The Making of 'The Abyss' Page #4

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you tug twice.

- I got it.

Pull it hard. Five more minutes.

Just relax. You'll be okay.

- Okay.

- Be right back.

[ Breathing Heavily]

[ Heavy Breathing Continues ]

You still readin' me

okay, big guy ?

[Jammer]

Readyoufine, Bud.

Okay,just a few

more minutes.

There's a couple compartments

up ahead that might have air.

- Okay, noproblem.

- We got to be sure, right ?

Hangon,Jammer. Youjusthold

on to that--[Transmission Fades]

Sh*t !

Bud ?

Bud, can you hear me ?

Bud ? Bud ?

Goddamn it !

[ Hyperventilating ]

Oh,Jesus !

[ Breathing Slows ]

Bud, is thatyou ?

[ Loud Bang ]

Hang on,Jammer.

- [ Hyperventilating ]

- Lew, Cat, hurry up ! On the double !

[Lew]

I'm onmy way.

-Jammer !

- [ Gurgling ]

- What's theproblem ?

- He's convulsing !

It's his mixture.

Too much oxygen.

Got to get the O-2 cut down !

Turn him over !

Crank it down, man !

You're losin' him !

All right. We got to get him

out ofhere. Let's go. Let's move it.

Easy, big fella.

That's it.

One Night, doyou see the divers ?

Are they outyet ?

Negative, Lindsey.

Haven't seen hide nor hair.

Let's give them two minutes more max,

and then I'll sound a diver recall--

[ Bud Over Radio ]

Lindsey, doyou copy ?

Meet me at Flatbed. This is a diver

emergency. Linds, doyou copy ?

Uh, yeah, copyyou, Bud.

I-I'm on myway.

Look, I'm just a medic,

which is mostly about patchin' holes.

This type ofthing, it's--

There's not much I can do.

A coma could last

hours or days.

Soyou didn't get

anything on the cameras.

No. I didn't get

a picture ofit.

- What about the video ?

- No.

We lost power right then. Look, I just

don't want to talk about this, okay ?

Fine. Be that way.

Look, I don't know

what I saw, Bud, okay ?

Coffeywants to call it

a Russian submersible, fine,

it's a Russian submersible.

- No problem.

- Yeah, butyou think

it was somethin' else.

What ?

One ofours ?

- No.

- Well, whose then ?

Come on, Lindsey,

talk to me.

Look,Jammer saw something

down there, something that

scared the hell out ofhim.

His mixture got screwed up.

Jammer panicked.

He pranged his regulator,

and his mixture got screwed up.

But what did he see

that made him panic ?

Well, what doyou

think he saw ?

I don't know.

- Did any ofyou see it ?

- No, sir. The Brigman woman saw it.

It could have been

a Russian bogey.

Oh, Cinclantfleet's

gonna go ape sh*t.

Two Russian attack subs,

a Tango and a Victor,

were tracked within 50 miles ofhere.

Nowthey don'tknow

where thehell theyare. Okay.

[ Sighs ]

I haven't got any choice.

I'm confirming you

to go to phase two.

You'llrecover

one warhead, arm it...

andwaitfor

furtherinstructions.

- We got a problem with that ?

- Negative, sir.

- [ Whistles ] Better come on.

- Turn it up, folks.

Sources have not confirmed any reports

that the Montana encountered...

a Soviet fast-attack sub

prior to its sinking,

and the Kremlin continues

to deny any involvement.

Oh, that's us.

That's us, man.

Benthic Petroleum are apparently

participating in the recovery operation,

but we have little information

about their involvement.

Bullshit.

We want names.

- That's the Explorer. We're famous.

-Shh, quiet.

There is a tremendous

amount ofactivity.

With Cuba only 80 miles away,

the massive buildup

ofAmerican forces...

has drawn official protest

from Havana and Moscow.

RussianandCuban trawlers,

undoubtedlysurveillance vessels,

havebeen circling

thearea,

-andSovietaircrafthave

repeatedlybeen warnedaway.

- This sucks.

Hippy, what's the matter

with you ?

What's the matterwith me ?

Nothing.

We'rejust in the middle

ofsome big-time international incident,

like the Cuban missile crisis

or something.

Figured that out foryourself,

did you, Hip ?

We got Russian subs

creepin' around.

Anything goes wrong, they could say

whatever theywant happened.

Relax, will you ?

You're makin' the women nervous.

- Cute, Virgil.

- You know, those SEALs

ain't telling us diddly.

- Somethin' is going on !

- Come on, come on.

Hippy, you think everything's

a conspiracy.

Everything is.

Hurry up !

Coffey's splitting with Flatbed.

- I showed him how to work the controls,

and they're outta here.

- Damn it.

- Didn'tyou tell him

we need it right now ?

- He didn't pay attention.

- Where the hell is he taking it ?

- Ihavenoidea!

Sh*t ! Coffey ! Come back !

We need the big arm

to unhook the umbilical.

There's a goddamn

hurricane comin' !

- Heswitchedoff.

- It's unbelievable.

Go back down.

Tell those men to get below

and stay there.

We need to get unhooked

and get out ofhere now.

All right, do it then.

No problem, exceptyour boys

went sightseeing with Flatbed.

My people need Flatbed

to get unhooked at their end.

- Back in two hours.

- Two hours ?

We're gonna get the sh*t kicked

out ofus by our pal Fred in two hours.

- Set cold tab fitting to 200 P.S.I.

- Set.

There she goes. She's breaking loose.

Bringing her up.

Okay. Allright.

Get clear ofthe hatch. Keep goin'

with it. Keep goin'. That's it, up.

Sir, the missile

looks intact.

Little is known at this hour about

the events leading up to the collision.

The U.S. Navy guided missile

cruiserAppleton...

apparently struck

the Soviet destroyer...

in low visibility conditions.

In violent seas, little hope remains

for over 1 00 Russian crewmen...

still missing after

the sinking an hour ago.

Soviet military spokesmen have

claimed that the collision...

constituted

an unprovoked attack.

- This was deniedbystate

departmentofficials...

- Bud, this is big time.

whosaid that Captain MichaelSweeney

wasactingcorrectly--

Okay, it's clear.

It's all yours, sir.

- Swing it away and drop it.

- Check. Okay.

Bypass the ground connection

on the separation sequencer.

- Got it ?

- Separation sequencer disconnected.

Remove explosive bolts one through

six in counterclockwise sequence.

Check.

Removing bolt one.

Negotiators have walked out of

the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks...

- in protest over

the incident this morning--

- [ Changes Channel ]

[ Translator] The sudden deterioration

ofrelations with the United States--

Soviet buildup oftanks

and aircraft has continued.

Sometime this morning,

all U.S. and NATO military forces

have been put on full alert.

It's on every channel.

Well, youjust

feel so helpless.

You can see it coming, but what

can you do ? What can anyone do ?

Hey, I mean, they love their kids too.

So why are we doin' this ?

Ifit happens,

it happens.

There's nothing I can do about it,

right ? I just don't think about it.

All right. Let's get their gear off !

Then clear the sub.

We got to get it out ofhere !

Come on. Let's go. Let's move it.

One Night, you're up.

Get ready to roll, baby.

- Don't touch that.Just back away.

- Excusez-moi.

Hey, Coffey, we are

a little pressed for time.

Prick. This ain't no drill,

slick. Make me proud.

Piece ofcake, baby.

[LoudBanging]

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