The Making of 'The Abyss' Page #8

Synopsis: Vintage interviews with most of the prominent cast and crew members.
Year:
1989
10 min
50 Views


Get in ! Hurry up !

I'm comin', baby.

Keepyour panty hose on.

[ Grunting ]

- Areyou okay ?

- Yeah.

- Doyou see Big Geek ?

- Yeah. Right out in front.

- Oh, my God !

- Get after him !

- Okay, okay ! Get on the arm.

- Ease up. To the left.

- A little more.

- You missed. Try it again.

- Stand steady. Stand steady.

- Okay.

- Grab it.

- Yeah. Got it !

- Pretty slick, Slick.

- Hold it really steady.

-Just hold it still.

- I am. I am.

[ Both Yelling ]

[ Yelling Continues ]

[ Lindsey Gasping ]

Sh*t ! We lost Geek !

Where is he ?

Doyou see him ?

I'll take a look.

He's comin' up fast.

Step on it.

Sh*t !

- Go to the right. Swing to the right.

- Sh*t.

[Bud]

Keepmovin', baby.

Come here.

- That's right.

- [ Both Yell ]

[Bud]

Thatson ofabitch.

- Ohhh !

- Hard left, baby. Left, left, left !

[ Moaning ]

-Jesus Christ, lady.

- Ifyou can do any better,

then you're welcome up here.

[ Coffey Grunting ]

Son ofa b*tch.

- Is he right on us ?

- Yeah, he is right on your ass.

- Okay. Okay.

- Whereyou goin' ?

Hang on.

[ Grunting ]

Aaah !

[ Whimpering ]

[Cracking, Crunching]

[ Screaming ]

[LindseyOverRadio]

Deep Core, this is Cab 1. Doyouread?

Deep Core, Deep Core,

this is Cab 1 . Over.

I'm not getting any answer.

And we're flooding

like a son ofa b*tch.

Yeah ? You noticed ?

You know, you did okay back there,

Virgil. I was fairly impressed.

Yeah, well, not good enough.

We still gotta catch Big Geek.

Yeah ? Well, notin this thing.

Deep Core, Deep Core,

this is Cab 1 . Over.

Try it again.

Deep Core, this is Cab 1 .

We need assistance.

Over--Aaah!

-[GeneratorFailing]

- You all right ?

Yeah.

- Well, that's that.

- Yeah. Wonderful.

There's light comin' from somewhere.

It's offto the right.

Yeah. That's therig.

It's a good 60, 70 yards,

I'd say.

Well, they'll come after us.

Yeah, but it's gonna take 'em

a while to get here.

We gotta get

this flooding stopped.

- Can you see where it's coming in ?

- Yeah. Hold the lamp for me.

There's a busted fitting

behind this panel.

Problem is,

I don't think I can get to it.

[ Grunts ]

You got any tools ?

I don't know.

I'll have to look around.

Yeah, well,

I looked already.

Goddamn it, all I need is

a goddamn crescent wrench.

- Come on.

- [ Both Grunting ]

Aaaah !

Sh*t !

Son ofa b*tch !

Okay, calm down, Bud.

- Calm down.

- Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

- We gotta getyou out ofhere.

- How ?

- I don't know how.

- All right, we've only got one suit.

- We've gotta come up with s--

- Oh, my God. I'm freezing.

- Come here. Come here a sec.

- [ Groans ]

Listen, you're smart.

Think ofsomethin'.

Can'tyou think ofsomethin' ?

Okay, why don'tyou swim back

to the rig and bring back another suit.

That'd take me about

seven, eight minutes to swim,

get the gear, come back.

I wouldn't make it.

By the time I got backyou'd be--

- Okay.

- Linds.

Let's look around.

Just look a-- Oh, my God.

[ Panting ]

Is that working ?

- [ Inhales, Sighs ]

- Sh*t.

[ Gasps, Moans, Continues Panting ]

[ Continues Gasping ]

- All right. All right, all right.

- Bud, I'm getting cold.

- Here. You put this on.

- No, no ! What areyou--

Don't argue with me.

Just put it on.

- Look, this is not an option,

sojust forget about it.

- Lindsey, shut up !

Put this thing on.

-Just be logical.

- F*** logic !

Please listen !

Just listen to me for one second.

You've got the suit on, and you're a

much better swimmer than I am. Right ?

- Yeah, maybe--

- Right ? Yes. So I've got a plan.

