The Abyss (1989) [PG-13]

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

When you get there, you will understand.

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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