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The Abyss (1989)

The Abyss | United States of America

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.

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Description

Writers

James Cameron

Stars

Ed Harris
Virgil 'Bud' Brigman

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Lindsey Brigman

Michael Biehn
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey

Leo Burmester
Catfish De Vries

Todd Graff
Alan 'Hippy' Carnes

John Bedford Lloyd
Jammer Willis

Kimberly Scott
Lisa 'One Night' Standing

Chris Elliott
Bendix

J. C. Quinn
Arliss 'Sonny' Dawson

Pierce Oliver Brewer, Jr.
Lew Finler

Others...

Budget

70,000,000.00

Revenue

90,000,098.00

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Keywords

ocean, insanity, ufo, scuba diving, underwater, secret mission, sea, nuclear missile, submarine, alien life-form, flying saucer, u.s. navy, trapped underwater , scuba, deepsea, extraterrestrial life form, message, diving suit, warning, thalassophobia

Production

20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment, Pacific Western

Actor

Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, Todd Graff, John Bedford Lloyd, Kimberly Scott, Chris Elliott, J. C. Quinn, Pierce Oliver Brewer, Jr., George Robert Klek, Christopher Murphy, Adam Nelson, Dick Warlock, Jimmie Ray Weeks, J. Kenneth Campbell, Peter Ratray, Michael Beach, Ken Jenkins, Michael Chapman, William Wisher Jr., Wendy Gordon, Paula Cross, Emily Yancy, Joe Farago, Marcus K. Mukai, Thomas F. Duffy, Chris Anastasio, Tom Isbell, Mikhail Gorbachev, Frank Lloyd

