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Revenue: $90,000,098
Budget: $43,000,000
Profit: + $47,000,098
Movie Details
Tag Line: When you get there, you will understand.
Status: Released
Average Rating: 7
Release Date: Aug 9, 1989
Rating: 2024-03-12
Run Time: 2h 20m
Original Language: English
Website: -
Production Countries: United States of America
Production Companies: 20th Century Fox , Pacific Western
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Synopsis
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.
Crew
| Department | Role | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Directing | Director |
James Cameron
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| Script Supervisor |
Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez
|
|
| First Assistant Director |
Newt Arnold
|
|
| Second Assistant Director |
Verónica González Rubio
|
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| Production | Producer |
Gale Anne Hurd
Van Ling
|
| Casting |
Howard Feuer
|
|
| Casting Associate |
Dennis Osborne
|
|
| Production Accountant |
Vince Heileson
|
|
| Production Coordinator |
Laura Greenlee
|
|
| Production Manager |
Charles Skouras III
|
|
| Production Supervisor |
Paul Tivers
|
|
| Assistant Accountant |
Robert Gordon
|
|
| Assistant Production Coordinator |
Beth DePatie
|
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| Assistant Unit Manager |
Tekin Cetinkaya
|
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| Key Set Production Assistant |
Hilbert Hakim
|
|
| Production Assistant |
Matt Brown
|
|
| Production Secretary |
Jennifer C. Bell
|
|
| Location Manager |
Andrew Chapman
|
|
| Sound | Original Music Composer |
Alan Silvestri
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| Foley |
Greg Orloff
John Roesch
Joseph T. Sabella
|
|
| Supervising Sound Editor |
Dody Dorn
|
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| Sound Designer |
Blake Leyh
|
|
| Music Editor |
Kenneth Karman
|
|
| Sound mixer |
Lee Orloff
|
|
| Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Richard Overton
Kevin F. Cleary
Kevin E. Carpenter
Don J. Bassman
|
|
| Boom Operator |
George Leong
|
|
| Assistant Sound Editor |
Howell Gibbens
|
|
| Sound Editor |
Stuart Copely
|
|
| Orchestrator |
James B. Campbell
|
|
| Sound Recordist |
Robert Renga
|
|
| ADR Editor |
Joe Dorn
|
|
| ADR Mixer |
Robert Deschaine
|
|
| ADR Recordist |
David Jobe
|
|
| Apprentice Sound Editor |
Roy Seeger
|
|
| Foley Artist |
Kevin Bartnof
|
|
| Foley Mixer |
Marilyn Graf
|
|
| Foley Recordist |
Carolyn Tapp
|
|
| Foley Supervisor |
Marian Wilde
|
|
| Musician |
Ralph Williams
|
|
| Camera | Director of Photography |
Mikael Salomon
|
| Still Photographer |
Richard Foreman Jr.
|
|
| Camera Operator |
Paul C. Babin
George D. Dodge
|
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| Underwater Camera |
Jordan Klein Jr.
|
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| Steadicam Operator |
Bob Gorelick
J. Michael Muro
|
|
| First Assistant Camera |
Ian Fox
|
|
| Key Grip |
Bobby Huber
|
|
| Grip |
Robert Hoelen
|
|
| Additional Second Assistant Camera |
David Luckenbach
|
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| Assistant Camera |
Michael Griffin
|
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| Best Boy Grip |
Scott R. Davis
|
|
| Dolly Grip |
Jimmy Leavens
|
|
| Second Assistant Camera |
Marc Brown
|
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| Art | Production Design |
Leslie Dilley
|
| Set Decoration |
Anne Kuljian
|
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| Art Direction |
Russell Christian
Joseph C. Nemec III
|
|
| Construction Coordinator |
George Stokes
|
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| Art Department Coordinator |
Mary Alice Palmer
|
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| Assistant Art Director |
Dan Webster
|
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| Sculptor |
Brian Cole
Screaming Mad George
|
|
| Set Designer |
Gershon Ginsburg
Andrew Precht
Thomas P. Wilkins
|
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| Conceptual Design |
Ron Cobb
|
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| Construction Foreman |
Tom Jones Jr.
