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The crew of an experimental, high-tech submersible is called into action to investigate a mysterious nuclear submarine crash. A series of strange encounters leads the crew to suspect the accident was caused by an extraterrestrial craft, and that they may be participating in an encounter with an alien species. However, in order to make contact, they must not only brave the abyss, an exceedingly deep underwater canyon, but also deal with the violent actions of one of their own crew members, an increasingly paranoid Navy SEAL officer. Approved by director James Cameron, "The Abyss: Special Edition" is an extended director's cut of the 1989 underwater science fiction epic, reinstating nearly a half hour of footage removed from the original release under studio pressure. Much of the restored footage places the film's events in a grander political context, as the crew's mission becomes a factor in the dangerous escalation of nuclear tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The largest change involves the film's ending, which provides further information on the aliens' mission on Earth, bringing the film to closer to Cameron's intention: a modern remake of Robert Wise's "The Day the Earth Stood Still". ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi
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Disc #1 -- Abyss
Theatrical Version
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Audio Options
2.0 Dolby Surround
5.1 Dolby Surround
Scene Index
Subtitle Options
No Subtitles
English Subtitles
Spanish Subtitles
Text Commentary (English)
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Special Features
Personnel Lockers
Ed Harris "Bud Brigman"
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio "Lindsay Brigman"
Michael Biehn "Lt Coffey
Todd Graff "Hippy"
Leo Burmester "Catfish"
Kimberly Scott "One Night"
DVD-ROM
Disc #2 -- The Abyss - Special Edition
Play Special Edition Version
Special Features
Personnel Lockers
Ed Harris "Bud Brigman"
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio "Lindsay Brigman"
Michael Biehn "Lt Coffey
Todd Graff "Hippy"
Leo Burmester "Catfish"
Kimberly Scott "One Night"
Drill Room
Well Head
Imaging Station
Shooting Script: Read James Cameron's Final Shooting Script for "The Abyss"
The Abyss In-Depth Mission Components
Cab One: 1850 Feet Below Sea Level
Deepcore 2: 1700 Feet Below Sea Level
Pseudopod: 1800 Feet Below Sea Level
Operations
Writer/Director And Screenplay
Production Team
The Design Team
The Storyboarding Process
Character Development And Casting
Trailers
Teaser Trailer: The Abyss
Main Trailer: The Abyss
True Lies
Aliens
Reviews Trailer
Documentaries
"The Abyss" Featurette (10 Minutes)
Under Pressure: Making "The Abyss" (59 Minutes)
Chapters
Disc #1 -- Abyss
1. The Abyss [:57]
2. Sinking of the Montana [:33]
3. Arrivals (Benthic Explorer) [3:43]
4. Deepcore [1:13]
5. Briefing, [:41]
6. "Virgil, You Wiener" [3:31]
7. Blowing Down [1:39]
8. "You Need Me" [2:20]
9. The Ring [:24]
10. Dive Briefing [1:55]
11. Fluid Breathing (Beany Dip) [2:40]
12. "Two and a Half Miles" [:37]
13. Search the Montana [1:27]
14. Missile Compartment [1:41]
15. Seeing Things [:48]
16. Newscast [2:08]
17. MIRV Recovery [:28]
18. The Crane [1:23]
19. What a Drag [2:43]
20. Flooding [2:50]
21. Cut Off From Above [4:04]
22. A Dance of Light [2:30]
23. "Something Not Us" [2:44]
24. "Heeerve's MIRV" [2:39]
25. Some Huevos [:05]
26. "We Could Get Lucky" [2:20]
27. Pseudopod [2:25]
28. "Raise Your Hand" [:40]
29. Phase Three [4:17]
30. Free Swim [2:24]
31. Bud vs Coffey [:42]
32. Launching Geek [:06]
33. Sub Chase [2:17]
34. Drowning [:11]
35. A Matter of Death and Life [2:06]
36. Deep Suit [1:11]
37. Descent [1:15]
38. One-Way Ticket [1:49]
39. Non-Terrestrial Intelligence [4:22]
40. The Writing on the Wall [3:19]
41. Moderately Poor Shape [:11]
42. Back on the Air [1:56]
43. The Ark [:23]
44. "We Should Be Dead" [1:19]
