Guillermo del Toro

The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water

Cinema’s great modern mythmaker Guillermo del Toro uses the hallmarks of classic horror and fantasy to tell a strange and sublime fable about outsiderhood, connection, and love’s transcendence. An ineffably touching Sally Hawkins plays Elisa, a mute janitor at a top-secret government laboratory who finds herself drawn to the facility’s newest research subject: a humanoid amphibian—for whom she is soon risking everything, amid the stifling conformity of 1960s America. A triumph of visual imagination that combines elements of sci-fi, noir, and the golden-age musical, this swooning cinematic dreamscape—winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director—is a monster movie with a human heart.

Film Info

  • United States, Mexico
  • 2017
  • 123 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.85:1
  • English
  • Spine #1242

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • 4K digital master, supervised by director Guillermo del Toro, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • New conversation between del Toro and filmmaker David Lowery
  • A Fairy Tale for Troubled Times, a documentary highlighting the film’s production design, performances, special effects, and score
  • Anatomy of a Scene: Prologue and Anatomy of a Scene: The Dance, both featuring on-set footage and interviews with del Toro
  • Shaping the Waves, an interview with illustrator James Jean
  • Masterclass from 2017 on the film’s technical aspects, featuring del Toro and crew members
  • Trailers
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio
  • PLUS: An essay by film critic Carlos Aguilar

    New cover by Greg Ruth

Purchase Options

Coming soon, available Nov 26, 2024

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • 4K digital master, supervised by director Guillermo del Toro, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • New conversation between del Toro and filmmaker David Lowery
  • A Fairy Tale for Troubled Times, a documentary highlighting the film’s production design, performances, special effects, and score
  • Anatomy of a Scene: Prologue and Anatomy of a Scene: The Dance, both featuring on-set footage and interviews with del Toro
  • Shaping the Waves, an interview with illustrator James Jean
  • Masterclass from 2017 on the film’s technical aspects, featuring del Toro and crew members
  • Trailers
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio
  • PLUS: An essay by film critic Carlos Aguilar

    New cover by Greg Ruth
The Shape of Water
Cast
Sally Hawkins
Elisa
Michael Shannon
Richard Strickland
Richard Jenkins
Giles
Doug Jones
Amphibian Man
Michael Stuhlbarg
Dr. Robert Hoffstetler
Octavia Spencer
Zelda Fuller
Credits
Director
Guillermo del Toro
Story by
Guillermo del Toro
Screenplay by
Guillermo del Toro
Screenplay by
Vanessa Taylor
Produced by
Guillermo del Toro
Produced by
J. Miles Dale
Cinematography by
Dan Laustsen
Music by
Alexandre Desplat
Edited by
Sidney Wolinsky
Production design b
Paul D. Austerberry
Costume design by
Luis Sequeira
Art direction by
Nigel Churcher
Set decoration by
Jeffrey A. Melvin
Set decoration by
Shane Vieau
Casting by
Robin D. Cook
Camera “A” operator
Gilles Corbeil
Camera “B” operator and second-unit director of photography
J. P. Locherer
Creature suit and various makeup effects created by
Legacy Effects
Special-effects supervisor
Shane Mahan
Creature lead designer/sculptor
Mike Hill