The Abyss
1989 · 140 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 200,098 VOTES · DIR. James Cameron
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,502 lines
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00:01:11 60 knots? No way, Barnes.
00:06:27 So that's it? You just cheerfully turn the whole thing over to the goon squad?
00:10:43 We need divers to enter the sub and search for survivors... if any.
00:16:49 And the worse news is it's gonna take us three weeks
00:21:20 I haven't worn mine in months.
00:25:35 - You use it when you go really deep. - How deep?
00:30:09 How many are there?
00:36:51 Hey!
00:42:32 Look, Jammer saw something down there.
00:46:12 apparently struck the Soviet Udaloy class destroyer in low visibility conditions.
00:53:08 Oh, shit!
01:00:01 - Lins, put this on! You put it on!
01:05:27 Lins, you copy?
01:11:57 All I want is 24-hour surveillance on exterior cameras.
01:17:01 Let her go.
01:26:26 - you done impressing yourself? - No way that thing could just be seawater.
01:32:53 - The shock wave'll kill us. - Quiet!
01:44:46 I'm comin', baby! Keep your pantyhose on.
01:51:30 Is that working?
01:56:32 Charging...
02:01:39 When you get down there, all you gotta do is cut a wire, drop the weights and come home.
02:08:03 Talk to him.
02:14:05 OK, Bud.
02:28:55 Do you hear, Deepcore?
Cast & Characters
Ed Harris
Bud Brigman
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Lindsey Brigman
Michael Biehn
Lt. Coffey
Leo Burmester
Catfish De Vries
Todd Graff
Alan 'Hippy' Carnes
John Bedford Lloyd
Jammer Willis
J.C. Quinn
'Sonny' Dawson
Kimberly Scott
Lisa 'One Night' Standing
Captain Kidd Brewer Jr.
Lew Finler
George Robert Klek
Wilhite
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,502
Dialogue density10.7 lines / min
First line00:01:11
Final line02:28:55
Production Record
DirectorJames Cameron
LanguageEnglish
Budget$70,000,000
Revenue$90,000,098
IMDb votes200,098