Deep Rising

Deep Rising

Credits
Title:	Deep Rising
Director:	Stephen Sommers
Writers:	Stephen Sommers
Producers:	Barry Bernardi; Laurence Mark; John Baldecchi
Composer:	Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography:	Howard Atherton
Editors:	Bob Ducsay; John Wright
Production
Production company:	Hollywood Pictures Calimari Productions Cinergi Pictures Entertainment
Distributed by:	Buena Vista Film Distribution Company
Released:	January 30th, 1998
Rating:	R
Running time:	106 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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Deep Rising is an American independent feature film of the action, science fiction and horror genres with an emphasis on the "giant monster" storytelling trope. It was written and directed by Stephen Sommers. It was presented by Hollywood Pictures and produced by Calimari Productions and Cinergi Pictures Entertainment. It premiered theatrically in the United States on January 30th, 1998. The film revolves around a small transport crew who are hired by mercenaries to bring them across the South China Sea, only to be double-crossed as the mercenaries use Captain Finnegan and his crew to stage an attack against the pleasure cruise ship Argonautica. Trigger-happy mercs are the least that Captain Finnegan and his friends have to worry about however, as the Argonautica is simultaneously attacked from something below the waves. Something with... tentacles.

Cast[]

Actor	Role
Treat Williams	John Finnegan
Famke Janssen	Trillian St. James
Anthony Heald	Simon Canton
Kevin J. O'Connor	Joey Pantucci
Wes Studi	Hanover
Derrick O'Connor	Captain Atherton
Jason Flemyng	Mulligan
Cliff Curtis	Mamooli
Clifton Powell	Mason
Trevor Goddard	T. Ray
Djimon Hounsou	Vivo
Una Damon	Leila
Clint Curtis	Billy
Warren T. Takeuchi	Radar man
Linden Banks	Communications officer
Jack Anker	Corpse
Anne-Simone	Video vault woman
Leanne Adachi	Toilet lady
Melanie Carr	Dealer
Colin McCarlie	Sonar man
Jim May	Mystery man
Jana Sommers	Party girl
Marti Baldecchi	Party girl

Notes & Trivia[]

The tagline for this film is "Full scream ahead". Another tagline is "They seized the world's richest ship... but no one's on board!"
There are a total of twenty-three credited cast members in this film.
Production on Deep Rising began in 1994. Principal shooting commenced on June 12th, 1996 and concluded on October 18th, 1996. Post-production concluded in 1997.
The 20th Anniversary Blu-ray edition of Deep Rising was released by Kino Lorber on August 21st, 2018.
Actor Warren Takeuchi, who plays a radar man, is credited as Warren T. Takeuchi in this film.
On the movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Deep Rising holds a 32% score on the Tomatometer based on 34 posted critic reviews. It has 11 positive reviews, and 23 negative reviews, averaging 4.20 out of 10. The film has an audience score of 43% based on more than 10,000 verified user ratings, averaging 3.1 out of 5.
On Letterboxd, Deep Rising has a weighted average score of 3.07 out of 5 based on 15,358 user ratings.
Actress Jana Sommers, who plays a party girl is the wife of writer and director Stephen Sommers. They were married on July 24th, 1993.

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