Sunday, August 9, 2020

"The Abyss" released 1989


The Abyss, James Cameron's underwater sci-fi flick, was released August 9, 1989.  It starred Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn.  The story is about a group of diving experts who are called upon to help recover a sunken nuclear submarine.  In the process, they discover underwater aliens.  It was kind of an underwater Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

It was a box office success and received good reviews.  It won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.



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