DeepStar Six (1989)

Director:

Sean S. Cunningham

Writers:

Lewis Abernathy (story)
Lewis Abernathy (written by) ...
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Release Date:

13 January 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Not All Aliens Come From Space. Save Your Last Breath... To Scream.

Plot:

At the bottom of the ocean, the DeepStar Six has just discovered a new and deadly alien menace.

Plot Keywords:

Underwater | Alien | Ocean | Submarine | Trapped Underwater

Cast

Taurean Blacque	...	Captain Phillip Laidlaw
Nancy Everhard	...	Joyce Collins
Greg Evigan	...	McBride
Miguel Ferrer	...	Snyder
Nia Peeples	...	Scarpelli
Matt McCoy	...	James 'Jim' Richardson
Cindy Pickett	...	Dr. Diane Norris
Marius Weyers	...	Dr. John Van Gelder
Elya Baskin	...	Burciaga
Thom Bray	...	John 'Johnny' Hodges
Ronn Carroll	...	Osborne
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chris Walas	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Sean S. Cunningham

Writing credits
Lewis Abernathy		(story)
Lewis Abernathy		(written by) and
Geof Miller		(written by)

Produced by
Sean S. Cunningham	....	producer
Mario Kassar	....	executive producer
Patrick Markey	....	producer
Andrew G. Vajna	....	executive producer (as Andrew Vajna)

Original Music by
Harry Manfredini

Cinematography by
Mac Ahlberg

Film Editing by
David Handman

Casting by
Melissa Skoff

Production Design by
John Krenz Reinhart Jr.		(as John Reinhart)

Art Direction by
Don Diers
Larry Fulton

Set Decoration by
Christina Volz

Costume Design by
Amy Endries

Makeup Department
Gandhi Bob Arrollo	....	key makeup artist
Toby Sells	....	special makeup effects artist
Mark Shostrom	....	creature effects and special makeup
Thillis Temple	....	hair stylist
Thillis Temple	....	makeup artist
Chris Walas	....	creature effects
Michael Williams	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Debbie Hayn-Cass	....	production supervisor (as Deborah Hayn)
Patrick Markey	....	unit production manager
Gary Stanek	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jeanne Caliendo	....	second assistant director
David Cass Jr.	....	second second assistant director (as Dave Cass)
Peter Gries	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Daniel W. Blaha	....	carpenter (as Daniel Blaha)
Roberto 'Tito' Blasini	....	set dresser (as Tito Blasini)
Dort Clark	....	carpenter (1987)
Laurie Dalton	....	property assistant
Dan Dorfer	....	scenic artist
Denise Dugally	....	set dresser
Joe Fiacco	....	property assistant
Dave Florence	....	on-set carpenter
Gary Gagliardo	....	construction foreman
Scott Herbertson	....	set designer
Matthew Hunt	....	art department assistant
Doug Lefler	....	storyboard artist
Roger Meryett	....	construction assistant
Bruce Alan Miller	....	assistant art director (as Bruce Miller)
Michael Muhlfriedel	....	lead man
Kris Nagle	....	welder
Jon Reeves	....	carpenter
Francis J. Roix	....	carpenter
John H. Samson	....	construction coordinator
Paul Sokol	....	welder
Karen Sorum	....	stand-by scenic
Jeff Spellerberg	....	property master
David Touster	....	property master
Ray Turnberg	....	on-set carpenter
Kathleen Walker	....	art department manager
Tal Wallace	....	propmaker
Helen Wilson	....	upholsterer
Gregory Zemgals	....	swing gang
Thomas D. Krausz	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Fred J. Brown	....	supervising sound editor
Shelley Brown	....	assistant sound editor (as Shelly Brown)
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gene Corso	....	supervising sound editor
Anne Couk	....	assistant sound editor
Robert Deschaine	....	adr mixer
Robert Deschaine	....	foley mixer
Evelyn Dutton	....	foley artist
Jerelyn J. Harding	....	adr editor (as Jerelyn Golding)
Wayne Heitman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Iadarola	....	sound re-recording mixer
Constance A. Kazmer	....	sound editor
Mark 'Frito' Long	....	sound recordist
Matthew Markey	....	additional boom operator
Margie O'Malley	....	foley artist
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Hans Roland	....	sound mixer
Gregg Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Blair Scheller	....	boom operator
Michele Sharp	....	sound editor
Stan Siegel	....	sound editor
Lee Tinkham	....	adr mixer
Lee Tinkham	....	foley mixer

