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Tarfumes.com - The Deep
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List Price: $9.95
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte, Robert Shaw, Louis Gossett Jr., Eli Wallach
Directed By: Peter Yates
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767818063
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 0767818067
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 1999-02-02
Running Time: 123
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1977-06-17
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Surface tension rises as an innocent couple whose love of deep sea diving involves them in a deadly web of murder. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/20/2005 Starring: Jacqueline Bisset Nick Nolte Run time: 124 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Peter Yates
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Summary: The Book was Great........The Movie is Even Better.......The Rum is the Best
Comment: The DVD in widescreen is great, but I hope the director's cut with the extra 53 minutes surfaces (a bad pun, excuse me) some day, I missed it when it was on TV and from what I heard it helps make better sense of some of the plot. The underwater photography is some of the best ever filmed (courtesy of Al Giddings)and the stars do all of the diving.
The storyline is one of the great "what ifs" of history, two wrecks from different centuries end up one on top of the other. If your a history buff (as I am) you'll realize that with the number of ships that have wrecked in Bermudan waters over 500 years it's not that far fetched a plot.
The cast is great, Shaw at his best as the reluctant anti-hero, Bisset and Nolte at their most nubile and athletic, Gossett doing a great turn as the drug hungry villain, plus the always great Eli Wallach. Then there is the real star of the movie, the islands of Bermuda and the water that surrounds them.
This is one of the few movies made in which the movie is superior to the book. I greatly enjoyed the book, it goes much deeper into Romer Treece's (Shaw) background and why he is so anti-drug, but the movie is even better. A few of the characters (in particular, the one played by Wallach) are changed and the ending is changed, in my mind far better in the movie then the book.
If nothing else this movie introduced me to what is still my favorite alcoholic beverage........Goslings Black Seal Rum and Treece (Shaw) has two of the best lines ever about its consumption. When asked about drinking before diving he responds....."Rum's not drinkin', rum's survivin'" and when asked what he does when its too foggy to get the boat out he responds........"I stay home and drink rum".
I highly recommend this DVD and it is best enjoyed with a Gosling Black Seal.....neat of course!
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Summary: old one but a good one
Comment: she's an older one, but a good movie, good story line, enjoyed it, actually saw it when it came out and wanted to see it again...
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Summary: Drug Drama in Bermuda
Comment: 1977's "The Deep" is a very serviceable movie drama, featuring a solid cast (Robert Shaw, Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset, and Lou Gossett), an exotic location (Bermuda), and a thrilling premise (a hunt for underwater treasure).
The movie opens with an underwater dive by David and Gail (Nolte and Bisset) while on a romantic holiday in Bermuda. Those not distracted by Gail's wet t-shirt will watch the couple discover a ship wreck and various artifacts, including a mysterious glass ampoule. The dive is interupted by Gail's scary encounter with an unknown underwater creature under the wreck.
Back on shore, the couple's effort to trace their small collection of artifacts leads them to two encounters. The first, with legendary Bermudian diver Romer Treece (Robert Shaw), leads to the discovery that they have found a long-sought World War II freighter loaded with glass ampoules of morphine, and that the freighter may be sitting on top of an even older Spanish treasure ship. The second encounter, with Haitain drug dealer Cloche (Lou Gossett) leads to the discovery that Cloche and his gang are prepared to kill to get to the morphine.
The rest of the movie is a suspense-filled chase on land and underwater, as Treece, David, and Gail try to recover the Spanish treasure while staying one step ahead of the Haitians in a complicated game of cross and double-cross. The tension lasts to the final scene, a dramatic fight to the death inside the wreck of the freighter.
This movie is well-recommended as a entertaining underwater thriller, featuring Robert Shaw in one of the last roles of his long career.
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Summary: Thank you Ms. Bisset, you made this kids heart jump in this movie
Comment: OK sure it's not the greatest movie made but it is one fun underwater adventure and as stated my first crush started with Ms. Bisset's wet tee-shirt dive over the opening credits. The memories this one brings back. The underwater photograph is still stunning and the tale of treasure hunters and drug dealers is still very well done.
The copy I have features both the full and wide screen version of the film but little else, but who cares lets go diving!
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Summary: The Deep
Comment: I had seen this movie on TV many years ago, and wanted to watch the whole thing. It's not available in video stores. I enjoyed it very much as did my husband, who had never seen it. The movie is based on the book by Peter Benchley who wrote "Jaws". I recall an intro from the TV showing that appears to be missing from the video. It shows the submarine being wrecked off of the coast of Bermuda and a young Romer Treece finding Adam Coffin on the beach. Whatever the movie lacks in substance is made up for in the fine talents of Robert Shaw, Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bissett, and Louis Gossett, Jr. This was one of the last movies that Robert Shaw made. His early death was a great loss to the movie industry.
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