The Water Engine (1992) — drama, tv-movie film. Directed by Steven Schachter. Starring William H. Macy, Patti LuPone, Charles Durning, John Mahoney. This page maps 3 characters and 3 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
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Character Relationship Map
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An amateur inventor seeks to protect a revolutionary machine but is destroyed by lawyers serving interests threatened by his invention.
Drama, TV Movie · 5.8/10 · 88 min · 1992
In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously low amount. When he refuses, he is suddenly several people are pressuring him to sell. The big oil companies don't want the competition. Now he has to try and keep them from getting his idea, and somehow get it published.