Creators

Alan Silvestri (Original Music Composer), Dody Dorn (Supervising Sound Editor), Gale Anne Hurd (Producer), Howard Feuer (Casting), James Cameron (Screenplay), Conrad Buff IV (Editor), Dennis Muren (Visual Effects Supervisor), Leslie Dilley (Production Design), Anne Kuljian (Set Decoration), Thomas P. Wilkins (Set Designer), Marilyn Graf (Foley Mixer), Joseph C. Nemec III (Art Direction), Dan Webster (Assistant Art Director), Deena Appel (Costume Supervisor), Clay Boss (Stunts), Robert Deschaine (ADR Mixer), Dick Warlock (Stunt Coordinator), Howard E. Smith (Editor), Ron Cobb (Conceptual Design), Ian Fox (First Assistant Camera), James M. Muro (Steadicam Operator), Deborah Everton (Costume Design), Larz Anderson (Effects Supervisor), Van Ling (Producer), Mikael Salomon (Director of Photography), Andrew Precht (Set Designer), Erik Henry (Visual Effects Assistant Editor), James B. Campbell (Orchestrator), Gershon Ginsburg (Set Designer), John Bruno (Visual Effects Supervisor), Christopher Koefoed (Assistant Editor), Joel Goodman (Editor), Laura Greenlee (Production Coordinator), Jean Giraud (Concept Artist), Newt Arnold (First Assistant Director), Rick Avery (Stunts), Beth DePatie (Assistant Production Coordinator), George Stokes (Construction Coordinator), Bob Hagans (Color Timer), Hoyt Yeatman (Visual Effects Supervisor), Steven Quale (Editor), Jon H. Epstein (Stunt Double), Scott R. Davis (Best Boy Grip), Bobby Huber (Key Grip), Steve Johnson (Visual Effects Supervisor), Steve Kelso (Stunts), Gene Witham (Technical Advisor), General Fermon Judd Jr. (Set Dressing Artist), Blake Leyh (Sound Designer), Glory Fioramonti (Stunts), Denney Pierce (Stunts), Charles Stewart (Property Master), Hilbert Hakim (Key Set Production Assistant), Marcia Holley (Stunts), Randy E. Moore (Weapons Master), Screaming Mad George (Sculptor), Loren Janes (Stunts), Karen Steward (Painter), John Roesch (Foley), Mike Chambers (Visual Effects Coordinator), Donn Markel (Special Effects Technician), Stephan Schultze (Craft Service), Charles Skouras III (Production Manager), Matt Brown (Production Assistant), Robert Garrett (Additional Music), Russell Christian (Art Direction), Kathryn Fenton (Makeup Artist), Paul Tivers (Production Supervisor), Don J. Bassman (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Richard Overton (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Kevin E. Carpenter (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Michael Cassidy (Stunts), Kevin Bartnof (Foley Artist), David Luckenbach (Additional Second Assistant Camera), Miller Drake (Visual Effects Editor), Tom Jones Jr. (Construction Foreman), Robert Renga (Sound Recordist), Leslie Huntley (Visual Effects Producer), Kenneth Karman (Music Editor), John D. Kretschmer (Leadman), Mary Alice Palmer (Art Department Coordinator), Emily Yudell (Property Master), Brian Cole (Sculptor), Michael T. Daigle (Scenic Artist), Greg Orloff (Foley), Joseph T. Sabella (Foley), Joseph A. Unsinn (Special Effects Coordinator), Joe Viskocil (Special Effects Coordinator), Laura Buff (Visual Effects Producer), Kathy Chasen-Hay (Visual Effects Editor), Ned Gorman (Visual Effects Producer), Diana Shornstein (Visual Effects Producer), Walt Conti (Visual Effects Supervisor), Richard Foreman Jr. (Still Photographer), Paul C. Babin (Camera Operator), George D. Dodge (Camera Operator), Jordan Klein Jr. (Underwater Camera), Mark A. Shelton (Gaffer), George S. Neil (Gaffer), Bob Gorelick (Steadicam Operator), Dwight Campbell (Gaffer), Chuck Clarke (Transportation Coordinator), Sharron Reynolds (Script Supervisor), Kevin F. Cleary (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Jeff Burks (Animation Supervisor), Kerry Rossall (Stunts), Howell Gibbens (Assistant Sound Editor), Marian Wilde (Foley Supervisor), David Schmalz (Video Assist Operator), Carolyn Tapp (Foley Recordist), Joe Dorn (ADR Editor), Anne Marie Stein (Unit Publicist), Emanuel Millar (Hairstylist), Lee Orloff (Sound mixer), Neil Gahm (Propmaker), Marc Brown (Second Assistant Camera), George Leong (Boom Operator), Christopher Warren (Visual Effects Production Assistant), Patrick Murray (Underwater Gaffer), Timothy Greenwood (Editorial Staff), Phillip Norwood (Storyboard Artist), Diane Hetfield (Stunts), James M. McEwen (Best Boy Electric), Gary Burritt (Negative Cutter), David Jobe (ADR Recordist), Robert Hoelen (Grip), Michele Moen (Production Illustrator), Joe Cooper (Standby Painter), Jack Cornish (Carpenter), John Anderson (Driver), Nancy Blewer (Set Production Assistant), Dominic Jack Pizzo Sr. (Stand In), Brian Delahanty (Transportation Captain), Vince Pace (Electrician), Richard Mula (Lighting Supervisor), W.D. Hill (Rigging Grip), Dennis Osborne (Casting Associate), Andrew Chapman (Location Manager), Vince Heileson (Production Accountant), Stuart Copely (Sound Editor), Mike Johnson (Stunts), Charles 'Tom' Hinson (Key Rigging Grip), Roy Seeger (Apprentice Sound Editor), Kristina Birkmayer (Visual Effects Production Manager), Verónica González Rubio (Second Assistant Director), Linda Waxman (Assistant Property Master), Charlotte Patterson (Construction Buyer), Ernest Farino (Title Designer), Michael Griffin (Assistant Camera), Jimmy Leavens (Dolly Grip), Joshua Keep (Wardrobe Assistant), Jim English (Project Manager), Robert Gordon (Assistant Accountant), Tekin Cetinkaya (Assistant Unit Manager), Jennifer C. Bell (Production Secretary), Peter Childs (Supervising Art Director)

Alternative titles

El abismo (AR)
Afgrond (NL)
The Abyss (Special Edition) (US)
המצולות (IL)
심연 (KR)
심연(어비스) (KR)
Otchłań (PL)
Głębia (PL)
Işığın Bittiği Yer (TR)

Release dates

16.11.1989 (AR)
14.12.1989 (AU)
24.09.1993 (AU)
04.10.1989 (BE)
21.12.1989 (BR)
21.03.2000 (CA)
28.09.1989 (DE)
20.07.1990 (DE)
08.07.1993 (DE)
11.10.1989 (DK)
08.11.1989 (ES)
27.08.1993 (ES)
29.09.1989 (FI)
27.09.1989 (FR)
13.10.1989 (GB)
21.05.1993 (GB)
29.09.1989 (GR)
21.06.1990 (HU)
27.10.1989 (IE)
20.12.1989 (IT)
10.03.1990 (JP)
03.11.1989 (MX)
15.12.1989 (NL)
30.06.2007 (NL)
09.01.2002 (NL)
16.01.1990 (PH)
12.12.2023 (PR)
12.03.2024 (PR)
01.12.1989 (PT)
29.09.1989 (SE)
18.06.1993 (SE)
23.12.1989 (TH)
20.04.1990 (TR)
23.09.1989 (TW)
08.08.1989 (US)
09.08.1989 (US)
26.02.1993 (US)
06.12.2023 (US)
12.12.2023 (US)
12.03.2024 (US)
01.01.1990 (UY)
28.11.1989 (YU)

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