The Abyss

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The Abyss is a 1989 science fiction film directed by James Cameron that follows a deep-sea oil drilling team encountering mysterious underwater phenomena.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
science fiction film
award Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
castMember Captain Kidd Brewer Jr.
Ed Harris
J. C. Quinn
John Bedford Lloyd
Kimberly Scott
Leo Burmester NERFINISHED
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Michael Biehn
Todd Graff
cinematographyBy Mikael Salomon
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director James Cameron
distributedBy 20th Century Fox
distributor 20th Century Fox
editedBy Conrad Buff IV
surface form: Conrad Buff

Joel Goodman
filmingLocation Cherokee Nuclear Power Plant, South Carolina
filmingTechnique underwater cinematography
genre adventure film
science fiction film
thriller film
hasTheme Cold War tensions
human–alien contact
nuclear weapons
hasVersion The Abyss self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Abyss Special Edition
language English
mainCharacter Bud Brigman
Lindsey Brigman
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey
surface form: Lt. Hiram Coffey
musicBy Alan Silvestri
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Art Direction
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Academy Award for Best Sound
notableFor pioneering computer-generated imagery
plotSummary A deep-sea oil drilling team encounters mysterious non-terrestrial underwater entities after a U.S. submarine sinks.
producer Gale Anne Hurd
Van Ling
productionCompany 20th Century Fox
Pacific Western Productions
releaseDateUS August 9, 1989
releaseYear 1989
runtime approximately 140 minutes
screenwriter James Cameron
setting Caribbean Sea
deep sea
specialEffects Industrial Light & Magic
writtenBy James Cameron

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Ed Harris notableWork The Abyss
Michael Beach notableWork The Abyss
James Cameron notableWork The Abyss
James Cameron directed The Abyss
Mikael Salomon workedOn The Abyss
Mikael Salomon nominatedForWork The Abyss
this entity surface form: The Abyss – Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Dennis Muren notableWork The Abyss
Dennis Muren workedOn The Abyss
Michael Biehn notableWork The Abyss
Michael Biehn appearedIn The Abyss
The Abyss (film score) basedOn The Abyss
this entity surface form: The Abyss (1989 film)
The Abyss (film score) partOfFranchise The Abyss
this entity surface form: The Abyss franchise
Conrad Buff IV edited The Abyss
Conrad Buff IV edited The Abyss
this entity surface form: The Abyss: Special Edition
Gale Anne Hurd notableWork The Abyss
The Abyss hasVersion The Abyss self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Abyss Special Edition
J. Michael Muro notableWork The Abyss
this entity surface form: The Abyss (as Steadicam operator)
J. Michael Muro workedOn The Abyss
Dody Dorn workedOn The Abyss
Dody Dorn workedOn The Abyss
this entity surface form: The Abyss: Special Edition
Terence Marsh notableWork The Abyss
John Bedford Lloyd notableWork The Abyss