The Abyss (1989)

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PG-13 | 2 hr 20 mins | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Sci-fi, Fantasy | Released: 1/1/1989 |Box Office Total: $54.2M

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Synopsis:

A group of civilian divers are pressed into service by the United States Navy to search out and rescue a stricken nuclear submarine.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/1989

Studio	Credit
Fox Films, Ltd.	Studio
Director	Credit
James Cameron	Director
Cast	Credit
Ed Harris	Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio	Lindsey Brigman
Michael Biehn	Lieutenant Coffey
Leo Burmester	Catfish DeVries
Todd Graff	Alain 'Hippy' Carnes
John Bedford Lloyd	Jammer Willis
J C Quinn	Sonny Dawson
Kimberly Scott	Lisa 'One Night' Standing
Captain Kidd Brewer Jr	Lew Finler
George Robert Klek	Wilhite
Christopher Murphy	Schoenick
Adam Nelson	Ensign Monk
Richard Warlock	Dwight Perry
Jimmie Ray Weeks	Leland McBride
J Kenneth Campbell	DeMarco
Ken Jenkins	Gerard Kirkhill
Chris Elliott	Bendix
Peter Ratray	Captain
Michael Beach	Barnes
Brad Sullivan	Executive
Frank Lloyd	Navigator
Joe Farago	Anchorman
William Wisher	Bill Tyler
Phillip Darlington	Crew Member
Joseph Nemec III	Crew Member
Super Sea Rover	Big Geek
Mini Rover Mk II	Little Geek
Production Credits	Credit
Gale Anne Hurd	Producer
Van Ling	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
GJP Inc Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
20th Century Fox Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Twentieth Century Fox	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
20th Century Fox Studios	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Holland Film Releasing	Theatrical Distributor
CBS/Fox Video International	Domestic Video Distributor
Cinematic Pool	Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Earl Owensby Studios, Gaffney, South Carolina, USA
Harbor Star Stage, San Pedro, California, USA
Westport, Washington, USA
Writer	Credit
James Cameron	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Jyllel Syage	Post-Production Accountant
Vince Heileson	Production Accountant
Robert Gordon	Assistant Accountant - accountant assistant
Linden Johnson	Assistant Accountant - accountant assistant
Kathi Levine	Assistant Accountant - accountant assistant
Art Department	Credit
Phill Norwood	Storyboard Artist
James Kagel	Art Department - key sculptor
Daren R Dochterman	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Peter Childs	Art Director - art direction supervisor
Andrew Precht	Set Designer
Mary Alice Palmer	Art Department Coordinator
Daniel R Webster	Assistant Art Director - art direction assistant
Anne Kuljian	Set Decorator
Jim Ferrell	Set Dresser - on-set dresser
Leslie Dilley	Production Designer
John D Kretschmer	Lead Person - leadman
Mike Daigle	Scenic Artist
Moebius	Concept Artist - Conceptual Artist
Thomas Wilkins	Set Designer
Dan Wissner	Assistant Art Director - art direction assistant
Russell Christian	Art Director - art direction
Ray V DiCarlo	Lead Person - leadman
Hal Miles II	Art Department - key sculptor
Joseph C Nemec III	Art Director - art direction
Brian E Cole	Art Department - sculptor
Gershon Ginsburg	Set Designer
Steve Beck	Art Director - effects art director
Casting	Credit
Howard Feuer	Casting
Carlton Thomas	Casting - casting coordinator
Judi's Casting Service	Casting Agency casting
Craft Services	Credit
Tim Corbin	Catering - cook assistant
Stephan Schultze	Craft Service
Linda Taffar	Catering - cook assistant
Film Camera	Credit
Gary Platek	Lighting - laser lighting effects
Mikael Salomon	Director of Photography
Rhonda Gunner	Video - video and graphic displays
Bob Hagans	Color Timer
Richard Foreman	Photography - stills
Ian Fox	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Terry Chostner	Camera - effects cameraman
James Muro	Steadicam Operator
Richard Mula	Lighting Director - lighting supervisor
John Huneck	Camera Operator
Randy Johnson	Camera Assistant - effects camera assistant
Robert Hill	Camera Assistant - effects camera assistant
John Nicolard	Color Timer
Walter Clayton III	Lighting - lighting/doubles
Marc Brown	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Richard Foreman	Photography - underwater stills
Bob Gorelick	Steadicam Operator
Paul Babin	Camera Operator
Richard Hollander	Video - video and graphic displays
Al Giddings	Director of Photography - underwater director of photography
Harry V Walton	Camera - effects cameraman
Dennis Skotak	Director of Photography
Eric Brevig	Photography - effects photography
Stephen A George	Lighting - lighting/doubles
Michael Griffin	Camera Assistant
George D Dodge	Camera Operator
Yuri Farrant	Camera - effects cameraman
Ted Nutty	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Gregory L McMurry	Video - video and graphic displays
