Ed Harris starred in The Abyss as Virgil 'Bud' Brigman. Here photographed at the Toronto International Film Festival, 2005. (c) Wikimedia Commons
The Abyss
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A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when an American ballistic missile submarine, the USS Montana, mysteriously sinks near the edge of the Cayman Trough. Virgil 'Bud' Brigman (Ed Harris) soon finds himself on a spectacular journey 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.
— Rating: 3.4 (5 votes)Quick facts
Director: James Cameron
Producer: Gale Anne Hurd
Writer: James Cameron
Music: Alan Silvestri
Cinematographer: Mikael Salomon
Distributor: 20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment
Release date: 9 August 1989
Time: 146 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Cast
Ed Harris as Virgil 'Bud' Brigman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Lindsey Brigman, Michael Biehn as Lt Hiram Coffey and others...
Trivia
Cast members had to become certified divers before filming began.
Most of the underwater filming took place in a half-completed nuclear reactor facility in Gaffney, South Carolina.
Fluid breathing is a reality.
James Cameron's brother, Mike Cameron, plays a dead crewman inside the sunken submarine.
The company mentioned is named Benthic Petroleum. The term 'benthic' means on or in the ocean bottom.