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Synopsis: A film about struggling to deal with paralysis. Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehabilitation centre with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies' man, and Bloss, a racist biker. Considerable tension builds as each character tries to deal with his new found handicap and the problems that go with it, especially Joel, whose lover Anna is having as difficult a time as he is. As Raymond reveals a dream about dancing on the surface of a lake to stay afloat, it becomes apparent that each of them must find his own Waterdance to survive his tragedy.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  5 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
R
Year:
1992
106 min
135 Views


Uh, yeah, I'll just give

my vote to you, Les.

Yeah, great.

We're gonna have to flip a coin.

Flip a coin, my ass. Hey, we gotta

stick together on this thing, Joe.

I-I don't really

watch tv.

Ain't about tv, man. It's about

football, man. Motherfuckin' raiders!

Listen, around here, you and me,

we gotta stick together, man.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about not letting these n*ggers

and spicks take over this room, man.

My last name is Garcia, Bloss.

Joel Garcia.

Hey, hey, come on,

big guy, call it.

You should channel this hostility

in a more positive direction.

You're a little prick,

you know that, man?

Come on, Bloss.

Heads or tails, man.

Heads.

Tails it is, man.

Whoo! Garcia!

Garcia?

Oh, boy, that's deep.

That is deep.

Les...

I am.

Guess who's in

the private room.

I am.

Here we go.

Ready to roll.

Gonna have to buy me one

of those vans with a lift.

All right. Okay.

You clear over there?

Yeah, I'm good.

All right.

You okay?

Yes, I'm fine.

Whoo! Whoo!

Cheryl, get him... get him

under the chair. Now.

Looks a little pale.

Are you okay?

Maybe a little dizzy, but...

get that chair

under him, Cheryl!

I got him.

It's nothing to worry about.

Here he goes.

Joel. Joel?

Here he is.

Ah, better wait on that van.

Mm-hmm.

Make way, harley!

Ooh, you're so pitiful.

Pitiful! F*** you!

You're pitiful.

You know you're so pitiful.

Shut the f*** up!

What's the matter, harley,

you running out of gas?

Uh-oh. Uh-oh!

Come on, harley.

I'm gonna wait for you.

Come on, baby.

Harley Davidson ain't sh*t

compared to a Cadillac.

F*** you, motherf***er!

Whoo!

Yes, can I help you?

Yeah, hello?

That's mine.

Yeah, I've been waiting

for about ten minutes.

That's just the way things

are sometimes, isn't it?

Please hold. Wait.

Wait. No, no.

Forget it.

Hey there, Mr. Gibson.

How you doing? All right.

Wonderful. Wonderful.

Hi. How are you?

Hey. Psych!

Les!

Hey! Won't be too long before

the new bambino is here, huh?

That's wonderful.

You know, I got a little girl... Starletta.

Beautiful child.

There's a picture of her over there.

Les!

Rosa, why don't you go see

what Vernon wants?

It's not my name he's calling.

Les!

What's wrong with him, anyway?

Broken neck, a head injury.

Kind of cut his vocabulary

to a minimum.

Les!

I'll be right back.

Les! Les!

Look, man, I'm all wet again.

Gizmo done busted.

Give me five minutes,

okay, Ray?

Okay. Okay.

Hey, how you doing

there, halo head?

So, you're a writer, huh?

- Some people think so.

- Yeah? Well, that's great.

That's great. You know, Raymond

hill is a man of many stories.

True things... make

your a**hole go tight.

See, see, I was settled down

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Neal Jimenez

Neal Jimenez (born May 22, 1960) is a screenwriter and film director, best known for the 1986 film River's Edge. He was a member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994. He won Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Feature and Best Screenplay for The Waterdance.Jimenez attended UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. In 1984, while a film student, he went hiking with some friends and slipped on a rock, falling twenty feet into a shallow pool below. He was initially paralyzed from the neck down but subsequent surgeries restored movement to his upper body and he has been a paraplegic since. The film The Waterdance, which he wrote and co-directed, was partly based on his experience in rehabilitation. He is of Mexican American descent. more…

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