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The Abyss was released on August 9, 1989, in 1,533 theaters, where it grossed $9.3 million on its opening weekend and ranked #2 at the box office behind Parenthood. It went on to make $54.2 million in North America and $35.5 million throughout the rest of the world for a worldwide total of $89.8 million.
Oct 10, 2024 · Directed by James Cameron, the visionary filmmaker behind hits such as Titanic and Avatar, The Abyss was released in 1989 and quickly became a cult classic. Set in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, the film follows a team of underwater oil drillers who find themselves embroiled in a mysterious and dangerous underwater mission.
- NO BLU-RAY, TO THIS DAY. Despite the mammoth undertaking required to bring The Abyss to life, the film has never received a high-definition Blu-Ray release.
- ANIMAL ABUSE? First-time audiences bit their knuckles with anxiety during that memorable scene where a live rat is placed in a container of oxygenated fluorocarbon.
- THE MOVIE GOES BY MANY NICKNAMES. So grueling and punishing was the process of shooting The Abyss, that cast and crew members began showering it with flack in the form of clever nicknames.
- THE FILMING BURNED MANY BRIDGES. The Abyss might be a technical masterpiece, but it ended up costing James Cameron a lot of friends. Its troubled production created a rift between Cameron and actors Ed Harris and MaryElizabeth Mastrantonio, not to mention many crew members who have seemingly gone in opposite directions since that time.
The Abyss: Directed by James Cameron. With Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester. A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.
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- Adventure, Drama, Mystery
- James Cameron
- 1989-08-09
They are drafted to assist a gung-ho Navy SEAL (Michael Biehn) with a top-secret recovery operation: a nuclear sub has been ambushed and sunk, under mysterious circumstances, in some of the deepest...
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- James Cameron
- PG-13
- Ed Harris
In January 1994, the U.S. Ohio-class submarine USS Montana has an encounter with an unidentified submerged object that moves at high speed, making detection difficult. Close contact with the strange object disables power and the Montana drifts into some under ocean mountain ridges and sinks near the Cayman Trough.
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The Abyss is James Cameron's fourth feature film and his second water-themed movie. Starring Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, the 1989 drama that revolves around a team of oil workers and Navy SEALs who face a mysterious alien race at the bottom of the ocean.
