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ERIC STOLTZ
The Water Dance
Venice Magazine
by Rand Marsh

Eric STOLTZ, WHOM WE ALL LOVED to laugh at as one of the dudes in Fast Time at Ridgemont High and who we all had a good cry with as the deformed son of Cher in Mask, and who made us all scream with fright in The Fly II, is back.  Eric has never been typecast and he has never been afraid to accept a challenging role.  His latest film, The Waterdance is no exception; he plays a character in a wheelchair who is half Mexican (he dyed his hair black to look the part).  At this years Sundance Film Festival The Waterdance was the winner of the screenplay award and the film was voted the audience's favorite.  Written by River's Edge author, Neal Jimenez (who also co-directed with Michael Steinbert), it tells the author's autobiographical story while avoiding the snares of self-indulgence.  A script with the potential to be full of despair, it is laced throughout with humor.