Leviathan (1989)

Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The crew of the mining base must fight to ... See full summary »

Director:

George P. Cosmatos

Writers:

David Webb Peoples (story), David Webb Peoples (screenplay),

Stars:

Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Peter Weller	...	Steven Beck
Richard Crenna	...	Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
Amanda Pays	...	Elizabeth 'Willie' Williams
Daniel Stern	...	Buzz 'Sixpack' Parrish
Ernie Hudson	...	Justin Jones
Michael Carmine	...	Tony 'DeJesus' Rodero
Lisa Eilbacher	...	Bridget Bowman
Hector Elizondo	...	G. P. Cobb
Meg Foster	...	Ms. Martin
Eugene Lipinski	...	Russian Ship Captain (as Eugene Lipinsky)
Larry Dolgin	...	Helicopter Pilot
Pascal Druant	...	Winch Operator
Steve Pelot	...	Winch Operator

Storyline

Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The crew of the mining base must fight to survive against a genetic mutation that hunts them down one by one.

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Plot Keywords:

miner | ocean | vodka | videotape | russian | 

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Taglines:

Aliens thrilled you... The Fly shocked you... Now experience real fear...

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Genres:

Adventure | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 January 1990 (France)

Also Known As:

Leviathan

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Box Office

Gross:

$15,704,614 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmauro, Gordon Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to the sleeve notes on the DVD, a dry for wet lighting test by Alex Thomson used an old army tank for the wreck of the Leviathan,and some make shift diving suits were made using padded football suits and helmets from 2010 - L'année du premier contact (L'odyssée continue) (1984).The final suits in the film were designed by Steve Burg and built by Stan Winston's crew.

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Goofs

During the whole 'Who's the hook?' conversation with everyone in the submersion suits, no one's mouth matches the dialogue.

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Quotes

Jones: Talk about having a bad day.

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Connections

References The Thing (1982)

User Reviews

one of those good scifi-movies!

Leviathan is one of those underwater scifi-movies wich were made 1989. Abyss was a success with all that fantasy it included, but Leviathan and for example Deepstar six never made it to the stars. It just wasn't the right moment. Leviathan was made with good budget, average actors(Peter Weller, Richard Crenna and so on) and with professional director(George P.Cosmatos, who made wonderful job in Tombstone 1993). So what went wrong? Personally I liked the movie, because it had a good plot, lots of action and little humour there and there. I liked it, let's see if you like it!