David Luckenbach	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Wayne Baker	Camera Operator
John C Wash	Video - video and graphic displays
Mike Thomas	Camera Assistant
Paul Huston	Camera - effects cameraman
Harry Schafer	Lighting - lighting/doubles
Chuck Schuman	Photography - effects photography
Jim Belkin	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Ed W Marsh	Video - video editor
Jack Monestier	Lighting - lighting rigger
Christopher Duddy	Photography - effects photography
Bob Cecchini	Camera Assistant
Mark Cane	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Alex Funke	Photography - miniature photography supervisor
Ned Martin	Camera Assistant
Hydro Image	Lighting - underwater lighting equipment
Craig Allen	Video - video transfers
James Green	Photography - matte photography
Marcial Lopez	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Richard Mula	Lighting - underwater lighting equipment design
Charles Nicklin	Photography - underwater documentary photography
Pete Romano	Lighting - underwater lighting equipment design
Pete Romano	Photography - underwater miniature photography
Management	Credit
Charlie Arneson	Manager - systems manager
John Palmer	Manager - model shop manager
Music	Credit
Linda Ronstadt	Song Performer
Alan Silvestri	Music
Lowell George	Song
James B Campbell	Orchestrations
Kenneth Karman	Music Editor
Jacqueline Tager	Music Editor - music editor assistant
Dennis S Sands	Music - music scoring mixer
Robert Garrett	Music
Physical Effects	Credit
Dick Warlock	Stunt Coordinator
Michael Bigelow	Motion Control - motion control supervisor
Clay Boss	Stunts
Mike Cassidy	Stunts
Scott Beattie	Motion Control - motion control supervisor
Michael Shea	Motion Control - motion control supervisor
Bob K Cummings	Stunts
Mike DeLuna	Stunts
Terry Moews	Motion Control - motion control technician
Jon Epstein	Stunts
Michael Talarico	Motion Control - motion control technician
Rick Johnson	Motion Control - motion control technician
Gloria-Gene Fioramonti	Stunts
Roy Harrison	Stunts
Michael Condro	Motion Control - motion control technician
Gloria Hetfield	Stunts
Tom Shaughnessy	Motion Control - motion control technician
Scott Campbell	Motion Control - motion control technician
Marcia Holley	Stunts
Fred Iguchi	Motion Control - motion control electronics
Loren Janes	Stunts
Michael Johnson	Stunts
Brett Jones	Stunts
Frank Lloyd	Stunts
Billy Oliver	Stunts
Alan Oliney	Stunts
Denney Pierce	Stunts
Patrick Romano	Stunts
Kerry Rossall	Stunts
Richard Washington	Stunts
Danny Weselis	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Terry Thompson	Production Supervisor - underwater unit production supervisor
Charles Skouras III	Production Manager
Sharron Reynolds	Script Supervisor
Dana Schornstein	Line Producer - visual effects line producer
Rosemary Chastney	Continuity - underwater continuity
Kristina Birkmayer	Production Coordinator
Tim Goldberg	Location Manager
Michael Olague	Project Manager - stage project manager
Robin Oliver	Assistant Director
William Scott Millard	Project Manager
Laura Lang	Production Coordinator
Leslie Huntley	Production Supervisor
Stephen J Fisher	Assistant Director
Andrew Chapman	Location Manager
Laura Greenlee	Production Coordinator
Newt Arnold	Assistant Director
Jim English	Project Manager
Julia Gibson	Production Supervisor - visual effects production supervisor
Veronica Gonzalez Rubio	Assistant Director
Bob Nellans	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Carma Gordon	Publicity - publicity assistant
Anne Marie Stein	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Blake Leyh	Sound Design
Dane A. Davis	Sound Effects - sound effects recorder
Lee Orloff	Sound Mixer
Marian Wilde	Foley - foley supervisor
Ken Stone	Sound Engineer
Bob Renga	Sound - sound recording
John Roesch	Foley Artist
David Bifano	Audio - audio programmer
Dody J Dorn	Sound Supervisor
Dody J Dorn	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
Joe Dorn	ADR Editor
George Leong	Boom Operator
John Hoeren	Sound Editor
Joseph Sabella	Foley Artist
Greg Orloff	Foley - foley recording
Don Bassman	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Peter Michael Sullivan	Sound Editor
Carolyn Tapp	Foley - foley recording
Kevin F Cleary	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Michael Dressel	Sound Editor
Richard Overton	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Stuart Copley	Sound Editor
Kevin E Carpenter	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Sarah Rothenberg	Sound Editor
Cybele O'Brien	Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
Laura Graham	Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
Howell Gibbens	Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
Jonathan Klein	Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
Visual Effects	Credit
