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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Tagline
There's everything you've ever known about adventure, and then there's The Abyss.
Release date
1989-08-08
Runtime
2h 25m
Languages
English
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Director


  1. James Cameron

Writer


  1. James Cameron

Cast


  1. Ed Harris
    Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
  2. Michael Chapman
    Dr. Berg
  3. Michael Biehn
    Lieutenant Hiram Coffey
  4. Chris Elliott
    Bendix
  5. Kimberly Scott
    Lisa 'One Night' Standing
  6. John Bedford Lloyd
    Jammer Willis
  7. Ken Jenkins
    Gerard Kirkhill
  8. William Wisher Jr.
    Bill Tyler
  9. Michael Beach
    Barnes
  10. Thomas F. Duffy
    Construction Worker
  11. Jimmie Ray Weeks
    Leland McBride
  12. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
    Lindsey Brigman
  13. Todd Graff
    Alan 'Hippy' Carnes
  14. J. C. Quinn
    Arliss 'Sonny' Dawson
  15. J. Kenneth Campbell
    DeMarco
  16. Tom Isbell
    Wave Reporter
  17. Frank Lloyd
  18. Dick Warlock
    Dwight Perry
  19. Adam Nelson
    Ensign Monk
  20. Wendy Gordon
    Anchorwoman
  21. Emily Yancy
    Woman Reporter
  22. Leo Burmester
    Catfish De Vries
  23. Joe Farago
    Anchorman
  24. Frank Lloyd
    Navigator
  25. Mikhail Gorbachev
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  26. Christopher Murphy
    Schoenick
  27. George Robert Klek
    Wilhite
  28. Captain Kidd Brewer Jr.
    Lew Finler
  29. Peter Ratray
    Captain
  30. Paula Cross
    Young Woman
  31. Chris Anastasio
    Truck Driver
  32. Marcus K. Mukai
    Anchorman #2

Composer


  1. Alan Silvestri

Producer


  1. Gale Anne Hurd
  2. Van Ling

Director of Photography


  1. Mikael Salomon

Editor


  1. Conrad Buff IV
  2. Howard E. Smith
  3. Steven Quale
  4. Joel Goodman