The story:
An American nuclear submarine is attacked (during the cold war) and
crashes underwater. The
navy asks the workers of a nearby underwater oil rig who are
joined by a number of navy SEALS
to locate and investigate the cause of the crash. As the crew
embark on their mission, they
encounter a number of difficulties and discover that they may not
be alone. There is something
else down there.
Directed and written by James Cameron
USA 1989
Most of the underwater filming took place in a half-completed nuclear
reactor cooling tank in
Gaffney, South Carolina. The cast and crew frequently spent enough
time underwater to force
them to undergo decompression before surfacing. The tank was
filled to a depth of 40 feet, but
there was still too much light from the surface, so billions
of tiny black plastic beads were
floated on the surface to block the light.
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