Composer Alexandre Desplat, who worked with del Toro on The Shape of Water, was tasked with capturing the “joyous melancholy” of the wooden boy in music. To enhance the connection between the ...

But of course, there is one big exception. In 2018, Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water swept the Academy Awards, winning four Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director. With the movie ...

(For instance, $4 million was allegedly knocked off the price for Academy Award winner “The Shape of Water ... channels such as digital rentals, DVD and Blu-Ray sales, TV networks ...

Octavia Spencer walks the red carpet ahead of the ‘The Shape Of Water’ screening during the 74th Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on August 31, 2017 in Venice, Italy. | Dominique Charriau ...

These were groundbreaking visual effects in a filmmaking career with no shortage of them, from the shimmering water-tentacle in “The Abyss” to the shape-shifting liquid metal assassin of ...