The Water Diviner

The Water Diviner (2014)

Timing: 1:52 (112 min)

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Release date

2014-12-25

Country

Australia, United States

Production

Hopscotch Features, Fear of God Films

Genre

War, Drama

Budget

$22 500 000

Revenue

$35 396 641

Website

http://www.thewaterdiviner.com/

Director

Russell Crowe

Actors

Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Cem Yılmaz, Jai Courtney, Ryan Corr, James Fraser, Ben O'Toole, Steve Bastoni, Salih Kalyon
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Scenario

Andrew Knight, Andrew Anastasios

Producer

Andrew Mason, Troy Lum, Keith Rodger, Brett Ratner, John Collee, Andrew Knight, Andrew Anastasios, James Packer, Kerry Stokes, Tim Worner

Operator

Andrew Lesnie

Composer

David Hirschfelder

Artist

Tuesday Stone

Audition

Nikki Barrett, Pinar Celik

Editing

Matt Villa, Ali Akdeniz
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• Military literature, diaries, and letters from soldiers were used in creating the film's script.
• Among other projects that Russell Crowe considered for his directorial debut were "The Long Green Shore" about Australian soldiers fighting in the jungles of New Guinea during World War II, and "Bra Boys" – the story of the famous Sydney surfers' gang.
• After Russell Crowe finished filming in Australia, Turkish scenes began filming on February 26th in Istanbul, specifically in the vicinity of Sultanahmet (a district in the old part of Istanbul, located on the European side of the city), Cemberlitas (a district in the old part of Istanbul), and Balat (a traditional Jewish quarter in Istanbul), as well as near Topkapi Palace.
• Filming in Istanbul continued until March, and then moved to the ghost town of Kayaköy in the Aegean region of Fethiye.
• The horse that Russell Crowe rides in the scenes filmed in Australia is actually his own horse.
• Cem Yilmaz and Yilmaz Erdogan both voiced their own characters in the Turkish version of the film.
• In one interview, Yilmaz Erdogan said that during the filming of some scenes in Australia, the air temperature rose to as high as 49°C.
• The dog shown at the very beginning of the film is Russell Crowe's own dog. The dog had to lose weight for its role.
• Among other projects Russell Crowe considered for his directorial debut were “The Long Green Shore” about Australian soldiers fighting in the jungles of New Guinea during World War II, and “Bra Boys” – the story of the famous Sydney surfers’ gang.
• In one interview, Yılmaz Erdoğan said that during the filming of some scenes in Australia, the air temperature rose to as high as 49ºC.