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The Abyss (DVD)

Ed Harris (actor), Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (actor) and James Cameron (director)
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Review

Los Angeles Times, 08/09/1989, p.C1, "...THE ABYSS is at heart a sweet movie....The undersea effects are glowingly beautiful..."

Rolling Stone, 08/24/1989, p.37, "...[A] stupendously exciting and emotionally engulfing film....With probing intelligence and passionate feeling, Cameron has raised the adventure film very close to the level of art..."

Entertainment Weekly, 01/13/1995, pp.66-8, "...Cameron again delves in....An epic story line...and much more..." -- Rating: B

Total Film, 05/01/2000, p.104, "...A great achievement....The cast is solid and the pioneering CG effects still look incredible..."

Variety, 03/01/1993, "...A technical marvel with sustained tension, exciting action footage and an emotional wallop in its nearly platonic love story..."

Title Note

Budget estimated at over $50 million.

Rated BBFC 12 by the British Board of Film Classification.

Copyright 1989 20th Century Fox Film Corporation.

Release Note

DVD Features:

Region 1
2-Disc Set - Digipak
Disc 1: THE ABYSS - Feature Presentation
Interactive Features:
Additional Interactive Features - Multi-Story Choice Between Watching Theatrical Version or Special Edition Version
Pop-Ups - Text Commentary Track
Disc 2: THE ABYSS - Supplemental Material
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes - 1. "Under Pressure: Making THE ABYSS"
2. Academy Award Special Effects Reel
3. "Drill Room: From Story Concept to Final Cut"
Clips and Highlights - Special Effects Clips Cut to Film Score
Featurette
Interactive Features:
Multi-Angles - Pseudopod Multi-Angle
DVD-ROM:
DVD-ROM Features

Product Notes

After a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks in a remote part of the ocean floor, a team of divers on a prototype underwater oil rig are pressed into service by the U.S. Navy in a rescue attempt. When a hurricane cuts off contact between the surface and the underwater depths, the crew begin to see evidence of a strange, possibly alien intelligence at work. While chief Bud Brigman (Ed Harris) bickers with his ex-wife and boss (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), the Navy commander begins to grow increasingly paranoid about the mysterious alien life and threatens to use a recovered nuclear weapon to destroy everything. James Cameron's undersea epic is a tale of sacrifice and hope in an amazing alien landscape that covers 2/3 of the Earth's surface. Featuring landmark visual effects but plagued by production difficulties, the cast and crew were stretched to the breaking point and THE ABYSS became one of the most expensive films ever made in its time, but the final result is a remarkable blend of action and human drama. Scenes cut from the theatrical version, including a number of special effects sequences involving huge tidal waves threatening the cities of the world, are restored in the Special Edition versions.

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