The Weight of Water
Summary: A newspaper photographer researches an 1873 double homicide and finds her own life paralleling that of a witness who survived the tragic ordeal.
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Director:
Kathryn Bigelow
Runtime: 1 h 54 min
MPAA: R
Production: StudioCanal, Manifest Film Company, Palomar Pictures (II), Nova Scotia Film Industry Tax Credit, Janet Yang Productions, The Jim Henson Company
Distributor: Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 16,000,000
Domestic: $ 109,130
International: $ 212,149
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