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Release Date:
August 9, 1989
Original Title:
The Abyss
Alternate Titles:
Abyss
Abyss - Abgrund des Todes
Afgrond
El abismo
Głębia
Işığın Bittiği Yer
Otchłań
The Abyss (Special Edition)
המצולות
심연
심연(어비스)
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Science Fiction | Thriller
Production Companies:
20th Century Fox
Pacific Western
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
AR: 13 AU: M BR: L DE: 12 DK: 15 FI: K-16 FR: 12 GB: 15 GR: 13 HU: 12 IE: 15 MX: B NL: 12 PR: PG-13 SE: 15 SK: 12 US: PG-13
Runtime: 140
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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ADR Editor:
Joe Dorn
ADR Mixer:
Robert Deschaine
ADR Recordist:
David Jobe
Additional Music:
Robert Garrett
Additional Second Assistant Camera:
David Luckenbach
Animation Supervisor:
Jeff Burks
Apprentice Sound Editor:
Roy Seeger
Art Department Coordinator:
Mary Alice Palmer
Art Direction:
Russell Christian
Joseph C. Nemec III
Assistant Accountant:
Robert Gordon
Assistant Art Director:
Dan Webster
Assistant Camera:
Michael Griffin
Assistant Editor:
Christopher Koefoed
Assistant Production Coordinator:
Beth DePatie
Assistant Property Master:
Linda Waxman
Assistant Sound Editor:
Howell Gibbens
Assistant Unit Manager:
Tekin Cetinkaya
Best Boy Electric:
James M. McEwen
Best Boy Grip:
Scott R. Davis
Boom Operator:
George Leong
Camera Operator:
Paul C. Babin
George D. Dodge
Carpenter:
Jack Cornish
Casting:
Howard Feuer
Casting Associate:
Dennis Osborne
Color Timer:
Bob Hagans
Concept Artist:
Jean Giraud
Conceptual Design:
Ron Cobb
Construction Buyer:
Charlotte Patterson
Construction Coordinator:
George Stokes
Construction Foreman:
Tom Jones Jr.
Costume Design:
Deborah Everton
Costume Supervisor:
Deena Appel
Craft Service:
Stephan Schultze
Director:
James Cameron
Director of Photography:
Mikael Salomon
Dolly Grip:
Jimmy Leavens
Driver:
John Anderson
Editor:
Howard E. Smith
Joel Goodman
Conrad Buff IV
Steven Quale
Editorial Staff:
Timothy Greenwood
Effects Supervisor:
Larz Anderson
Electrician:
Vince Pace
First Assistant Camera:
Ian Fox
First Assistant Director:
Newt Arnold
Foley:
Greg Orloff
John Roesch
Joseph T. Sabella
Foley Artist:
Kevin Bartnof
Foley Mixer:
Marilyn Graf
Foley Recordist:
Carolyn Tapp
Foley Supervisor:
Marian Wilde
Gaffer:
George S. Neil
Mark A. Shelton
Dwight Campbell
Grip:
Robert Hoelen
Hairstylist:
Emanuel Millar
Key Grip:
Bobby Huber
Key Rigging Grip:
Charles 'Tom' Hinson
Key Set Production Assistant:
Hilbert Hakim
Leadman:
John D. Kretschmer
Lighting Supervisor:
Richard Mula
Location Manager:
Andrew Chapman
Makeup Artist:
Kathryn Fenton
Music Editor:
Kenneth Karman
Negative Cutter:
Gary Burritt
Orchestrator:
James B. Campbell
Original Music Composer:
Alan Silvestri
Painter:
Karen Steward
Producer:
Gale Anne Hurd
Van Ling
Production Accountant:
Vince Heileson
Production Assistant:
Matt Brown
Production Coordinator:
Laura Greenlee
Production Design:
Leslie Dilley
Production Illustrator:
Michele Moen
Production Manager:
Charles Skouras III
Production Secretary:
Jennifer C. Bell
Production Supervisor:
Paul Tivers
Project Manager:
Jim English
Property Master:
Emily Yudell
Charles Stewart
Propmaker:
Neil Gahm
Rigging Grip:
W.D. Hill
Scenic Artist:
Michael T. Daigle
Script Supervisor:
Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez
Sculptor:
Brian Cole
Screaming Mad George
Second Assistant Camera:
Marc Brown
Second Assistant Director:
Verónica González Rubio
Set Decoration:
Anne Kuljian
Set Designer:
Thomas P. Wilkins
Andrew Precht
Gershon Ginsburg
Set Dressing Artist:
General Fermon Judd Jr.
Set Production Assistant:
Nancy Blewer
Sound Designer:
Blake Leyh
Sound Editor:
Stuart Copely
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Don J. Bassman
Kevin E. Carpenter
Richard Overton
Kevin F. Cleary
Sound Recordist:
Robert Renga
Sound mixer:
Lee Orloff
Special Effects Coordinator:
Joseph A. Unsinn
Joe Viskocil
Special Effects Technician:
Donn Markel
Stand In:
Dominic Jack Pizzo, Sr.
Standby Painter:
Joe Cooper
Steadicam Operator:
Bob Gorelick
J. Michael Muro
Still Photographer:
Richard Foreman Jr.
Storyboard Artist:
Phillip Norwood
Stunt Coordinator:
Dick Warlock
Stunt Double:
Jon H. Epstein
Stunts:
Mike Johnson
Steve Kelso
Kerry Rossall
Diane Hetfield
Glory Fioramonti
Marcia Holley
Loren Janes
Pat Romano
Clay Boss
Frank Lloyd
Rick Avery
Denney Pierce
Michael Cassidy
Supervising Art Director:
Peter Childs
Supervising Sound Editor:
Dody Dorn
Technical Advisor:
Gene Witham
Title Designer:
Ernest Farino
Transportation Captain:
Brian Delahanty
Transportation Coordinator:
Chuck Clarke
Underwater Camera:
Jordan Klein Jr.
Underwater Gaffer:
Patrick Murray
Unit Publicist:
Anne Marie Stein
Video Assist Operator:
David Schmalz
Visual Effects Assistant Editor:
Erik Henry
Visual Effects Coordinator:
Mike Chambers
Visual Effects Editor:
Kathy Chasen-Hay
Miller Drake
Visual Effects Producer:
Ned Gorman
Leslie Huntley
Diana Shornstein
Laura Buff
Visual Effects Production Assistant:
Christopher Warren
Visual Effects Production Manager:
Kristina Birkmayer
Visual Effects Supervisor:
Hoyt Yeatman
Steve Johnson
Walt Conti
John Bruno
Dennis Muren
Wardrobe Assistant:
Joshua Keep
Weapons Master:
Randy E. Moore
Writer:
James Cameron
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