Other Titles • What Lies Beneath (2000) • Schatten der Wahrheit (2000)
Trivia from What Lies Beneath (2000)
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Theatrical release: July 21, 2000.
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Estimated budget: $65 million.
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The film grossed more than $220 million worldwide.
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WHAT LIES BENEATH was filmed on location in Addison, Vermont, on Lake Champlain, as well as in an L.A. studio.
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In preparing for the movie, director Robert Zemeckis recounted saying to his special effects supervisor, Rob Legato, "Imagine, what would Alfred Hitchcock do if he had computer graphics?"
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Robert Zemeckis won a Student Academy Award in 1973 for FIELD OF HONOR, which he made while at USC film school.
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Zemeckis started making films when he was in the eighth grade.
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Both the Spencer house and the Feur house, as well as the dock, were built especially for the film.
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The original idea for the film--about a couple visited by a student ghost--came from Steven Spielberg.
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Right at the end, in fact the very last frame, you can see a face in the snow as the shot fades out.
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After the seance, Michelle Pfeiffer goes to drain the bathtub after it has mysteriously filled itself. Look closely, you can see the ghost moving in the mirror and again in the far right hand side of the bathtub even though Michelle does not see or acknowledge it.
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Director Robert Zemeckis filmed this while production on his Cast Away (2000) was shut down (for Tom Hanks to lose weight for his character).
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When Claire is going through the clothes in Caitlyn's dresser, an E.T. figurine is sitting on top of the dresser. Harrison Ford's wife, Melissa Mathison, wrote and produced E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) in 1982. This could also be a reference to the uncredited producer of the film, Steven Spielberg, who directed E.T.
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The birthday that appears on Madison Frank's missing persons' report is the actual birthday of the actress that portrays her (Amber Valletta).
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On the back of Claire and Norman's sailboat, it says GOOD GENES
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The beautiful Vermont home depicted in the film was built in its coastal setting for the day scenes only. After the film was over, it was torn down as it was not built according to codes. The rooms of the house were duplicated on an L.A. soundstage for the night scenes.
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When Michelle Pfeiffer lies stunned on the floor and the murderer leans over her face, the camera seemingly cranes down underneath the floor to look directly up at her face. The effect was created by using a glass floor. The solid floor at the start of the shot is drawn in by computer. A glass floor is also used when she drops the keys later on.
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