The Abyss Movie Review 1989

Underwater sci-fi adventure about a team of oil-drilling divers pressed into service by the navy to locate and disarm an inoperative nuclear submarine. A high-tech thriller with fab footage underwater and pulsating score.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 140 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Alien Beings--Benign, Scuba, Black Gold, Sea Disasters, Special FX Extravaganzas, Deep Blue, Nuclear Energy, Submarines

Screenplay

James Cameron

Cast

Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Todd Graff, Michael Biehn, John Bedford Lloyd, J.C. Quinn, Leo Burmester, Kidd Brewer, Kimberly Scott, Adam Nelson, George Robert Kirk, Chris Elliott, Jimmie Ray Weeks

Cinematography

Mikael Salomon

Director

James Cameron

Music

Alan Silvestri

Producer

20th Century-Fox

Awards

Oscars 1989: Visual FX.