Film

The Abyss

1989 · 2h 20m · Adventure · Thriller · Science Fiction

When you get there, you will understand.

IMDb

7.5

Rotten Tomatoes

75%

Metacritic

62

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.

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

Pierce Oliver Brewer, Jr.

Lew Finler

George Robert Klek

Wilhite

Christopher Murphy

Schoenick

Adam Nelson

Ensign Monk

Dick Warlock

Dwight Perry

Jimmie Ray Weeks

Leland McBride

J. Kenneth Campbell

DeMarco

• James CameronDirector · Writer
• Gale Anne HurdProducer
• Van LingProducer
• Mikael SalomonDirector of Photography
• Alan SilvestriOriginal Music Composer
• Howard E. SmithEditor
• Joel GoodmanEditor
• Conrad Buff IVEditor
• Steven QualeEditor
• Howard FeuerCasting

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Release date

August 9, 1989

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 20m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$43,000,000

Revenue

$90,000,098

Genres

Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction

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