acheson, Anthony Towe, John Procaccino, Thomas Cavanagh, Garrett Bennett, Brian Finney, David Rasche, Tamsin Kelsey, Benjamin Ratner, Lesley Ewen, Will Sasso
Director: Rick Stevenson
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

Description

See Arnold Schwarzenegger as the mythological Hercules! Toga clad and ripped to Mr. Universe proportions, Hercules is bored with life on Mount Olympus. When he declares his desire to live among earthly mortals, his father Zeus hurls an angry thunderbolt at Hercules and sends him plummeting to Earth. A freighter bound for New York picks up the water-logged demi-god and thus begins a raucous, muscle-bound adventure that pits New Yorkers against the godly denizens of Mount Olympus. You have your choice of either the real Arnold or the dubbed version!

Customer Reviews:

For its time, classic Arnie.......2007-05-12

This is amusing and for us oldies quite nostalgic. Arnie introduced himself with this movie to many of us for the first time. And for its time you have to give it 5.

Super Schlock.......2007-03-03

What would you expect from a movie with a title such as this? Can't be taken seriously... Amusing.

AAHHnoldtt is kool.......2007-02-20

This was a very funny movie. It shows how green Aaahhhnolld was in his early acting career. I bought it to complete my Schwarzenegger collection of movies.

Excellent.......2006-11-04

This product was brand new as you always say and the picture and image quality is clear and easy to understand.Thank you for a job well done and I look forward to doing business with you now and in the future.Once again
thank you for a job well done and keep up the good work.

"You have strucked Hercules!".......2006-10-25

Hercules in New York (a.k.a. Hercules Goes Bannanas) was Arnold's first movie that he ever made. It originally came out in 1970 in which it tanked something fierce.

Part of this was justified as the movie itself is terrible in addition to the fact that since the studio felt like that no one would understand Arnold due to his thick Austrian accent, they got some Steve McQueen soundalike to dub Arnold's lines throughout the film.

The best part of this DVD is that it features both the original audio track featuring Arnold's actual voice in addition to the dubbed track.

A huge part of how much you'll enjoy this so-bad-it's-great movie depends on how big of an Arnold fan you are. I grew up with Arnold's films in the 80's and I remember how almost every kid wanted to be Arnold back in the day.

While it does get kind of tough to discern what he's actually saying, that's a huge part of the film's charm. While the whole plot (Hercules gets bored and decides against Zeus' wishes to go on a trip to New York to "fool around") is stupid, Arnold's charm was already on display in spades in this film which makes it work in a weird way.

Almost about every line he utters in this movie is memorable. Mainly due to his thick accent and how the lines end up being delivered. He was also right in the thick of his body building career as well during the making of this film so as a result, other than Pumping Iron and Conan, you'll not likely see another Arnold movie in which he was more built.

The rest of the cast is uniformly terrible, in addition to Arnold Stang as Pretzy. Stang had a huge career doing voices for Hanna Barbara cartoons but he really needed to just stay behind the scenes as his wretched performance in this movie will prove.

The movie has a super cheap look to it and literally looks like the budget was maybe 100 dollars.

Anybody who loves cheesy B-movies or Arnold films in general will really get a kick out of this awful movie as it is still a whole lot of fun.

Others need not apply and should stay far, far away from this one.

******************BTW, my 5 star rating is purely on a cheese scale.***********

Average customer rating:

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Magic in the Water
Starring: Mark Harmon , Joshua Jackson , Harley Jane Kozak , Sarah Wayne , and Willie Nark-Orn
Director: Rick Stevenson
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0006D3HCO
Release Date: 2005-01-04

Description

Radio psychologist Jack Black takes his children Joshua and Ashley on a "vacation" to a lake in British Columbia. While he grinds away at work, the children discover that the famous local lake monster "Orky" may not be just a gimmick to attract tourists after all. In fact, Orky may enable them to get closer to their workaholic dad, and keep local polluters from dumpin toxic waste into Orky's home.

Customer Reviews:

Finally! Magic in the DVD!.......2005-01-05

After years of searching for this movie, I finally accidently stumbled upon this at the store and was thrilled. A workaholic dad takes his kids on vacation, the kids make a new friend in the lake, nearby plant pollutes lake, destroying new friends home, kids save the day, Yadda Yadda Yadda! Still, the story is cute. The kids, led by then unknown Joshua Jackson are cute, and the main critter is cute too. Good family movie also stars Mark Harmon. If you have youngins then buy this one! They will watch it over and over and over...

Highly Original Family Movie.......2002-06-11

Some movies just capture something so special and so unique. Such was MAGIC IN THE WATER. It's the perfect mix of adventure, funm comedy and drama. It has one of the funniest scenes I've ever seen---the one where the little Japanese boy falls in the hole. Hilarious. The directing is first rate and the acting is flawless. This is truly an overlooked gem that I want all my friends to know about. Brilliant.

True Magic.......1999-11-25

awesome video especially cause josh jackson was in i

I love this movie.......1999-08-22

I just watched this movie, becasue of a friend's recomedation. I thought that it was great that someone made a movie about this type of thing...it is a great plot- a girl who believes in magic. simple and plain, but wonderful. There needs to be more of these kinds of movies.

Loch Ness Monster collection!.......1999-06-22

It's just right! for my Loch Ness Monster collection! If you enjoyed E.T., Harry and the Henderson and Casper then this one you're looking for! I called this another "Free Willy" family feature film.

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Rafureshia
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Manufacturer: Arts Magic
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