The Abyss (1989)

2h 19min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller | Aug 9, 1989 | Released

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.

Director: James Cameron

Producer: Gale Anne Hurd Van Ling

Writer(s): James Cameron

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Cast (21 Members)

Ed Harris

Virgil 'Bud' Brigman

Michael Chapman

Dr. Berg

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Lindsey Brigman

Chris Elliott

Bendix

Kimberly Scott

Lisa 'One Night' Standing

William Wisher Jr.

Bill Tyler

Michael Biehn

Lieutenant Hiram Coffey

Ensign Monk

Dwight Perry

Leland McBride

Alan 'Hippy' Carnes

Arliss 'Sonny' Dawson

Catfish De Vries

Gerard Kirkhill

Jammer Willis

Barnes

DeMarco

Captain

Schoenick

Captain Kidd Brewer Jr.

Lew Finler

George Robert Klek

Wilhite

Ed Harris Virgil 'Bud' Brigman

Michael Chapman Dr. Berg

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Lindsey Brigman

Chris Elliott Bendix

Kimberly Scott Lisa 'One Night' Standing

William Wisher Jr. Bill Tyler

Michael Biehn Lieutenant Hiram Coffey

Adam Nelson Ensign Monk

Dick Warlock Dwight Perry

Jimmie Ray Weeks Leland McBride

Todd Graff Alan 'Hippy' Carnes

J. C. Quinn Arliss 'Sonny' Dawson

Leo Burmester Catfish De Vries

Ken Jenkins Gerard Kirkhill

John Bedford Lloyd Jammer Willis

Michael Beach Barnes

J. Kenneth Campbell DeMarco

Peter Ratray Captain

Christopher Murphy Schoenick

Captain Kidd Brewer Jr. Lew Finler

George Robert Klek Wilhite

Crew (124 Members)

Alan Silvestri

Original Music Composer

Dody Dorn

Supervising Sound Editor

Producer

Casting

Director

Editor

Production Design

Set Decoration

Set Designer

Art Direction

Editor

Assistant Art Director

Costume Supervisor

Stunts

Stunt Coordinator

Steadicam Operator

Costume Design

Conceptual Design

Producer

Director of Photography

Andrew Precht

Set Designer

Ian Fox

First Assistant Camera

James B. Campbell

Orchestrator

Gershon Ginsburg

Set Designer

John Bruno

Visual Effects Supervisor

Laura Greenlee

Production Coordinator

Joel Goodman

Editor

Newt Arnold

First Assistant Director

George Stokes

Construction Coordinator

Bob Hagans

Color Timer

Hoyt Yeatman

Visual Effects Supervisor

Bobby Huber

Key Grip

Steve Johnson

Visual Effects Supervisor

General Fermon Judd Jr.

Set Dressing Artist

Blake Leyh

Sound Designer

Charles Stewart

Property Master

Hilbert Hakim

Key Set Production Assistant

Sculptor

Painter

Foley

Visual Effects Coordinator

Stephan Schultze

Craft Service

Charles Skouras III

Production Manager

Peter Childs

Supervising Art Director

Additional Music

Art Direction

Makeup Artist

Production Supervisor

Don J. Bassman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Richard Overton

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Kevin E. Carpenter

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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

Property Master

Sculptor

Scenic Artist

Foley

Foley

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

Still Photographer

Camera Operator

Camera Operator

Underwater Camera

Gaffer

Gaffer

Steadicam Operator

Gaffer

Transportation Coordinator

Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez

Script Supervisor

Kevin F. Cleary

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jeff Burks

Animation Supervisor

Howell Gibbens

Assistant Sound Editor

David Schmalz

Video Assist Operator

ADR Editor

Unit Publicist

Hairstylist

Sound mixer

Propmaker

Boom Operator

Storyboard

Best Boy Electric

Negative Cutter

Grip

Production Illustrator

Standby Painter

Carpenter

Driver

Set Production Assistant

Dominic Jack Pizzo Sr.

Stand In

Brian Delahanty

Transportation Captain

Electrician

Lighting Supervisor

Rigging Grip

Casting Associate

Location Manager

Production Accountant

Sound Editor

Underwater Gaffer

Technical Advisor

Production Secretary

Assistant Unit Manager

Assistant Accountant

Project Manager

Wardrobe Assistant

Dolly Grip

Assistant Camera

Title Designer

Construction Buyer

Assistant Property Master

Jean Giraud

Concept Artist

Hilbert Hakim

Key Set Production Assistant

Verónica González Rubio

Second Assistant Director

Peter Childs

Supervising Art Director

Alan Silvestri Original Music Composer

Dody Dorn Supervising Sound Editor

Gale Anne Hurd Producer

Howard Feuer Casting

James Cameron Director

Conrad Buff IV Editor

Leslie Dilley Production Design

Anne Kuljian Set Decoration

Thomas P. Wilkins Set Designer

Joseph C. Nemec III Art Direction

Howard E. Smith Editor

Dan Webster Assistant Art Director

Deena Appel Costume Supervisor

Clay Boss Stunts

Dick Warlock Stunt Coordinator

J. Michael Muro Steadicam Operator

Deborah Everton Costume Design

Ron Cobb Conceptual Design

Van Ling Producer

Mikael Salomon Director of Photography

Andrew Precht Set Designer

Ian Fox First Assistant Camera

James B. Campbell Orchestrator

Gershon Ginsburg Set Designer

John Bruno Visual Effects Supervisor

Laura Greenlee Production Coordinator

Joel Goodman Editor

Newt Arnold First Assistant Director

George Stokes Construction Coordinator

Bob Hagans Color Timer

Hoyt Yeatman Visual Effects Supervisor

Bobby Huber Key Grip

Steve Johnson Visual Effects Supervisor

General Fermon Judd Jr. Set Dressing Artist

Blake Leyh Sound Designer

Charles Stewart Property Master

Hilbert Hakim Key Set Production Assistant

Screaming Mad George Sculptor

Karen Steward Painter

John Roesch Foley

Mike Chambers Visual Effects Coordinator

Stephan Schultze Craft Service

Charles Skouras III Production Manager

Peter Childs Supervising Art Director

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

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-Enriquez Script Supervisor

Kevin F. Cleary Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jeff Burks Animation Supervisor

Howell Gibbens Assistant Sound Editor

David Schmalz Video Assist Operator

Joe Dorn ADR Editor

Anne Marie Stein Unit Publicist

Emanuel Millar Hairstylist

Lee Orloff Sound mixer

Neil Gahm Propmaker

George Leong Boom Operator

Phillip Norwood Storyboard

James M. McEwen Best Boy Electric

Gary Burritt Negative Cutter

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

Patrick Murray Underwater Gaffer

Gene Witham Technical Advisor

Jennifer C. Bell Production Secretary

Tekin Cetinkaya Assistant Unit Manager

Robert Gordon Assistant Accountant

Jim English Project Manager

Joshua Keep Wardrobe Assistant

Jimmy Leavens Dolly Grip

Michael Griffin Assistant Camera

Ernest Farino Title Designer

Charlotte Patterson Construction Buyer

Linda Waxman Assistant Property Master

Jean Giraud Concept Artist

Hilbert Hakim Key Set Production Assistant

Verónica González Rubio Second Assistant Director

Peter Childs Supervising Art Director

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The Abyss (1989)

2h 19min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller | Aug 9, 1989 | Released

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