- What's the plan ?

- I drown, and you tow me

back to the rig.

No. No !

Yes. This water is only

a couple ofdegrees above freezing.

I'd go into deep hypothermia.

My blood'll go

like ice water. Right ?

My body systems will slow down.

Theywon't stop.

- Linds--

- You tow me back and I can--

I can be revived after

maybe 1 0 or 1 5 minutes.

- Linds, you put this on.

- No ! It's the onlyway.

Youjust put this on.

You know I'm right.

Please. It's the onlyway.

You've got all the...

stuff... on the rig to do this.

Put this on.

Bud, please !

This is insane.

- Oh, my God. I know.

- You okay ?

It's the onlyway.

- Here, hold this.

- [ Continues Gasping ]

-Just hold on.

- Okay.

You can do this, you know.

[ Shivering ]

You can do this.

- Oh, God, Linds, I--

- I know.

You can tell me later.

[ Moaning ]

[ Gasping, Whimpering ]

[ Screams ]

[Lindsey, Muffled]

Oh, God!

Oh, God!

[ Sobbing ]

This is maybe not

such a good idea !

[ Gasping, Sobbing ]

Oh, my God !

Bud ! Ohh !

[ Continues Gasping ]

[ Continues Sobbing ]

I can't--

Help, Bud ! I'm scared !

No !

Igothim !

Igothim !

- Where ?

- Oh, my God. It's Lindsey.

- Deep Core, doyouread?Over.

- We gotyou, Bud.

- We'rehere.

- Go to the infirmary.

Get the cart oxygen,

defib kit,

adrenaline and a 1 0cc syringe,

some heating blankets.

- You got all that ?

- Got it. Over.

- Meet me at the moon pool !

Make it fast !

- Now ! Let's go !

- Hippy, get the hot packs.

- Got 'em.

Here he comes !

- Get her up.

- Watch her head.

- I got it. I got it.

- Watch her feet.

Watch her head comin' down.

Watch it. Okay.

Clear that.

Is she clear ? Is she clear ?

Get the defib ready.

Hurry up, Cat.

Okay, okay. Got it.

- Okay ?

- Yeah.

Three-one thousand,

four-one thousand,

- five-one thousand--

- Breathe !

One-one thousand, two-one thousand,

three-one thousand--

No, no, no. You gotta

have bare skin or it won't work.

Three-one thousand,

four-one thousand-- Breathe.

- Here.

- [ Continues Counting ]

Is that right ?

Is this it ?

- I got it, Bud.

- Well, do it !

Breathe!

- Come on, zap her.

- Clear !

- [ Thump ]

- Come on, baby. Aw, Christ !

- Nothing.

- Breathe!

- I check out 300.

- All right, do it again, One Night.

- Zap her again.

- It's going, it's going. It's charging.

Charging. Charging. Charging.

- Now.

- Clear !

-[DefibrillatorZaps]

-[Thump]

-[Bud]Anything ?

-[Hippy]Nopulse.

- Come on, baby.

- It's charging. One more time.

- Zap her again. Come on !

- [ Defibrillator Beeping ]

- Come on !

- Clear !

[ Thump ]

God ! No pulse.

Bud, it's flat.

Goddamn, it's flat.

One, two, three, four, five,

one thousand.

One-one thousand,

two-one thousand-- Breathe.

One, two, three, four--

Breathe !

[BudExhalingRhythmically]

Breathe. Come on, baby.

One-one thousand,

two-one thousand,

three-one thousand,

four-one thousand--

Come on, baby.

One-one thousand, two-one thousand,

three-one thousand,

four-one thousand, five-one thou--

Come on, baby, breathe.

Come on.

- Two-one thousand, three-one thousand--

- Bud. Bud.

Bud ? Bud.

It's all over, man.

It's all over.

I'm sorry.

No pulse.

No ! No !

She has a strong heart !

She wants to live !

Come on, Linds !

Come on, baby !

Zap her again. Do it !

- Charging.

- Do it !

[DefibrillatorBeeping]

-[Steady Tone]

- Come on, baby.

- Clear.

- Clear !

- [ Thump ]

- [ Whimpers ]

- Get back.

[ Exhaling ]

Come on, breathe, baby.

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James Cameron

James Francis Cameron is a Canadian filmmaker, director, producer, screenwriter, inventor, engineer, philanthropist, and deep-sea explorer. He first found major success with the science fiction action film The Terminator. more…

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