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When you get there, you will understand.
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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.
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Directed by: James Cameron, Mikael Salomon, Dan Webster
Written by: James Cameron
Produced by: Gale Anne Hurd, Van Ling, Laura Buff
Composed by: Alan Silvestri
Cast

Ed Harris
Virgil 'Bud' Brigman

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Lindsey Brigman

Michael Biehn
Lieutenant Hiram Coffey

Leo Burmester
Catton ‘Catfish’ De Vries

Todd Graff
Alan 'Hippy' Carnes

John Bedford Lloyd
Jammer Willis

Kimberly Scott
Lisa 'One Night' Standing

Chris Elliott
Bendix

J.C. Quinn
Arliss 'Sonny' Dawson

Adam Nelson
Ensign Monk
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