Continuity mistake: When Harrison Ford is watching his wife laying in the bathtub ready to drown, the camera shoots her head several times between cutaways to Ford and the running water. Watch her head relative to the top of the tub in the various shots. In some her head is much higher than in others yet her body never moves.
What Lies Beneath (2000)
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Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Remar, Miranda Otto, Amber Valletta, Joe Morton, Diana Scarwid, Katharine Towne
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What Lies Beneath is Robert Zemeckis' homage to Alfred Hitchcock thrillers in this haunted tale of a prominent professor and his wife experiencing disturbing visions and strange occurrences when they move into his family's suburban home and their daughter goes off to college. Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer star as the unfortunate couple, whose marriage and sanity unravel as suspicions about a possible murder grow. Tense, well-acted and entertaining from start to finish, What Lies Beneath won't let you escape its grasp once it draws you into the mystery and danger.
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Question: When Norman says the guy "that wrote that book he loves" (Shumway?) congratulated him on Spencer's Theorem, then Claire says "He didn't know your father was dead?" and Norman says "He knew". What does one thing have to do with the other? I've seen this movie at least 20 times and I can't figure out this conversation.
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Chosen answer: Spencer's theorem was Norman's father's theorem. Norman wants to be greater than his father was, so to be accidentally complemented on something that his father did would be bad enough. To say that the guy knows that his father is dead is to imply that the guy probably insulted him intentionally.
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