|
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| Leadman |
John D. Kretschmer
|
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| Painter |
Karen Steward
|
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| Production Illustrator |
Michele Moen
|
|
| Standby Painter |
Joe Cooper
|
|
| Property Master |
Emily Yudell
Charles Stewart
|
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| Assistant Property Master |
Linda Waxman
|
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| Concept Artist |
Jean Giraud
|
|
| Construction Buyer |
Charlotte Patterson
|
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| Storyboard Artist |
Phillip Norwood
|
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| Title Designer |
Ernest Farino
|
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| Supervising Art Director |
Peter Childs
|
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| Crew | Stunts |
Mike Johnson
Steve Kelso
Kerry Rossall
Loren Janes
Marcia Holley
Diane Hetfield
Glory Fioramonti
Pat Romano
Clay Boss
Frank Lloyd
Rick Avery
Denney Pierce
Michael Cassidy
|
| Scenic Artist |
Michael T. Daigle
|
|
| Special Effects Coordinator |
Joseph A. Unsinn
Joe Viskocil
|
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| Visual Effects Editor |
Kathy Chasen-Hay
Miller Drake
|
|
| Stunt Coordinator |
Dick Warlock
|
|
| Transportation Coordinator |
Chuck Clarke
|
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| Additional Music |
Robert Garrett
|
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| Carpenter |
Jack Cornish
|
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| Craft Service |
Stephan Schultze
|
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| Driver |
John Anderson
|
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| Propmaker |
Neil Gahm
|
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| Set Production Assistant |
Nancy Blewer
|
|
| Stand In |
Dominic Jack Pizzo, Sr.
|
|
| Transportation Captain |
Brian Delahanty
|
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| Unit Publicist |
Anne Marie Stein
|
|
| Video Assist Operator |
David Schmalz
|
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| Special Effects Technician |
Donn Markel
|
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| Stunt Double |
Jon H. Epstein
|
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| Editorial Staff |
Timothy Greenwood
|
|
| Technical Advisor |
Gene Witham
|
|
| Weapons Master |
Randy E. Moore
|
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| Visual Effects Art Director |
Wilson Tang
|
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| Editing | Editor |
Conrad Buff IV
Joel Goodman
Howard E. Smith
Steven Quale
|
| Color Timer |
Bob Hagans
|
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| Assistant Editor |
Christopher Koefoed
|
|
| Negative Cutter |
Gary Burritt
|
|
| Project Manager |
Jim English
|
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| Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
Deborah Everton
|
| Makeup Artist |
Kathryn Fenton
|
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| Costume Supervisor |
Deena Appel
|
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| Hairstylist |
Emanuel Millar
|
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| Set Dressing Artist |
General Fermon Judd Jr.
|
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| Wardrobe Assistant |
Joshua Keep
|
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| Visual Effects | Visual Effects Producer |
Laura Buff
Ned Gorman
Leslie Huntley
Diana Shornstein
Julia Gibson
|
| Visual Effects Supervisor |
Hoyt Yeatman
Steve Johnson
Walt Conti
John Bruno
Dennis Muren
|
|
| Visual Effects Production Assistant |
Christopher Warren
|
|
| Animation Supervisor |
Jeff Burks
|
|
| Visual Effects Coordinator |
Mike Chambers
|
|
| Visual Effects Assistant Editor |
Erik Henry
|
|
| Visual Effects Production Manager |
Kristina Birkmayer
|
|
| Effects Supervisor |
Larz Anderson
|
|
| Mechanical Designer |
Glenn Edwards
Glenn Edwards
Glenn Edwards
|
|
| CG Artist |
Steve Williams
|
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| Lighting | Gaffer |
Mark A. Shelton
George S. Neil
Dwight Campbell
|
| Best Boy Electric |
James M. McEwen
|
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| Electrician |
Vince Pace
|
|
| Lighting Supervisor |
Richard Mula
|
|
| Rigging Grip |
W.D. Hill
|
|
| Key Rigging Grip |
Charles 'Tom' Hinson
|
|
| Underwater Gaffer |
Patrick Murray
|
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| Writing | Writer |
James Cameron
|
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