What Lies Beneath

What Lies Beneath
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Zemeckis
Screenplay by	Clark Gregg
Story by	Sarah Kernochan Clark Gregg
Produced by	Steve Starkey Robert Zemeckis Jack Rapke
Starring	Harrison Ford Michelle Pfeiffer Diana Scarwid Joe Morton James Remar Miranda Otto
Cinematography	Don Burgess
Edited by	Arthur Schmidt
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Production companies	DreamWorks Pictures 20th Century Fox ImageMovers
Distributed by	DreamWorks Pictures (North America) 20th Century Fox (international)
Release date	July 21, 2000 (2000-07-21)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$100 million
Box office	$291.4 million

What Lies Beneath is a 2000 American supernatural horror film directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay by Clark Gregg, who co-wrote the story with Sarah Kernochan. It stars Harrison Ford as a university professor and Michelle Pfeiffer as his wife, who is unsure if their home is haunted by a ghost or if she is losing her mind.

The first film by Zemeckis' production company ImageMovers, What Lies Beneath was theatrically released by DreamWorks Pictures in North America and 20th Century Fox internationally on July 21, 2000. While it received generally mixed reviews from critics who praised Pfeiffer's performance and criticized the screenplay, the film was a box office success, grossing $291.4 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million and becoming the 10th highest-grossing film of the year.^[1]

What Lies Beneath was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film at the 27th Saturn Awards, in addition to nominations for Zemeckis (Best Director) and Pfeiffer (Best Actress). At the 7th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Ford won Favorite Actor – Suspense, Pfeiffer won Favorite Actress – Suspense, and Scarwid was nominated for Favorite Supporting Actress – Suspense.