The Abyss When you get there, you will understand.

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.

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Adventure
Action
Thriller
Science Fiction
Release Date

Aug 09, 1989

Duration: 2h 20 min

Popularity: 6.3759
3,119 votes
Directed by

James Cameron

Casting: Howard Feuer

Productions

20th Century Fox (US)Pacific Western (US)

Budget 70.0 M

90.0 M

Top Cast

Crew & Team

Anne Kuljian

Set Decoration

Leslie Dilley

Production Design

Russell Christian

Art Direction

Joseph C. Nemec III

Art Direction

Mary Alice Palmer

Art Department Coordinator

Dan Webster

Assistant Art Director

George Stokes

Construction Coordinator

Thomas P. Wilkins

Set Designer

Brian Cole

Sculptor

Screaming Mad George

Sculptor

Andrew Precht

Set Designer

Gershon Ginsburg

Set Designer

Karen Steward

Painter

Tom Jones Jr.

Construction Foreman

John D. Kretschmer

Leadman

Joe Cooper

Standby Painter

Ron Cobb

Conceptual Design

Michele Moen

Production Illustrator

Emily Yudell

Property Master

Charles Stewart

Property Master

Ernest Farino

Title Designer

Phillip Norwood

Storyboard Artist

Charlotte Patterson

Construction Buyer

Linda Waxman

Assistant Property Master

Jean Giraud

Concept Artist

Peter Childs

Supervising Art Director

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