Movie: The Abyss (1989)
- Director: James Cameron
- Release Date: 9 August 1989 (USA)
- Run Time: 138 min | USA:171 min (special edition)
- Country: USA
- Genre: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi , Thriller
- MPAA: Rated PG-13 for language and some scenes of action. (special edition)
Tagline: There's everything you've ever known about adventure, and then there's The Abyss.
Trivia: The American Humane Association rated this film “unacceptable” because of the rat that was submerged in oxygenated liquid in one scene. It wasn’t an effect. The rat really was “subjected to the anxiety of being submerged in this liquid, where it panics and struggles and is then pulled out by its tail as it expels the liquid from its lungs.”
Goofs: Revealing mistakes: When Coffey’s submersible bumps into Lindsay’s, she, Virgil and the submersible are shaken violently, however, the yellow rope coiled in the background remains stationary indicating the effect was achieved by shaking and tilting the camera.
“An American nuclear submarine is attacked (during the cold war) and crashes underwater. The navy asks the workers of a nearby underwater oil rig who are joined by a number of navy SEALS to locate and investigate the cause of the crash. As the crew embark on their mission, they encounter a number of difficulties and discover that they may not be alone. There is something else down there. Written by Sami Al-Taher <staher2000@yahoo.com>”
