The Abyss
3145 reviews
Adventure/Action
2h 20m
1989
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000...
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A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
- DirectorJames Cameron
- Release9 August 1989
- Genre
- Duration2h 20m
- Budget$70,000,000
- Revenue$90,000,098
- Rate3145 reviews
- Productions
20th Century Fox, Pacific Western
Cast

Ed Harris
Virgil 'Bud' Brigman

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Lindsey Brigman

Michael Biehn
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey

Leo Burmester
Catton ‘Catfish’ De Vries

Todd Graff
Alan 'Hippy' Carnes

John Bedford Lloyd
Jammer Willis

Kimberly Scott
Lisa 'One Night' Standing

Chris Elliott
Bendix

J.C. Quinn
Arliss 'Sonny' Dawson

Adam Nelson
Ensign Monk

Dick Warlock
Dwight Perry

Jimmie Ray Weeks
Leland McBride

J. Kenneth Campbell
DeMarco

Michael Beach
Barnes

Ken Jenkins
Gerard Kirkhill

Michael Chapman
Dr. Berg

William Wisher
Bill Tyler

Emily Yancy
Woman Reporter

Joe Farago
Anchorman

Thomas F. Duffy
Construction Worker

Mikhail Gorbachev
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Frank Lloyd
Navigator
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