Friday, August 9, 2024

On this day in movie history - The Abyss (1989)


The Abyss

directed and written by James Cameron,

was released in the United States on August 9, 1989.

Music by Alan Silvestri.


Cast:
Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, Todd Graff, John Bedford Lloyd, J.C. Quinn, Kimberly Scott, Captain Kidd Brewer Jr., George Robert Klek, Christopher Murphy, Adam Nelson, Dick Warlock, Jimmie Ray Weeks, J. Kenneth Campbell, Ken Jenkins, Chris Elliott, Peter Ratray, Michael Beach, Brad Sullivan, Frank Lloyd, Phillip Darlington, Joseph C. Nemec III, Joe Farago, William Wisher, Marcus K. Mukai, Wendy Gordon, Paula Cross, Thomas F. Duffy, Chris Anastasio, Emily Yancy, Michael Chapman, Tom Isbell, Mike Cameron, Daren Dochterman, Candice Hill, Randy Robertson, Robert Searle.

#TheAbyss #EdHarris #MaryElizabethMastrantono #MichaelBiehn #August9

Born on this day – Danielle Gaubert:


Actress

August 9, 1943 – November 4, 1987




Born on this day – Michèle Girardon:

 

Actress

Writer

August 9, 1938 – March 25, 1975




Born on this day – Martin Greenfield:


Tailor

Writer

Holocaust survivor

August 9, 1928 – March 20, 2024



Credits:
 
Founder of Martin Greenfield Clothiers.
 
Book:
 
Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor (2014).
 
Television:
 
Tailor Made (2018); Great Big Show (2017); Lessons from a Tailor (2008).


Born on this day – Robert Shaw:


Actor, Jaws

Writer

August 9, 1927 – August 28, 1978



#RobertShaw #Jaws #August9


Born on this day – Robert Aldrich:

 

Director

Producer

Writer

August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983



Born on this day – Anne Brown:

 

Opera singer

Soprano

August 9, 1912 – March 13, 2009