Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The abyss [videorecording] / 20th Century Fox; Lightstorm Entertainment ; written and directed by James Cameron ; produced by Gale Anne Hurd.

Edition:

Special ed. ; widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, p2002.

Description:

1 videodisc (171 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

When a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks, the Navy commandeers the crew of a civilian deep sea oil rig to help in the rescue operation. This perilous mission becomes a wondrous odyssey into the unknown as forces from the ocean's deepest region begin to make contact with the divers.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG-13.

Subjects:

Nuclear submarines -- United States -- Drama.

Submarine disasters -- Drama.

Life on other planets -- Drama.

Human-alien encounters -- Drama.

Deep diving -- Drama.

Ocean bottom -- Drama.

Deep-sea drilling ships -- Drama.

Cold War -- Drama.

Science fiction films.

Horror films.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Cameron, James, 1954-

Hurd, Gale Anne.

Harris, Ed, 1950-

Mastrantonio, Mary Elizabeth.

Biehn, Michael, 1956-

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.

Lightstorm Entertainment (Firm)

Other Title:

Abyss (Motion picture)

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.

"Bonus features not rated or closed captioned"--Container.

Features: Includes both the Special Edition, with 28 minutes of additional footage, plus the original theatrical version ; widescreen format (Aspect ratio 2.35:1) for both theatrical and special versions ; commentary option for both versions (text only) ; DVD-ROM script & storyboard-to-screen comparison.

Music, Alan Silvestri; production design, Leslie Dilley ; director of photography, Mikael Salomon.

Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, Todd Graff, John Bedford Lloyd, J.C. Quinn, Kimberly Scott, Capt. Kidd Brewer, Jr., George Robert Klek, Christopher Murphy, Adam Nelson.

DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby digital surround; PC friendly.

English or French dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

ISBN:

9786311653784

Publisher Number:

2003735

Other Number:

742365704

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

329770

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Abyss

Medium:

[videorecording]