The Abyss
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Director: James Cameron
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Release Date: 08/1989
Countries: USA
Runtime: 138 min | USA:171 min (special edition)
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 12 nominations

Description: When a nuclear submarine sinks, a team of divers descends the depths to conduct a rescue mission and to determine the cause. Led by "Bud" Brigman (Ed Harris), the crew includes his estranged wife (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), who's an engineer, and a paranoid Navy lieutenant (Michael Biehn) with an agenda. During the investigation, it becomes evident that an extraterrestrial power is at work. The film reeled in an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

Actors

Kimberly Scott Lisa 'One Night' Standing
Christopher Murphy Schoenick, SEAL Team Member
Ed Harris Virgil 'Bud' Brigman
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Todd Graff Alan 'Hippy' Carnes
Adam Nelson Ensign Monk, SEAL Team Member
Captain Kidd Brewer Jr. Lew Finler (as Capt. Kidd Brewer Jr.)
Dick Warlock Dwight Perry (as Richard Warlock)
George Robert Klek Wilhite
J. Kenneth Campbell DeMarco
J.C. Quinn Arliss 'Sonny' Dawson
Jimmie Ray Weeks Leland McBride
John Bedford Lloyd Jammer Willis
Leo Burmester Catfish De Vries
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Lindsey Brigman
Michael Biehn Lt. Hiram Coffey