Hello Down There

19691969
GG
1h 28min

A marine scientist volunteers to have his family live in a prototype underwater home to prove it's practical.A marine scientist volunteers to have his family live in a prototype underwater home to prove it's practical.A marine scientist volunteers to have his family live in a prototype underwater home to prove it's practical.

5.8/10

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Directors
- Jack Arnold
- Ricou Browning(underwater sequences)
Writers
- Art Arthur(story)
- John McGreevey(screenplay)
- Frank Telford(screenplay)
Stars

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Richard Dreyfuss, Janet Leigh, Roddy McDowall, and Tony Randall in Hello Down There (1969)

Jim Backus, Tony Randall, and Frank Schuller in Hello Down There (1969)

Richard Dreyfuss and Charlotte Rae in Hello Down There (1969)

Janet Leigh, Tony Randall, and Gary Tigerman in Hello Down There (1969)

Janet Leigh and Tony Randall in Hello Down There (1969)

Richard Dreyfuss, Janet Leigh, Kay Cole, Gary Tigerman, and Lou Wagner in Hello Down There (1969)

Roddy McDowall in Hello Down There (1969)

Jim Backus, Janet Leigh, Roddy McDowall, and Tony Randall in Hello Down There (1969)

Janet Leigh, Roddy McDowall, Kay Cole, Tony Randall, and Gary Tigerman in Hello Down There (1969)

Directors
- Jack Arnold
- Ricou Browning(underwater sequences)
Writers
- Art Arthur(story)
- John McGreevey(screenplay)
- Frank Telford(screenplay)
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Marine scientist Fred Miller designs the world's first underwater home, but when the business magnate funding his work threatens to end the project, Miller volunteers to live in it with his own family to prove it's practical. The underwater clan includes his water-phobic wife and his daughter and son, who are part of a rock and roll band. They bring along the lead singer and drummer. Along the way, they have to contend with a competing engineer who promises to mine the ocean floor for the businessman. A record producer likes their music and books them on TV, leading the kids to try to escape to the surface. —Anonymous

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Taglines
- A combo of scuba dupes rock up a storm in a mad pad under the surf!
Genres
- Comedy
- Sci-Fi
Certificate
- G
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Reissued for Saturday children's matinées under the title "Sub-A-Dub-Dub"

Goofs
In the opening of the film, when the band are at home recording their song, the tape recorder is on "PLAY". The record button, to the immediate right of the play button, is not pressed down.

Quotes
Fred Miller: [they are in a mini-submarine] We maintain normal atmospheric pressure in here by a special mixture of Oxygen and Helium.
T.R. Hollister: Never mind the scientific lecture, Miller. Just what is this crazy project you dragged me down here to see?
Fred Miller: Mr. Hollister, this project meets the most important challenge of the future.
T.R. Hollister: Never mind the future, just give me the past. And oysters.
T.R. Hollister: There she is!
T.R. Hollister: Where?
Fred Miller: Right there. Dead ahead.
T.R. Hollister: Well, I see where is it, but what is it? It looks like a large onion.
Fred Miller: That's what we call it: "The Green Onion".
T.R. Hollister: $200,000 for an underwater onion?
Fred Miller: It's a house. A completely self sufficient, underwater house.
T.R. Hollister: A house for what? Flounders?
Fred Miller: Underwater living is coming, T.R. It has to. At the present population growth in the predictable future, there'll be one human being for every square foot of land on Earth. Can you imagine what that means? This is your future living space
[he uses his hands to indicate a square foot]
Fred Miller: unless...
[he points to the Green Onion]
T.R. Hollister: Well, people weren't meant to live underwater.
Fred Miller: Or fly, or go to the moon. We can't continue to ignore 71% of the Earth's surface, T.R., just because it's underwater. Wait till you see the inside!

Connections
References The Merv Griffin Show (1962)

Soundtracks
Hello, Down There
Lyrics and Music by Jeff Barry
Vocal by Jeff Barry

Top review

Fun Campy Adventure

Hello Down There' was a fun, campy adventure. The movie was a cross between `Lost in Space' and the `Partridge Family' but with lots of water, a predecessor of `Sea Quest DSV'. The plot was about a family who lived at the bottom of the ocean and the adventures and friends they made, both human and aquatic, specifically a dolphin. The songs were lively and fun for kids to sing. No `R' rating here. Several well known stars participated in the movie, such as Ken Berry, Richard Dreyfuss, Merv Griffin, Janet Leigh, Roddy McDowall, Lee Meredith, Charlotte Rae, and Tony Randall. I find `Hello Down There' to be a fond, fun memory from my childhood, and would love to see it released on DVD as a family classic film.

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