Special Effects by
T. Dow Albon	....	miniatures
Tassilo Baur	....	special effects technician
John Blake	....	creature guy
Mark Breakspear	....	special effects assistant
Al Broussard	....	special effects technician
Everett Burrell	....	creature guy
Francis Coates	....	model maker supervisor: miniatures
Steve Cotroneo	....	creature effects crew: painter
Gino Crognale	....	creature guy
Mike Cross	....	creature guy
James Cummins	....	sculptor
Derek DeVoe	....	creature guy
Ken Ebert	....	special effects technician
Mike Edmonson	....	pyrotechnician
Mike Edmonson	....	special effects foreman
Sarkis Hardy	....	special effects technician
Kevin Hudson	....	creature guy
David Kindlon	....	animatronics supervisor
Eryn Krueger Mekash	....	creature guy (as Eryn Krueger)
Robert Kurtzman	....	creature guy
Karen Mason	....	creature guy
Mary Mason	....	assistant effects
Rick McCallum	....	creature puppeteer
James McLoughlin	....	creature guy
Karl Mihail	....	creature guy
Gregory Nicotero	....	creature supervisor
Robert L. Olmstead	....	special effects technician
Steve Patino	....	creature guy
Paul Pisoni	....	creature guy
Sean Rodgers	....	creature guy
Toby Sells	....	creature guy
Mark Shostrom	....	creature effects supervisor
Doug Simpson	....	creature puppeteer
Doyle Smiley	....	special effects technician
Richard Stutsman	....	special effects supervisor
Mike Trcic	....	creature guy
Steve Wang	....	creature guy
Rick Wever	....	special effects technician
David Wood	....	special effects technician
Eddie Yang	....	creature guy

Visual Effects by
Chritiane Brehme	....	set model maker
Rob Brock	....	optical crew
Steve Brooke Smith	....	optical crew
Brent Collins	....	digital illustrator: video graphics
Jim Danforth	....	matte artist
Jim Danforth	....	miniature effects
Don Dow	....	optical crew
Peter Field	....	optical crew (as Pete Field)
Richard Gregory	....	model maker
Jez Harris	....	model maker
Alex Harwood	....	model maker (as Alix Harwood)
Ken Hicks	....	optical crew
Graham High	....	set model maker
Michael F. Hoover	....	miniature artist
James Isaac	....	visual effects supervisor
Robert Landry	....	graphics assistant (as Bob Landry)
Jim Machin	....	model maker
Chris Parks	....	optical crew
Peter Parks	....	optical effects supervisor
Suzi Parks	....	optical crew (as Susi Parks)
Mike Penwolf	....	model maker
Philip Sharpe	....	model maker
Mark Shostrom	....	creature effects
John R. Shourt	....	optical crew (as John Short)
Ron Swindon	....	optical crew
Bill Taylor	....	optical effects supervisor
Nigel Trevessey	....	model maker
Jeni Walker	....	model maker
Madelaine Westwood	....	set model maker

Stunts
John Branagan	....	stunts
Eugene Collier	....	stunts
Donna Evans	....	stunts
Dane Farwell	....	stunts
David Fletcher	....	utility stunts
Diane Hetfield	....	stunts
Kane Hodder	....	stunt coordinator
Kane Hodder	....	stunts
Maria R. Kelly	....	stunts
Alan Marcus	....	stunts
Rick McCallum	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Wayne Baker	....	underwater assistant camera
John Bertram	....	best boy electric
Dennis Bishop	....	gaffer
David Boyd	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Stephan Collins	....	assistant camera
Lowell Crisp	....	best boy electric
Peter Field	....	assistant camera: visual effects
Rusty Geller	....	underwater camera operator
Al Giddings	....	underwater photographer
Richard A. Kelley	....	electrician
Rick Kelley	....	electrician
Rick Lamb	....	assistant underwater camera operator (as Ric Lamb)
Dwight Joseph Lavers	....	dolly grip (as Dwight La Vers)
Michael Listorti	....	grip
Gary Molyneux	....	grip
Chris Moseley	....	second assistant camera
Deborah O'Brien	....	second second assistant camera
Pete Romano	....	underwater director of photography
Michael Stocks	....	best boy grip
Merie Weismiller Wallace	....	still photographer
Paul Weiss	....	electrician
Terry Wimmer	....	key grip
Richard Kelley	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Debi Manwiller	....	casting assistant (as Debra Manwiller)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Barbara Shiff	....	key costumer
Melanie Singleton	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
John A. Amicarella	....	assistant film editor
Kris Bergen	....	assistant film editor
Noel Cunningham	....	apprentice editor
Claudia Hoover	....	assistant film editor
Jeff Kress	....	assistant film editor
Michael Philip	....	assistant editor
Edward A. Warschilka	....	additional editor (as Edward A. Warschilka Jr.)
David Wolowic	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Ron Capone	....	music engineer
Harvey Cohen	....	additional orchestrator
Jerry Lambert	....	music engineer
Bobby Muzingo	....	music coordinator
Arlon Ober	....	additional orchestrator

