What is Waterworld?
{{Infobox movie | name = Waterworld | director = [[Kevin Reynolds (director)|Kevin Reynolds]]<br> [[Kevin Costner]] (uncredited) | producer = Kevin Costner, [[John Davis (American producer)|John Davis]], [[Charles Gordon]], [[Lawrence Gordon]], [[Andrew Licht]] | writer = [[Peter Rader]], <br> [[David Twohy]] | starring = Kevin Costner, <br> [[Jeanne Tripplehorn]], <br> [[Tina Majorino]], <br> [[R.D. Call]], <br> [[Dennis Hopper]] | distributor = [[Universal Studios|Universal]] | music = [[James Newton Howard]] | released = July 28, 1994 | runtime = 136 min. | language = English | budget = $175 million + }} '''''Waterworld''''' is a 1995 [[Cinema of the United States|American]] [[science fiction]] [[action movie]]. The movie stars [[Kevin Costner]] who also [[producer|produced]] it. ''Waterworld'' was released in the [[United States]] on July 28, 1995. Problems during the making of the movie caused it to cost much more than expected. It was the most expensive movie ever made at the time. With a [[budget]] of [[US dollar|$]]175 million, the movie earned $88 million at U.S. [[movie theatre|theaters]]. However, the movie was successful in other [[country|countries]]. It made more than a $100 million profit. ==Plot== Some time in the [[future]], after [[global warming]], the [[north pole|polar]] [[ice]]caps have melted. The [[Earth]] is almost entirely covered with [[water]]. The humans that are still alive have forgotten the past. Most people believe the world was created in a [[flood]]. It is [[blasphemy]] to believe anything else. There is, however, a belief of many peoples that dry land exists. The peoples can be [[classification|classified]] into four groups: * ''Drifters'': People who sail alone in small boats. They collecting things and trade with one each other as well as with atolls; * ''Atoll Dwellers'': People who live in large floating [[building|constructs]] called ''atolls''. * ''Smokers'': [[Pirate]]s who live on old [[oil]]