The Abyss
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
James Cameron
Ed Harris
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Michael Biehn
Michael Beach
Kimberly Scott
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A group of civilian divers are pressed into service by the United States Navy to search out and rescue a stricken nuclear submarine.
Director
James Cameron
Cast
Ed Harris
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Michael Biehn
Michael Beach
Kimberly Scott
Brad Sullivan
J. Kenneth Campbell
Leo Burmester
Dick Warlock
Christopher Murphy
Ray V Dicarlo
Chris Elliott
Jimmie Ray Weeks
Super Sea Rover
John D Kretschmer
William Wisher
John Bedford Lloyd
George Robert Klek
Frank Lloyd
J C Quinn
Joseph Nemec
Captain Kidd Brewer
Todd Graff
Phillip Darlington
Ken Jenkins
Joe Farago
Peter Ratray
Adam Nelson
Crew
Scott L Alexander
Scott L Alexander
Craig Allen
Ken Allen
David Amborn
Stan Amborn
Ira Anderson
John Anderson
Larz Anderson
Rick Anderson
Scott E Anderson
Deena Appel
Newton Arnold
Paul Babin
Michael Backauskas
Michael Backes
Wayne Baker
Mark Barbarino
Philip Barberio
Bill Barschdorf
Dave Bartholomew
Don Bassman
Scott Beattie
Robert Beck
Steve Beck
James Belkin
Bill Bell
Jennifer C. Bell
Peter B Bennett
Scott Beverly
David Bifano
Michael Bigelow
Mark Biggers
Kristina Birkmayer
Danny Blanton
Nancy Blewer-mahaffey
Clay Boss
Ty Boyce
Marr Bradley
Marr Bradley
Evan Brainard
Denny Breese
Martin Bresin
Eric Brevig
Steve Brock
Daniel D Brown
Dean Brown
Marc Brown
Matt Brown
John Bruno
Greg Bryant
Conrad Buff
Laura Buff
Stephen Burg
Jeff Burks
Gary Burritt
Dave Caldwell
James Cameron
Mike Cameron
Dwight Campbell
James B Campbell
Scott Campbell
Mark Cane
Kevin E Carpenter
Kurt Carpenter
Mike Cassidy
Ray Cavaluzzi
Bob Cecchini
Camille Cellucci
Mike Chambers
Andy Chapman
Kathy Chasen-hay
Rosemary Chastney
James Childers
Peter Childs
Terry Chostner
Russell Christian
Chuck Clarke
Walter Clayton
Kevin F Cleary
Ron Cobb
Brian E Cole
Michael Condro
Joe Cooper
Tony Cope
Stuart Copley
Tim Corbin
Jack Cornish
Larry Coster
Arnold Crotts
Bob K Cummings
Mike Cummins
Mike Daigle
Phillip Darlington
Henry Darnell
Dane A. Davis
Scott D. Davis
Nancy De Los Santos
Brian Delahanty
Mike Deluna
Jeff Denker
Beth Depatie
Daniel Deschamps
Leslie Dilley
Mark A.z. Dippt
Daren R. Dochterman
George D Dodge
Dody Dorn
Dody Dorn
Joe Dorn
John Douglass
Miller Drake
Michael Dressel
Phyllis Drury
Christopher Duddy
Glenn Edwards
Jeff Edwards
Jim English
Jon Epstein
Deborah Everton
Davis Ewing
Ernest D. Farino
Ernest D. Farino
Yuri Farrant
Kathleen Feeney
Kathleen Feeney
James Ferrell
Howard Feuer
Eric Fiedler
Glory Fioramonti
Stephen J Fisher
Richard Foreman
Dale Forest
Ian Fox
Jim Fredburg
David Frederick
John Frost
John Frost
Kris Fullan
Alex Funke
Bruce Fuoco
Bruce Fuoco
Robert Garrett
Dean Gates
Jacques Gaudreault
Jacques Gaudreault
Robin Gauss
Adam Gelbart
Mark Gengler
Lowell George
Stephen A George
Howell Gibbens
Julia Gibson
Al Giddings
Al Giddings
Gershon Ginsburg
Jean Giraud
Jack Gittings
David Goldberg
Tim Goldberg
Joel Goodman
Robert Gordon
Bob Gorelick
John Grafman
Laura Graham
Peter Grant
Peter Grant
James Green
Jim Greenall
Laura Greenlee
Michael Griffin
Rhonda Gunner
Gene Guval
Bob Hagans
Hilbert Hakim
Mike Hall
Cris Hammond
Wes Hanson
Joni Harding-waller
Jim Cody Harrington
Roy Harrison
Motoyoshi Hata
Bruce Hayes
Vince Heileson
Mike Helgeson
Erik Henry
Gloria Hetfield
Robert Hill
Robert G Hoelen
John Hoeren
Richard Hollander
Marcia Holley
Michael Hood
Michael Hosch
Lincoln Hu
Robert Huber
Karen Hughes
Troy Hughes
John Huneck
Leslie Huntley
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Visual Effects
Award Nominations
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Sound
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer August 9, 1989
Re-released in United States February 26, 1993
Released in United States on Video March 29, 1990
Re-released in United States on Video August 20, 1996
Released in United States October 1989
Shown at Sitges Film Festival, Spain October 1989.
Completed shooting December 8, 1988.
Began shooting August 15, 1988.
Some special effects were shot on 65mm film.
The novelization of the film was written by Orson Scott Card, and published by Pocket Books in June 1989.
Re-released in United States February 26, 1993 (special edition; New York City and Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video March 29, 1990
Re-released in United States on Video August 20, 1996 (widescreen version)
Released in United States October 1989 (Shown at Sitges Film Festival, Spain October 1989.)
Released in United States Summer August 9, 1989