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Overview

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Director:

Jeff Bleckner

Writers (WGA):

Peter Benchley (novel)
J.B. White (teleplay)

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Release Date:

28 April 1996 (USA) more

Genre:

Horror | Drama | Thriller more

Plot:

Mysterious things happen at the coast of Graves Point: An empty boat lies at the shore, divers vanish. The sea biologist Dr. Talley thinks he knows the solution of the mystery: In the depth there is a gigantic squid. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination more

User Comments:

A Very Enjoyable Movie more (37 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

William Petersen ... Whip Dalton
Karen Sillas ... Lt. Kathryn Marcus

Charles Martin Smith ... Schuyler Graves

Ronald Guttman ... Dr. Herbert Talley

Missy Crider ... Dana Dalton

Sterling Macer Jr. ... Mike Newcombe

Denis Arndt ... Osborne Manning
A.J. Johnson ... Nell Newcombe (as Adrienne-Joi Johnson)
Larry Drake ... Lucas Coven
Murray Bartlett ... Christopher Lane
Laura Vazquez ... Hadley

Robert Mammone ... Ensign Raines
David Webb ... Jameson
Marshall Napier ... Commander Wallingford

Les Hill ... Spike
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Peter Benchley's The Beast
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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence and terror.

Runtime:

176 min (2 parts) | USA:116 min (VHS version) | Germany:83 min (cut version) | Germany:186 min (uncut version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:PG-13


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Port Angeles, the town that Howard & Elizabeth Griffin (Chad Tyler & Angie Milliken) called from the "Occupational Hazard" is on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, across the Juan de Fuca Strait from Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. A major fault line runs along the middle of the strait, with the result that the two cities are on different tectonic plates. more

Goofs:

Continuity: The Coast Guard home in on a beacon of a distressed yacht, but when the yacht sinks earlier, we never saw anyone release a beacon. more

Quotes:

Whip Dalton: How do we keep her from attacking the boat?
Dr. Herbert Talley: [shows him a recording device] We'll repel her with this. It contains recorded sonar waves given off by a mature sperm whale hunting for squid.
Whip Dalton: She killed a whale.
Dr. Herbert Talley: Only an infant. She wouldn't dare attack a whale the size of the Privateer.
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References The Terminator (1984) more


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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
A Very Enjoyable Movie, 29 September 2004
8/10
Author: hotwheelsking from Toronto Canada

I don't agree with the other review at all I though even though they did mess with the story from the book if you forget about the book and concentrate on the movie itself its a pretty good movie.Sure it wasn't done on a high budget but its not cheesy and all in all the special effects are good.I think if you liked Jaws or any of its sequels you'd like this movie I certainly do.I thought it was a really good movie and I think that the squids look really good.I liked the fact that they kept them to a huge size but a size of squid the could exist.Its makes it seemed scarier to me.If you like monster movies or action movies like peter benchley's the deep I definitely think this is a movie for you.

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