The Abyss
AN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BY
JAMES CAMERON
August 2, 1988
Directors Revision
THE ABYSS
OMITTED 1
OMITTED 2
TITLE: THE ABYSS -- ON BLACK, DISSOLVING TO COBALT BLUE
EXT. OCEAN/UNDERWATER -- DAY 3
Blue, deep and featureless, the twilight of five hundred feet down.
PROPELLER SOUND. Materializing out of the blue limbo is the enormous but
sleek form of an Ohio-class SSBN ballistic missile submar
dive naked?
In the bathtub, in the hotel?
Gail, look!
Look at this.
What is it?
I dont know.
It looks like a coin.
Im gonna take a shower.
Okay, baby.
Goliath? I thought you said you were diving on the Brighton.
We did dive the Brighton.
Then we spotted that wreck, so we decided wed take a look.
It wasnt in the guidebook.
Youre damn right its not. Goliath is full of munitions.
Tourists arent allo
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas Script
[ Woman ]~ Raindrops on roses ~
~ And whiskers on kittens ~
~ Bright copper kettles ~
~ And warm woolen mittens ~
~ Brown paper packages ~
~ Tied up with string ~
~ These are a few ~
~ Of my favorite things ~
[ Duke Narrating ]We were somewhere aroundBarstow, on the edge of the desert...
when the drugsbegan to take hold.
[ Duke ]I remember saying something li
Alright so this is the world and there are five billion people on it. When I was a kid there were three. Its hard to keep up.
AMERICA FROM SPACE
The great continent through mist and swirling skies. (Satellites and other pieces of skycasting equipment float by.)
JERRYS VOICE
Thats better. Thats america. See, America still sets the tone for the world...
KID ON BASKETBALL COURT
A puberty-ravaged kid
Night Moves Script
Beep. How I hate these goddamn machines.
Its Nick, babe. I got one for you, Har.
Needs a real live detective
and not one of our computers.
Its a lady called Arlene Iverson.
Sunset Plaza.
Looking to get her daughter home.
Shes an old friend. Used to be
in the movies. Maybe you remember.
If you take the job, stop by the office.
Ill give you what stuff we have on Arlene.
Bye-bye,