Features
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Disc One: The Films
Includes both the Special Edition, with 28 minutes of additional footage Plus the original theatrical version
Disc Two: The Abyss In Depth
60-Minute documentary - "Under Pressure: Making The Abyss"
Gershon Ginsburg Anne Kuljian Andrew Precht Thomas D. Wilkins
Others
Art Director - Peter Childs
Art Director - Russell Christian
Art Director - Joseph C. Nemec III
Casting - Howard Feuer
Cinematographer - Mikael Salomon
Cinematographer - Dennis Skotak
Composer (Music Score) - Alan Silvestri
Conceptual Design - Jean "Moebius" Giraud
Costume Designer - Deborah Everton
Foley Artist - Kevin Bartnof
Makeup - Kathryn Miles Kelly
Musical Direction/Supervision - Lee Orloff
Production Designer - Leslie Dilley
Production Designer - Charles Skouras III
Production Manager - Charles Skouras III
Re-Recording Mixer - Bob Beemer
Special Effects - David Kirk
Special Effects - Robert Olmstead
Special Effects - Joe Unsinn
Special Effects - Gene Warren, Jr.
Special Effects - Matthew Yuricich
Special Effects - Roberto Viskin
Special Effects - Scott E. Anderson
Stunts - Michael Cassidy
Stunts - Brett Jones
Stunts - Billy Oliver
Stunts - Denney Pierce
Stunts - Loren Janes
Stunts - Alan Oliney
Stunts - Kerry Rossall
Stunts - Richard Warlock
Stunts - Marcia Holley
Stunts - Richard Washington
Stunts - Clay Boss
Stunts - Patrick Romano
Visual Effects - Philip Barberio
Visual Effects Supervisor - Alex Funke
Turning away from the dystopias of "The Terminator" (1984) and "Aliens" (1986), James Cameron marshaled innovative special effects (and a motley crew of oil drillers) to assert that love is the answer in "The Abyss" (1989). Reportedly inspired by underwater footage of the recently located Titanic wreckage, Cameron decided to transfer his science-fiction-spectacle expertise to the deep sea. Shot underwater in a seven million gallon nuclear reactor tank, this extended yarn about nuclear subs, oil rig divers, and the interpersonal relations between the oddball Deepcore crew, their fearless leader Bud, his prickly almost ex-wife Lindsey, and gung-ho Navy SEALS feels authentically claustrophobic and other-worldly. The seraphic NTIs complete the sub-terrestrial wonder. Praised for its visual splendor and strong performances from Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, if not always for its plot, "The Abyss" was not quite the blockbuster it needed to be. But the ground-breaking, Oscar-winning special effects -- particularly the exploratory water node -- set the stage for the 1990s' explosion in CGI effects, beginning with Cameron's molten-metal T-1000 in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991). Despite "The Abyss"'s warm message about marital bonds, Cameron and producer-wife Gale Anne Hurd split during production. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
Leslie Dilley : Best Art Direction - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1989
Anne Kuljian : Best Art Direction - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1989
Mikael Salomon : Best Cinematography - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1989
Lee Orloff : Best Sound - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1989
Don Bassman : Best Sound - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1989
Richard Overton : Best Sound - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1989
Kevin F. Cleary : Best Sound - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1989
Dennis Muren : Best Visual Effects - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1989
Dennis Skotak : Best Visual Effects - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1989
Hoyt Yeatman : Best Visual Effects - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1989
John Bruno : Best Visual Effects - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1989
Mikael Salomon : Best Cinematography - American Society of Cinematographers, 1989
