Cinematic background from The Abyss 1989 - 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.

The Abyss

1989

Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Directors:
James Cameron
Writers:
James Cameron
Official poster of The Abyss 1989 directed by James Cameron
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – Two men in spacesuits are sitting on the ground; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man in a spacesuit standing in front of a blue sky; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person holding a microphone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A woman looking into a mirror in a dark room; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person wearing a hat and looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man and a woman are looking at one another; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person wearing a space suit; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person swimming in the ocean under a boat; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – View of a person's face in a mirror; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person with curly hair smiling; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person wearing a diving helmet; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person holding a plant; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person with a mustache; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man's face with a helmet on; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man wearing a diving suit with a head lamp on; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man in a space suit in a dark room; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man in a spacesuit looking into a mirror; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man in a diving suit is holding a device in his hand; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man wearing a helmet with a light on his head; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person holding a gun; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person holding a microphone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person looking up at the sky; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man and a woman are looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man in a scuba suit and a helmet is in the dark; Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man in a space suit is smiling for the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A bridge that is over a body of water; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person's face in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – View of a person's face in a pot; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person wearing a space helmet; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man is diving in the ocean with a light; Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man in a space suit looking upward; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man holding a gun in his hand; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man with a beard is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person wearing a helmet; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man standing in front of an image of a space ship; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man in a space suit is smiling for the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person wearing a space suit; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A large wave is coming from a bridge in the ocean; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person in a space suit in a pool of water; Medium shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person in a space suit; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person crying with her eyes closed; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man in a scuba suit with a light on his head; Medium shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person wearing a space suit; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A woman is crying while holding a microphone; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person with a beard; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A young person wearing a space helmet and goggles; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person wearing a white t - shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man's face covered in water; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man looking into a porthole of a ship; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – View of a surgical instrument; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – An older man looking at a cell phone; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man wearing a helmet with a light on his head; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person holding a cell phone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man in a space helmet is looking into a mirror; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A group of people standing next to each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person looking at another person; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A woman's face reflected in a side mirror of a car; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man's face in a space helmet; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person in a space helmet; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man with a beard is looking at another man in a dark room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man in a baseball cap is sitting in front of a computer; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A group of people standing around a man in a space suit; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man sitting on the ground wearing a space suit; Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man in a spacesuit standing in front of an entrance to a space station; Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man and a woman looking at each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man's face in the dark; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man in a space helmet looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man and a woman looking at one another; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A group of people standing on top of a bridge; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A woman's face as she stares into the distance; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man in a baseball cap is sitting next to another man in a baseball cap; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man with a beard is holding a cell phone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man in a space suit is looking into the distance; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man in white shirt and blue jeans holding out his hand; Medium shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person holding a microphone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man is laying on the ground in the water; Medium shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man holding a gun while standing next to a window; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A group of people standing next to each other in a room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man and a woman looking out of an opening in a building; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man and a woman sitting next to each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man is reflected in the mirror of a drum; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man holding a cell phone in a dark room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man in a spacesuit looking up into the sky; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man sitting in the middle of a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person wearing a space helmet; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A group of people gathered around looking at a laptop computer; Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A man and a woman looking at one another; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person wearing a black jacket; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person holding a gun in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A group of people in scuba gear in the water; Medium shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A woman's face in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person with blue eyes; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Abyss” (1989), directed by James Cameron – A person staring at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle