Waterproof

Waterproof (2000)

Eli Zeal is about to learn that to err is human... and to forgive divine.

Single mother Tyree Battle struggles to keep her young son Thaniel away from the gang-plagued city streets that he is mixed up in. Under severe gang pressure, Thaniel accidentally shoots Jewish shopkeeper Eli Zeal in a botched robbery attempt. Tyree, protecting her son from the law, kidnaps Eli and flees to her hometown of Waterproof.

Date of release
2000-01-01
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Drama
Director
Barry Berman

Casting

Interesting facts

Waterproof is a 2000 film written and directed by Barry Berman and starring Burt Reynolds, April Grace, Whitman Mayo and Orlando Jones. The film follows Tyree Battle (Grace), who takes Eli Zeal (Reynolds) to her hometown to recover after he is shot in the arm during a robbery committed by her 11-year-old son.

Production

Filming took place in Wilmington, North Carolina, with 2nd unit photography in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and Washington D.C., and was completed in 24 days, with cinematography done by Stephen Thompson, and a production team that included Roy Walker, Frank Capra Jr., Craig Fincannon and Jonathan Cornick.

For the role of Eli, Martin Landau was originally considered.

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