» Production Date: 1998
» Country: USA
» Runtime: 106 min
» Rating USA: PG-13
» Genre: Drama
» Budget (estimated): $40,000,000
» Box-Office Gross USA: $13,376,506 (USA)

Cory Buck - Vincent Cappadora (age 7)
Alexa Vega - Kerry Cappadora
Michael McGrady - Jimmy Daugherty
Brenda Strong - Ellen
Michael McElroy - Ben Cappadora (age 3)
John Kapelos - George Karras
Tony Musante - Angelo
Rose Gregorio - Rosie
Lucinda Jenney - Laurie
John Roselius - Bastokovich

» Director - Ulu Grosbard
» Screenplay - Stephen Schiff
» Based upon the book The Deep End Of The Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard
» Producer - Kate Guinzburg
» Executive producers - Frank Capra III & Steve Nicolaides
» Photography - Stephen Goldblatt
» Production Design - Dan Davis
» Costume Design - Susie DeSanto
» Original Music - Elmer Bernstein
» Film Editing - John Bloom
» Casting - Lora Kennedy

» Production Companies
- Columbia Pictures Corporation
- Mandalay Entertainment
- Via Rosa Productions

» Beth Cappadora (Michelle Pfeiffer) is at her high school reunion when her 3-year-old son disappears from his brother's care. The little boy never turns up, and the family has to deal with the devastating guilt and grief that goes along with it. Nine years later, the family has relocated to Chicago. By a sheer fluke, the kid turns up, living no more than two blocks away. The authorities swoop down and return the kid to his biological parents, but things are far from being that simple. The boy grew up around what he has called his father, while his new family are strangers to him; the older son, now a teenager, has brushes with the law and behavioral problems. His adjustment to his lost brother is complicated by normal teenage churlishness, and the dad (Treat Williams) seems to expect everything to fall into place as though the family had been intact all along. It's a tightrope routine for actors in a story like this, being careful not to chew the scenery while at the same time not being too flaccid or understated. For the most part, the members of the cast deal well with the emotional complexity of their roles. Though the story stretches credulity, weirder things do happen in the real world. The family's pain for the first half of the film is certainly credible, though the second half almost seems like a different movie. Whoopi Goldberg plays the detective assigned to the case; casting her is a bit of a stretch, but she makes it work.

» In a moment in the film, after Pat and Beth have a fight (following Ben's disappearance), Pat goes for a ride in his car and young Vincent comes along to smooth the waters. In his hand, he plays with a cassette tape. It is the soundtrack to Grease 2 (1982), which starred Michelle Pfeiffer.

» Chicago, Illinois, USA
» Foxboro, Massachusetts, USA (Shot pans down on a white church)
» Madison, Wisconsin, USA (some exteriors and roadways)

» Original Title: The Deep End Of The Ocean
» Spanish Title: El sueño de una noche de verano
» French Title: Aussi profond que l'océan
» Italian Title: In fondo al cuore
» German Title: Tief wie der Ozean
» Hungarian Title: Tíz elveszett év
» Latin-American Title: El lado profundo del mar

» USA - 12 March 1999
» Italy - 2 April 1999
» Portugal - 16 April 1999
» Belgium and France - 5 May 1999
» Argentina - 6 May 1999
» Australia - 13 May 1999
» Brazil - 21 May 1999
» UK - 4 June 1999
» Germany - 12 August 1999
» Spain - 29 October 1999
» Japan - 6 November 1999

» 2000 - Young Artist Awards
Young Artist Award - Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor: Ryan Merriman (Won) [Tied with Reeve Carney for Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)]


» 2000 - Young Hollywood Awards
Young Hollywood Award - Breakthrough Performance - Male: Jonathan Jackson (Won)

» 1999 - YoungStar Awards
YoungStar Award - Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film: Jonathan Jackson (Nominated)
YoungStar Award - Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film: Ryan Merriman (Nominated)