Scott E Anderson	CGI Artist - computer graphics animator
Dream Quest Images	Special Effects - special visual effects
John Bruno	Visual Effects Supervisor
Gregory Orr	Effects Assistant - effects supervisor assistant
Robert Scifo	Matte Painter - matte artist
Larry Shubert	Mechanical Special Effects - mechanical design
Wes Takahashi	Effects Supervisor - animator supervisor
Joe Unsinn	Special Effects Coordinator
James Valentine	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope supervisor
Roni McLinley	Effects Coordinator
John Knoll	Graphics - computer graphics designer
Ernest D Farino	Titles - title design
Laura Buff	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
Stephen Burg	Miniatures - miniature designs
Jeff Burks	Animation Supervisor
Ty Boyce	Visual Effects Designer - electrical design
Mike Chambers	Effects Coordinator - visual effects coordinator
Jack Gittings	Visual Effects Designer - electrical design
Robert Skotak	Visual Effects Supervisor
Robert Spurlock	Special Effects
David Goldberg	Miniatures - miniature construction supervisor
Christopher Warren	Effects Assistant - effects supervisor assistant
Gene Warren Jr	Effects Supervisor
Scott Riley	Mechanical Special Effects - mechanical design
Mark Dippe	CGI Artist - computer graphics animator
Dream Quest Images	Visual Effects - visual effects supervision
Ken Allen	Matte Painter - matte artist
Joseph Viskocil	Special Effects Coordinator
Larz Anderson	Effects Supervisor
Alison Savitch	Effects Coordinator - visual effects coordinator
Martin Bresin	Special Effects
Hoyt Yeatman	Visual Effects Supervisor
Gene Guval	Mechanical Special Effects - mechanical design
Lincoln Hu	CGI Artist - computer graphics animator
Jim Morris	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
Roy Krynim	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Eric Rylander	Special Effects
Ed Pearce	Mechanical Special Effects - mechanical design
Steve Williams (Spaz)	CGI Artist - computer graphics animator
Mark Twogood	Special Effects
Vae Sun	Mechanical Special Effects - mechanical design
Kendall Nishimine	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Glenn Edwards	Mechanical Special Effects - mechanical design
Robin Twogood	Special Effects
Gary Rhodaback	Visual Effects - modelmaker
David Amborn	Special Effects
Michael Joyce	Visual Effects - modelmaker
David McCue	Visual Effects - optical compositing
Jim Fredburg	Special Effects
Marlo Pabon	Visual Effects - optical compositing
David Kirk	Special Effects
Richard Lopez	Special Effects
Kevin Scott Mack	Visual Effects - model painter
Jeffrey C Machit	Special Effects
Henry Darnell	Visual Effects - model painter
Robert Olmstead	Special Effects
Michael Stuart	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Alan Rifkin	Special Effects
Daniel D Brown	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Ray Cavaluzzi	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Mark Yuricich	Special Effects
Richard Zarwro	Special Effects
Fernando Lau	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Jim LoGiadice	Visual Effects - modelmaker
John Douglass	Special Effects - special effects technician
Van Ling	Visual Effects - visual effects liaison
Christian Johnston	Special Effects - special effects technician
Jeff Edwards	Special Effects - special effects technician
Adam Gelbart	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Dean Gates	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Bob Marino	Special Effects - special effects technician
Gerald McClug	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Jim Greenall	Special Effects - special effects technician
Marghe McMahon	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Bob Smithson	Special Effects - special effects technician
Bernardo Munoz	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Motoyoshi Hata	Special Effects - special effects technician
Lisa Welton	Special Effects - special effects technician
Gus Ramsden	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Nicholas Seldon	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Michael Hosch	Special Effects - special effects technician
John Vivian	Special Effects - special effects technician
Andy Siegel	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Rick Anderson	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Mike Cummins	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Cris Hammond	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Dave Caldwell	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Paul Kraus	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Joshua Keep	Wardrobe Assistant
Kathryn Miles Kelly	Makeup
Emanuel Millar	Hair - key hairstyles
Deborah Everton	Costume Designer
Deena Appel	Costume Supervisor
Deanna Newton	Wardrobe Assistant

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