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The Abyss is a 1989 science fiction film which was written and directed by
James Cameron, starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael
Biehn. The original music score was composed by Alan Silvestri. It was
released on August 9, 1989 in the United States.
Underwater scenes were filmed in the containment building of Cherokee
Nuclear Power Plant (), an unfinished nuclear power plant near Gaffney,
South Carolina, in the United States. It took 26.5 million liters (seven
million gallons) of water to fill the tank to a depth of 13 meters (40
feet), making it the largest underwater set ever. The depth and length of
time spent underwater meant that the cast and crew had to sometimes go
through decompression. Filming was also done at the largest underground
lake in the world — a mine in Bonne Terre, Missouri, which was the
background for several underwater shots. B movie maker Earl Owensby, of
Shelby NC, provided facilities f
