---
title: 'Lady in the Water (2006)'
type: 'film'
director: 'M. Night Shyamalan'
released: '2006-08-31'
runtime_minutes: 109
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/lady-in-the-water-2006'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452637/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Lady in the Water (2006)

2006 · PG-13 · 109 min · Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, Action, Horror · United States


## Synopsis

Lady in the Water is a 2006 American urban fantasy drama film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who produced with Sam Mercer. The film features the starring cast of Paul Giamatti and Bryce Dallas Howard with Bob Balaban, Jeffrey Wright, Sarita Choudhury, Freddy Rodriguez, Bill Irwin and Jared Harris in supporting roles. Produced by Legendary Pictures and Blinding Edge Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film's plot concerns the superintendent of an apartment complex in Philadelphia who discovers a young woman in the building's swimming pool. Gradually, he and his neighbors learn that she is a water nymph whose life is in danger from a vicious and wolf-like mystical creature called a Scrunt that tries to keep her from returning to her watery "blue world".

## Credits

- **Director:** [M. Night Shyamalan](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-night-shyamalan)
- **Screenplay:** [M. Night Shyamalan](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-night-shyamalan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [James Newton Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-newton-howard)
- **Producer:** [Sam Mercer](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-mercer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Christopher Doyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-doyle-2)

## Cast

- [Bob Balaban](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-balaban)
- [Mary Beth Hurt](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-beth-hurt)
- [Noah Gray-Cabey](https://cinepixo.com/people/noah-gray-cabey)
- [Jeremy Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-howard)
- [David Ogden Stiers](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-ogden-stiers)
- [Tom Mardirosian](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-mardirosian)
- [Monique Gabriela Curnen](https://cinepixo.com/people/monique-gabriela-curnen)
- [Sarita Choudhury](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarita-choudhury)
- [Bill Irwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-irwin)
- [Jared Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/jared-harris)
- [John Boyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-boyd)
- [Jeffrey Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-wright)
- [Bryce Dallas Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryce-dallas-howard) as Story
- [M. Night Shyamalan](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-night-shyamalan)
- [Tovah Feldshuh](https://cinepixo.com/people/tovah-feldshuh)

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Official site: https://www.warnerbros.com/lady-water
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/lady-in-the-water-2006
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