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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767818063
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767818067
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 02, 1999
Running Time: 126 minutes
Sales Rank: 7127
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: June 17, 1977
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
An obvious attempt to cash in on the success of Jaws, this 1977 thriller was also based on a bestseller by Peter Benchley, and it features a memorable performance by Robert Shaw (the doomed shark hunter in Jaws) in one of the last roles of his career. Looking very tanned and healthy, Nick Nolte and Jacqueline Bisset play a young couple enjoying a tropical vacation who discover a glass ampoule while scuba diving off the coast of Bermuda. It takes a seasoned treasure hunter (Shaw) to identify the ampoule as part of a valuable shipment of World War II morphine lost at sea, coincidentally, atop the even greater treasure of a sunken Spanish galleon. Thus begins a race for drugs and treasure pitting Nolte, Bisset, and Shaw against a ruthless drug lord (Louis Gossett Jr.) who'll do anything--even resort to Haitian voodoo--to get what he wants. It's all rather contrived and exploitative (after all, the movie's best known for Bisset's wet T-shirt scuba-dive), but as escapist entertainment goes it's got some exciting highlights including a moray eel that attacks on cue and... well, uh, Jacqueline Bisset in a wet T-shirt. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - The Book was Great........The Movie is Even Better.......The Rum is the Best
The DVD in widescreen is great, but I hope the director's cut with the extra 53 minutes surfaces (a bad pun, excuse me) some day, I missed it when it was on TV and from what I heard it helps make better sense of some of the plot. The underwater photography is some of the best ever filmed (courtesy of Al Giddings)and the stars do all of the diving.
The storyline is one of the great "what ifs" of history, two wrecks from different centuries end up one on top of the other. If your a history ... Read More
Rating: - old one but a good one
she's an older one, but a good movie, good story line, enjoyed it, actually saw it when it came out and wanted to see it again...
Rating:  - Drug Drama in Bermuda
1977's "The Deep" is a very serviceable movie drama, featuring a solid cast (Robert Shaw, Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset, and Lou Gossett), an exotic location (Bermuda), and a thrilling premise (a hunt for underwater treasure).
The movie opens with an underwater dive by David and Gail (Nolte and Bisset) while on a romantic holiday in Bermuda. Those not distracted by Gail's wet t-shirt will watch the couple discover a ship wreck and various artifacts, including a mysterious glass ampoule. ... Read More
Rating: - Thank you Ms. Bisset, you made this kids heart jump in this movie
OK sure it's not the greatest movie made but it is one fun underwater adventure and as stated my first crush started with Ms. Bisset's wet tee-shirt dive over the opening credits. The memories this one brings back. The underwater photograph is still stunning and the tale of treasure hunters and drug dealers is still very well done.
The copy I have features both the full and wide screen version of the film but little else, but who cares lets go diving!
Rating: - The Deep
I had seen this movie on TV many years ago, and wanted to watch the whole thing. It's not available in video stores. I enjoyed it very much as did my husband, who had never seen it. The movie is based on the book by Peter Benchley who wrote "Jaws". I recall an intro from the TV showing that appears to be missing from the video. It shows the submarine being wrecked off of the coast of Bermuda and a young Romer Treece finding Adam Coffin on the beach. Whatever the movie lacks in substance is made up ... Read More
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