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Deep Blue Sea
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Synopsis
Although mako sharks are among the fastest and deadliest predators in the ocean, they're not as smart as humans -- at least, they weren't. However, Dr. Susan McAlester (Saffron Burrows) has been using mako sharks as her test subjects for research on the regeneration of human brain tissues. McAlester has altered the DNA of several sharks, raising them close to the level of human intelligence; the sharks have also become faster and stronger in the process. While these DNA experiments have yielded fascinating results, they're also of questionable ethics and legality, earning her the distrust of several members of her crew, including shark authority Carter Blake (Thomas Jane and cook "Preacher" Dudley (LL Cool J). The financial backers of these experiments have also expressed skepticism, so when McAlester is ready to perform some major tests, financier Russell Franklin (Samuel L. Jackson) arrives for the occasion. McAlester and her team are delicately extracting brain tissue from one of the altered makos when the animal regains consciousness - and becomes very angry. The shark not only attacks the researchers but also damages the floating lab, leaving the crew aboard a literally sinking ship, with the makos eager to go a few rounds - in an arena that favors sharks. Deep Blue Sea was directed by Renny Harlin, and filmed in Mexico at Fox Studios Baja in the underwater filming facilities created for James Cameron's Titanic. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

LL Cool J Dudley
Samuel L. Jackson Russell Franklin
Jacqueline McKenzie Janice Higgins
Michael Rapaport Tom Scoggins
Stellan SkarsgÄrd Dr. Jim Whitlock
Aida Turturro Brenda Kerns
Saffron Burrows Dr. Susan McAlester
Thomas Jane Carter Blake

Production Crew

Eric Strand Additional Editing
Andrew Rothschild Art Director
Bruce Crone Art Director
Hector Romero Art Director
Mark Mansbridge Art Director
Tom Mack Associate Producer
Christine Sheaks Casting
Stephen F. Windon Cinematographer
Rebecca Spikings Co-producer
Trevor Rabin Composer (Music Score)
Mark Bridges Costume Designer
Renny Harlin Director
Dallas Puett Editor
Derek Brechin Editor
Frank J. Urioste Editor
Bruce Berman Executive Producer
Duncan Kennedy Executive Producer
Tom Mack First Assistant Director
Kevin Bartnof Foley Artist
Akiva Goldsman Producer
Alan Riche Producer
Tony Ludwig Producer
Joseph Bennett Production Designer
William Sandell Production Designer
Donna Powers Screenwriter
Duncan Kennedy Screenwriter
Wayne Powers Screenwriter
Bill Taliaferro Set Designer
Debra Echard Set Designer
Javier Nava Set Designer
J.Paul Huntsman Sound Editor
Robb Wilson Sound Editor
David E. Campbell Sound/Sound Designer
Gregg Rudloff Sound/Sound Designer
John Reitz Sound/Sound Designer
Cinesite Special Effects
Edge Innovations Special Effects
Flash Film Works Special Effects
Hammerhead Productions Special Effects
Industrial Light & Magic Special Effects
Walt Conti Special Effects
John Richardson Special Effects Supervisor
Jeffrey A. Okun Visual Effects Supervisor
Year: 1999
Runtime: 100
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
for graphic shark attacks, and for language
Category: Feature


Color type
Technicolor/Panavision

Sound
Dolby/DTS/SDDS

Produced by
Groucho III Film Partnership
Village Roadshow Pictures
Warner Brothers

Release
July 30, 1999 (USA)
by Warner Brothers