The Water Diviner

The Water Diviner
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRussell Crowe
Written by
Produced by
  • Troy Lum
  • Andrew Mason
  • Keith Rodger
Starring
CinematographyAndrew Lesnie
Edited byMatt Villa
Music byDavid Hirschfelder
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 26 December 2014 (2014-12-26) (Australia)
  • 24 April 2015 (2015-04-24) (United States)
Running time
111 minutes[1]
Countries
Languages
  • English
  • Turkish
Budget$22.5 million[3]
Box office$38.2 million[3]

The Water Diviner is a 2014 drama film starring and directed by Russell Crowe, in his directorial debut, and written by Andrew Anastasios and Andrew Knight. The film follows an Australian farmer, Joshua Connor (Crowe), who travels to Turkey soon after World War I to find his three sons who never returned. It also stars Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Cem Yılmaz, Yılmaz Erdoğan, and Jacqueline McKenzie.

The Water Diviner had its world premiere at the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia on 2 December 2014.[4] It opened in Australian and New Zealand cinemas on 26 December 2014. The film had a limited release in the United States on 24 April 2015.

  1. ^ "THE WATER DIVINER (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b "The Water Diviner (2014)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b "The Water Diviner (2015) - Summary". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  4. ^ Sams, Christine (2 December 2014). "The Water Diviner premiered in Sydney with Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney and Megan Gale". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 2 December 2014.