Overview:
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.| Status: | Released (1989-08-09) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 16 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $54,981,151 |
| Screen: | James Cameron |
| Productions: | 20th Century Fox, Pacific Western |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 228: Ed Harris - Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
- 1161: Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Lindsey Brigman
- 2712: Michael Biehn - Lieutenant Hiram Coffey
- 30151: Leo Burmester - Catton ‘Catfish’ De Vries
- 18342: Todd Graff - Alan 'Hippy' Carnes
- 60118: John Bedford Lloyd - Jammer Willis
- 1984: Kimberly Scott - Lisa 'One Night' Standing
Crews
- 2710: James Cameron - Director - Directing
- 869: Gale Anne Hurd - Producer - Production
- 30148: Van Ling - Producer - Production
- 37: Alan Silvestri - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 30149: Mikael Salomon - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1530: Howard Feuer - Casting - Production
- 5059: Leslie Dilley - Production Design - Art
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Reviews
John Chard
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Cameron's Marvellous Close Encounters Of The Sea Kind. Special Edition A deep sea oil crew are called upon by the military to investigate the events that saw an American Nuclear Submarine crash down in the abyss. As the crew, and their hot headed Navy Seal passengers, get down ....
Continue reading ->Rob
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A fantastic movie ruined by the studio's shortsightedness. Be sure to watch James Cameron's version of this movie, aliens included, to get the full and best experience! The cinema release was a botch. The Abyss proves you can have a big action film that hits all the right marks with ....
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"The Abyss" features a random assortment of sequences which look suspiciously altered to accommodate the course of the film and one of the most obvious is why Bud isn't instantly crushed to death by the pressure while plummeting to what appears to be certain death. And how can he pos ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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When a nuclear-powered submarine goes missing, scientists-cum-salvagers “Bud” (Ed Harris) and his estranged wife “Lindsey” (Mary Elizabeth Mastroantonio) are drafted in to find out what’s happened. The area where it was lost has become something of a “Bermuda Triangle” with mysteriou ....
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