Two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster directs and co-stars with two-time Academy Award¨ winner Mel Gibson in The Beaver an emotional story about a man on a journey to re-discover his family and re-start his life. Plagued by his own demons, Walter Black was once a successful toy executive and family man who now suffers from depression. No matter what he tries, Walter can't seem to get himself back on track...until a beaver hand puppet enters his life.