Transportation Department
Jack Hager	....	transportation captain
Stuart Shiff	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Susan Bierbaum	....	script supervisor
Rebecca Boss	....	production executive (as Becka Boss)
Brent Collins	....	video graphics illustrator
Noel Cunningham	....	body double
Roger Good	....	security officer
John Hillman	....	assistant production accountant
Karen Hughes	....	production coordinator
Harriet Isaac	....	assistant: Mr. Cunningham (as Harriet Hudson Isaac)
Karine Jonet	....	unit publicist
Carisa Kaplan	....	production assistant
Mario Kassar	....	presenter
Debbie Keyes	....	production assistant
Burke Mattsson	....	title designer
Robert W. Morgenroth	....	video coordinator
Gregory Nicotero	....	creature supervisor
Dirk Petersmann	....	production executive (as Dirk Petersman)
Steve Rundell	....	director: title sequence
Mark Schruefer	....	craft service
Jack C. Smith	....	production accountant
F. Lee Stone	....	electronics specialist
Timothy Taylor	....	assistant production coordinator
Nicholas Unsworth	....	assistant studio manager
Andrew G. Vajna	....	presenter (as Andrew Vajna)
Marichu Walker	....	accountant: Carolco
Westerly	....	dive master

Production Companies

• Carolco Entertainment
• Carolco Pictures

Distributors

• TriStar Pictures (1989) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (1989) (France) (theatrical)
• Scotia International Filmverleih (1989) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Artisan Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Avid Home Video (1991) (USA) (VHS)
• IDA films (2009) (Spain) (video)
• Image Entertainment (1989) (USA) (laserdisc)
• International Video Entertainment (IVE) (1989) (USA) (VHS)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (1990) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Live Video (USA) (VHS)
• Live Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Vivivideo (Italy) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Crawley Creatures and Associates (models)
• Effects Associates (optical effects)
• Illusion Arts (optical effects) (as Illusion Arts)
• Oxford Scientific Films (opticals effects)
• Shagamauw Productions Inc. (creature design)
• The Model Making Studio (models)

Other Companies

• Almaviva Music  music copyright by
• Bang & Olufsen  special thanks
• Buena Vista Visual Effects  main title design
• Chapman Equipment  cranes and dollies (as Chapman)
• Coca-Cola Company, The  special thanks (as Coca Cola)
• Commodore Business Machines Ltd.  special thanks
• Heuer Watches  special thanks
• Lion's Gate Studios  post-production facilities
• Nike  special thanks
• O'Neill Sports  special thanks
• Ocean Images  underwater footage
• Phillips Electronics  special thanks (as Phillips Consumer Electronics)
• Rescues Unlimited  first aid
• Sound Design Studios  music mixing

Also Known As:

Runtime:

105 min | Hungary:87 min (cut version) | USA:99 min | West Germany:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Singapore:PG | West Germany:16 (f) | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Australia:M | France:U | Norway:18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Carolco Entertainment

Trivia:

Robert Harmon was originally set to direct.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Richardson performs electric arc welding outside of the station, at the bottom of the ocean, several thousand meters deep. At present, underwater welding is not technically possible deeper than approx. 1000 meters (3300 feet) underwater.

Quotes:

Captain Phillip Laidlaw:Get out of here save yourselves

Movie Connections:

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