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THE ABYSS (1989) |
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MORGAN'S RATING |
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| When a nuclear missile sub mysteriously sinks, the Navy commandeers the crew of a civilian deep-sea oil rig to help in the rescue operation. This perilous mission becomes a wonderous odyssey into the unknown as forces from the ocean's deepest region begin to make contact with the divers. For Bud Brigman and his estranged wife it becomes also a test of their physical and emotional limits. Their journey into the endless night of the ocean's depths lays bare the human heart in an elemental confrontation between death, love and something else...the strange inhuman watchers in the abyss. |
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| Ed Harris (Virgil 'Bud' Brigman), Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Lindsey Brigman), Michael Biehn (Lt. Hiram Coffey), Leo Burmester (Catfish De Vries), Todd Graff (Alan 'Hippy' Carnes), John Bedford Lloyd (Jammer Willis), J.C. Quinn ('Sonny' Dawson), Kimberly Scott (Lisa 'One Night' Standing), Captain Kidd Brewer Jr. (Lew Finler), George Robert Klek (Wilhite), Christopher Murphy (Schoenick), Adam Nelson (Ensign Monk), Dick Warlock (Dwight Perry), Jimmie Ray Weeks (Leland McBride), J. Kenneth Campbell (DeMarco), Ken Jenkins (Gerard Kirkhill), Chris Elliott (Bendix), Peter Ratray (Captain), Michael Beach (Barnes), William Wisher Jr. (Bill Tyler), Thomas F. Duffy (Construction Worker), Michael Chapman (Dr. Berg). |
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A PLACE ON EARTH MORE AWESOME THAN ANYWHERE IN SPACE. |
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION |
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DIRECTOR: James Cameron (Titanic).
WRITER: James Cameron.
PRODUCERS: Gale Anne Hurd and Van Ling (special edition).
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Alan Silvestri and Robert Garrett (additional music) (special edition).
DISTRIBUTOR: 20th Century Fox. |
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QUOTES |
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Bud: When it comes to the safety of these people, there's me and then there's God, understand? |
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FACTS |
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Bud: God damn it, you bitch! You never backed away from anything in your life! Now fight! [Slaps Lindsay.] Fight! [Slaps Lindsay again.] Fiiiighhhhttt! |
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RELEASE DATE: August 9th, 1989 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $9.3 million (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $54.2 million (USA)
BUDGET: $69.5 million (USA)
SHOOTING DATES: August 1988 -- ???
- Director Cameron contacted Orson Scott Card before filming began with the possibility of producing a book based on his film. Scott initially told his agent that he doesn't do 'novelizations', but when she told him that the d irector was Cameron, he agreed to consider it. The script arrived, and Card signed on after receiving assurances from Cameron that he would be free to develop his novel the way he wanted to. After a meeting with Cameron, Card immediately wrote the first three chapters, which dealt with events concerning Bud and Lindsay Brigman that occured before the events in the film. Cameron gave these chapters to Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, who used it to develop their characters.
- Cast members had to become certified divers before filming began.
- Fluid breathing is a reality. Five rats were used for five different takes, all of whom survived and were given shots by a vet. The rat that actually appeared in the film died a few weeks before the film opened.
- The first movie released under the THX Lasterdisc Program.
- Academy Award winner for Best Visual Effects. Also nominated for Best Art-Direction, Cinematography and Best Sound. |
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Lindsay: These guys are about as fun as a tax audit. |
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Lindsay: There is something down there. Something not us.
Catfish: You could be more specific.
Lindsay: Not us. Not human, get it? Something non-human but intelligent...A non-terrestrial intellegence.
Alan: A non-terrestrial intelligence? NTIs. Oh man, that's better than UFOs. Oh, but that works too, huh? Underwater Flying Objects". |
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[About to drown on purpose.]
Lindsay: This was maybe not such a good idea! |
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Bud: [regarding Lindsay] God, I hate that mitch.
Alan: You probably shouldn't have married her then. |
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Bud: [regarding Lindsay] God, I hate that mitch.
Alan: You probably shouldn't have married her then. |
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CRITICAL COMMENT |
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"Spectacular underwater saga...better as an underwater adventure than futuristic sci-fi, with a couple of crises too many, but still fascinating, one-of-a-kind experience. Great score by Alan Silvestri." -- Leonard Maltin |
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