Therefore, by leaving, Costner will not find any other dry land. The world is now covered by water. Waterworld is a 1995 American ... Helen and Enola discover Dryland, the top of Mount Everest, filled with vegetation and wildlife. The group find Dry Land and settle there, but Costner goes back to the sea. This was the movie's broadcast premiere on ABC in 1998, and up until recently, the plaque was never shown on-screen again. The setting of the film is in the distant future. Hopper dies shortly afterward when his jet-ski collides with two other smokers' jet-skis. Everest Posted by Jack Ruby on 1/12/19 at 8:51 pm 25 0 Never realized this but it makes sense plot wise I guess. They find a crude hut with the remains of Enola's parents. A new analysis suggests Earth may have been a water world three to four billion years ago with a global ocean large enough to have submerged Mount Everest… I know this because I once saw a copy of the movie where they discovered the plaque left behind by the first climbers of the mountain and it said it was Mount Everest. Across the ages, sea levels have risen and fallen with temperatures—but Earth’s … By Paul Voosen Mar. While one number is not quite readable, the others give almost exact coordinates for Mount Everest, which is Latitude 27° 59' N Longitude 86° 56' E. Waterworld is a 1995 Science Fiction film and the second major collaboration between actor Kevin Costner and director Kevin Reynolds after Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.It also stars Jeanne Tripplehorn and Dennis Hopper.. Set In a World... where the polar ice-caps have melted due to havoc caused by a geomagnetic reversal. Obviously that's ridiculous, as the water just moves all the air up. What's good about the ending, though, is that dry land is the top of Mount Everest. But that did get me to thinking. As the atoll survivors arrive to settle on land, the Mariner decides he cannot stay as the sea calls to him. Another detail which Reynolds later said he was sad to see cut from the film was the actual location of Waterworld. The characters in the middle surrounding the arrow are actual coordinates for longitude and latitude. Diese Kosten konnten nicht an der Kinokasse eingespielt werden; erst die Auswertung für das Heimkino brachte ein leichtes Plus. Ancient Earth was a water world. 62. Waterworld ist ein US-amerikanischer Science-Fiction-Film des Endzeitgenres, der 1995 gedreht wurde.Die Hauptrolle spielt Kevin Costner, der den Film auch mitproduzierte.Der Film war mit einem Budget von 175 Millionen US-Dollar der bis dahin teuerste der Geschichte. So, I got into a debate with someone that Waterworld was stupid, because if everything but Mount Everest was covered in water, no one would be able to breathe without air masks / oxygen / high altitude gear. The Chinese characters of Enola’s tattoo are in fact co-ordinates that mark out the highest point on Earth’s surface: Mount Everest. He builds a new sailboat and departs. Dryland is meant to be the top of Mount Everest. Waterworld fun fact: The ending dryland is supposed to be the top of Mt. The map tattoo on Enola's back is in Chinese traditional characters (or Japanese Kanji). Waterworld is a 1995 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by Kevin Reynolds and co-written by Peter Rader and David Twohy.It was based on Rader's original 1986 screenplay and stars Kevin Costner, who also produced it with Charles Gordon and John Davis.It was distributed by Universal Pictures.. 9, 2021 , 9:00 AM.