Full Moon in Blue Water

Full Moon in Blue Water is a 1988 film directed by Peter Masterson and starring Gene Hackman, Teri Garr and Burgess Meredith.^[3] It received negative reviews from critics.

Full Moon in Blue Water
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Peter Masterson
Written by	Bill Bozzone
Produced by	Moshe Diamant (executive producer) David Foster (producer) Dennis Stuart Murphy (associate producer) Eduard Sarlui (executive producer) John Turman (producer) Lawrence Turman (producer)
Starring	Gene Hackman Teri Garr Burgess Meredith Elias Koteas
Cinematography	Fred Murphy
Edited by	Jill Savitt
Music by	Phil Marshall
Production companies	Trans World Entertainment Turman-Foster Company
Distributed by	Trans World Entertainment
Release date	November 23, 1988 (1988-11-23)
Running time	95 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$8 million[1]
Box office	$450,726 (USA)[2]

Plot

Floyd owns a bar called the Blue Water Grill in a town of that name on an island off the gulf coast of Texas. He has lost interest in almost everything in the year since the mysterious disappearance of his wife, neglecting his business and staying home to watch old home movies of their life.

Floyd's father-in-law, known to all as the General, uses a wheelchair and is trapped in the throes of dementia. An intellectually disabled local man called Jimmy comes by to look after the General at times when Floyd can't be there.

Into their lives comes Louise, a school bus driver who is falling for Floyd and trying to get him to come out of his stupor. Land opportunists are trying to seize his property and taxes need to be paid. With the troubles piling up, Floyd is eventually forced to confront his future.

Cast

• Gene Hackman as Floyd
• Teri Garr as Louise Taylor
• Burgess Meredith as The General
• Elias Koteas as Jimmy
• Kevin Cooney as Charlie O'Donnell
• David Doty as Virgil
• Gil Glasgow as Baytch
• Becky Gelke as Dorothy
• Marietta Marich as Lois
• Lexie Masterson as Annie Gorman
• Mark Walters as Johnny Gorman
• Ben Jones as Digby
• Tiny Skaggs as Stranger #1
• Bill Johnson as Stranger #2

Production

Filmed in Seabrook, Texas.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 25% of 12 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.2/10.^[4]