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The abyss /

The abyss / - Special ed. - Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2000. - 2 videodiscs (171 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally released as motion picture in 1989. Other special features: Commentary option for both versions of film (text only) ; 12-page booklet.

Disc 1. The films. Special ed. (171 min.) ; theatrical version (146 min.) -- Disc 2. Abyss in-depth. Under pressure : making the Abyss, documentary (60 min.) ; James Cameron's complete screenplay ; multi-angles of pseudopod sequence ; 3 DVD-ROM games ; extensive storyboards and original concept art ; etc.

Music, Alan Silvestri ; production design, Leslie Dilley ; director of photography, Mikael Salomon ; editor, Joel Goodman. Music, Alan Silvestri ; production design, Leslie Dilley ; director of photography, Mikael Salomon ; editor, Joel Goodman.

Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, Todd Graff, John Bedford Lloyd, J.C. Quinn, Kimberly Scott, Capt. Kidd Brewer, Jr., George Robert Klek, Christopher Murphy, Adam Nelson.

When a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks, the Navy commandeers the crew of a civilian deep sea oil rig to help in the rescue operation. This perilous mission becomes a wondrous odyssey into the unknown as forces from the ocean's deepest region begin to make contact with the divers.

MPAA rating: PG-13.


DVD.


English dialogue (5.1 and Dolby surround), with optional Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.

2000008 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment


Nuclear submarines--United States--Drama.
Submarine disasters--Drama.
Life on other planets--Drama.
Human-alien encounters--Drama.
Deep diving--Drama.
Ocean bottom--Drama.
Deep-sea drilling ships--Drama.
Cold War--Drama.
Horror films.
Films for the hearing impaired.


Science fiction films.
Feature films.
Science fiction.

PN1997 / .A29 2000

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