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Bookmark this pageThe Deep (1977)
Director: Peter Yates
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From Time Out Film Guide
If Star Wars is basically a movie for people who like to play amusement arcades, then The Deep (adapted by Peter Benchley from his own novel) is the ultimate disco experience. It unerringly evokes all those misspent hours: it has sex objects for all tastes, instant fun, danger and boredom in unequal proportions, strobe-light climaxes, and Donna Summer in stereo. Furthermore, it does away with a storyline and dances on the spot for two hours, taking voodoo, buried treasure, violence and sea monsters in its stride. The Bermuda locations conjure up adverts for rum, but nothing much else has anything to do with the cinema.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Peter Yates
Producer: Peter Guber
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte, Robert Shaw, Dick Anthony Williams, Earl Maynard, Louis Gossett, Eli Wallach full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 124 mins
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