The Making of 'The Abyss' Page #10

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Not-- Irepeat--

not theblack wire

with theyellowstripe.

[ All Sighing ]

[ All Cheering ]

- Yes !

- Quiet ! Quiet. Saveyour air.

Bud, give me a reading

offyour liquid oxygen gauge.

What ?

- It took him 30 minutes

just to get down there !

- Bud, doyou hear me ?

You dropyourweights and start back

now, Bud ! That gauge could be wrong !

Doyou hear me ?Just drop

yourweights and start back now.

Your gauge could be wrong !

Your gauge could be wrong !

You dropyourweights

and start back now !

No, you won'tstay there !

Doyouhearme ? Youdropyour weights.

You can breathe shallow !

Doyou hear me ?

Bud, please ! Listen to me,

please ! Goddamn it !

You dragged me

back from the bottomless pit !

You can't leave me here alone now !

Please.

Oh, God, Virgil, please.

Please.

I loveyou.

[ Inhaling Deeply]

[ Coughing ]

Howdy.

Uh, howyou guys doin' ?

...attempts to convene a summit between

heads ofstate have collapsed--

Soviet buildup oftanks

and aircraft have--

[Man #2]All citizens tostayon their

jobs, restrictunnecessary travel--

- [ Man #3 ] We had moments ago

an unprovoked attack--

- Holy sh*t.

Across the country, National Guard

units have been mobilized,

and also defense volunteer staff

have been called to full-time duty.

You watch ourTV.

That's whatyou're tellin' me--

thatyou know what's

goin' on up there ?

Seismologists worldwideare reporting

an enormous disturbance...

throughout the world's oceans which

apparently began about 1 5 minutes ago.

They are acoustic shockwaves,

like tsunamis, but with no

apparent seismological source.

The wavesarepropagating toward

theshorelines ofeverycontinent.

[ Woman ] Dr. Berg, would you

please, based on the--

Young lady, listen to me.

We don't know what's going on yet.

We don'thavea clue.

The horizon has already

grown dark.

People are running everywhere.

It's-- It's sheer panic.

Stay on me ! The wave-- The wave

is maybe 1 ,000 feet high already.

Gettingbigger

as I'm watching.

Still miles out.

Oh, my God.

- We're out ofhere.

- We're staying !

Give us a minute. I don't even know

ifI'm still broadcasting.

I can't be sure.

I'll just keep going as long as I can.

- Get out ofthe way !

- A thousand--

You guys are doing this.

You guys are doing this, right ?

You can control water.

That's your technology.

But why areyou doin' this ?

[ Loud Hum Resonating ]

Okay.

Okay, that's enough.

I get the point !

How doyou know that

they're really gonna do it ?

Where doyou get offpassin'

judgment on us ? You can't be sure.

How doyou know ?

[ Horns Honking ]

[ People Shouting, Screaming ]

[ManSpeakingRussian OverP.A.]

[Alarm Blaring]

You could have done it.

Why didn'tyou ?

[ Chuckles ]

[Man OverRadio] Deep Core, doyou

read? This is Benthic Explorer. Over.

Doyou hear, Deep Core ?

Deep Core, doyou read ?

Doyou read me, Deep Core ?

[Faintly] Deep Core, doyouread?

This is Benthic Explorer. Over.

Hell, yes, we read.

Good ofyou tojoin us.

- Copy, Deep Core. Hey, I've got 'em !

- How's that storm up there ?

It's strange. Itjust blew

itselfout all ofa sudden.

Hell, son, you better get

a line down to us.

We're inmoderately

poorshape downhere.

We lostsevenpeople, includin'Bud.

Andwe'reaboutoutofO-2, so whatever

you'regonna do, youbetterdoitfast.

Andwe'reaboutoutofO-2, so whatever

you'regonna do, youbetterdoitfast.

Youboysmake upyourmind

howtogetus outofhereyet ?

They're talking about flying

in a D.S.R.V. from Norfolk.

-Just wish I could've seen it.

- Okay, how long is that gonna take ?

How doyou stop

a half-mile high tidal wave in--

Hey. Hey. Hey, it's Bud !

That's impossible.

-[BudOverRadio] Doyoureadme,

Deep Core ?Doyouhear?

- No, it's not.

- Yes !

- W-Wait. We got a message from Bud.

- Bud ?

- What's it say ?

Here. Here.

Oh. It says--

It says, ''Virgil Brigman

back on the air.''

- [ All Laughing ]

- Yes !

'' Have some new friends

down here.

Guess they've been here a while.''

''They've left us alone, but it bothers

them to see us hurting each other.''

''Getting out ofhand.''

''They sent a message.

Hopeyou got it.''

I'd say that's a big 1 0-4,Jack.

''They wantus togrowupabit

andputaway childish things. ''

''Ofcourse,

it'sjust a suggestion.''

[LaughterContinues]

Looks likeyou boys

might be out ofbusiness.

[Rumbling]

What the hell's goin' on ?

- One Night, get to sonar.

- Good God Almighty.

[RadarPinging]

Fellas, I'm gettin' some

awful big readings here.

- Something's coming up the wall.

- What is it ?

Whatever it is, it's major !

Something's definitely

going on down there.

Active is pinging back

something really big. It's huge.

-And it's coming up right underneath us.

-Where ?

Where ? It's everywhere.

There ! Starboard bow.

[Rumbling]

This is the Benthic Explorer.

[LoudBanging]

There ! Look ! Look !

Help, Cat.

We should be dead.

We didn't decompress.

They must've done something to us.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I think

you could say that.

Ha ! Hoo !

Hi, Brigman.

Hi, Mrs. Brigman.

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