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Aquamarine (film)

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Aquamarine is a 2006 film starring Joanna "Jojo" Levesque, Emma Roberts and Sara Paxton. The film was released in North America on March 3, 2006. The movie, based on a children's book by Alice Hoffman, and directed by American Director Elizabeth Allen was filmed in Australia and Louisiana, U.S.A..

Aquamarine
Promotional poster for Aquamarine.
Directed byElizabeth Allen
Written byAlice Hoffman (novel),
Jessica Bendinger,
John Quaintance
Produced bySusan Cartsonis
StarringJoanna "Jojo" Levesque,
Emma Roberts,
Sara Paxton,
Bruce Spence,
Jake McDorman,
Arielle Kebbel
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
March 3, 2006
Budget$12 million

Plot

Template:Spoiler Two teenage girls, Claire (Emma Roberts) and Hailey (JoJo), live at the coast of Florida and regret that they will be separated in 5 days, since Hailey has to move to Australia because of her mother's job. One night after a violent storm they find mermaid Aquamarine (Sara Paxton) in the swimming pool of their beach club. The girls are frightened at first, but then curious. They start to talk with Aquamarine and promise her they will be back in the morning. When they return they find Aquamarine in a nearby shed, but with a human body instead of a mermaid's, which Aquamarine tells them she can have on land during the day if she doesn't get wet. Claire and Hailey befriend Aquamarine, who tells them that she came to land to find love since, according to her, they don't have it where she's from. She tells them that she made a deal with her dad that if she found love in three days, she won't have to go through with an arranged marriage. She falls in love with a handsome lifeguard named Raymond (Jake McDorman) and enlists the help of the two girls to win his heart in return for a wish. The girls, of course, see their opportunity to keep Hailey from moving and immediately start helping her. However, Claire and Hailey's enemy, spoiled rich girl Cecilia (Arielle Kebbel), also loves Raymond, and tries her best to win him over. Template:Endspoiler

Aquamarine was released on DVD on June 13, 2006.

Cast

Original soundtrack

Box office

  • The film grossed $18.6 million in the United States box office and a total of $22.5 million worldwide. Additionally the film has grossed $24 million in the United States in DVD rentals and $18 million in DVD sales to date. The budget was $12 million.

Trivia

  • The movie, which takes place in Florida, was filmed in Australia. This is known by the brief shot of the ice-cream van, which is obviously a non-American model.
  • Aquamarine's tail took 2 hours to get on and off.
  • The producers only flew in five actors from the USA; the characters for Hailey, Claire, Aquamarine, Cecilia and Raymond. The rest were Australian actors. Some are quite well-known in Australia – for example, Roy Billing and Julia Blake, who play Claire's grandparents, have had long distinguished acting careers. Tammin Sursok is a TV and pop star.

DVD special features

 
DVD cover
  • Widescreen & Full Screen Presentations (Flipper Disc)
  • English DD5.1 Surround
  • French & Spanish Dolby Surround
  • English & Spanish subtitles
  • Scene Specific Cast Commentary
  • Director and Producer Commentary
  • 6 Deleted Scenes
  • Featurettes including one looking at Auditions
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