WATERPROOF

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• Release Year: 1999
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Eli Zeal (Reynolds) is a bitter Jewish shopkeeper who is shot during a hold-up attempt by the 11-year-old son of a single mother in Washington DC. Distraught and with nowhere else to turn, the boy's mother Tyree Battle, played by April Grace (Finding Forrester, Magnolia), kidnaps the wounded Zeal and along with her son, flees to her small hometown of Waterproof, Louisiana - and a family she hasn't seen in years.; ; Thurst into the unfamiliar world of the deep south, Zeal finds himself surrounded by Tyree's brothers - one battling a severe brain injury (Orlando Jones), the other an angry alchoholic (Anthony Lee), - her hundred year old grandfather (Whitman Mayo) and a mother of irrepressible faith (Ja'net Dubois).; ; But, as they work to nurse Zeal back to health, dark shadows begin to emerge from the family's past - forcing them to confront a dreadful secret that has torn them apart.; ; Filled with powerful perfomaces from an ensemble cast, Waterproof is a heart-wrenching and beutiful story of the search for truth, and the power of forgiveness.
• Cast: Whitman Mayo, April Grace, Cordereau Dye, Brandon Crawford, Ja'Net Dubois, Orlando Jones, Anthony Lee, Lou Criscuolo, Al Wiggins, Gil Johnson, Leland L. Jones, Darrell Harlee, Joe Inscoe, Whitney Tucker, Chuck Kinlaw, Burt Reynolds, Barry Berman
• Director: Barry Berman
• Runtime: 1:40
• Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie