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Technical
Release Date – January 30, 1998
Running Time – 106 minutes
Rating – Restricted
Aspect Ratio – 2:35 : 1
Synopsis
Terror swells on the high seas as a ruthless band of mercenaries seizes control of the world’s most opulent cruise liner on her maiden voyage, only to discover that one of the sole surviving passengers isn’t listed on the manifest…and most definitely isn’t human. As seaworthy rogue Finnegan (Treat Williams) and sophisticated jewel thief Trillian (Famke Janssen) race to defeat the hijackers, evade the unspeakable terror lurking beneath deck and escape the doomed vessel with their lives, they come ever closer to unraveling the mystery of what monstrous horror lies deep within the ship’s hold. It’s a voyage to the depths of pure terror that will have you holding your breath so you’ll have enough to scream.
Gallery
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Visual Effects Concepts
Rob Bottin Studio was given the grisly task of creating the creature’s half-digested victims. These images show the effect’s progress from a hand-drawn concept to a clay bust, which was then digitally enhanced to produce one of the film’s most memorable moments. While larger versions can be seen by clicking below, the finished shot can be seen in the Stills gallery.
Although the film features no shortage of human villains, its most iconic adversary is the mutant octopus that decimates the passengers and crew of the ill-fated Argonautica. Creature designer Rob Bottin went through several different iterations of the monster’s design in order to capture the exact look that Stephen had in mind. Here, from Stephen’s personal archive, is a look at one of the work-in-progress images that led to the monster’s final – and horrific – appearance. Note that Finnegan appears in the sketch in order to give some sense of scale, then click on the image to see a larger version.
Behind The Scenes
These photos from Stephen’s own collection provide a rare glimpse behind the scenes of Deep Rising. The film shot over a course of three months at Bridge Studios in Vancouver, Canada, and used more water – and fake blood – than any film shot in the country to that date. Click to see any of the images larger.
I just rewatched this the other weekend with some friends. I’m a sucker for monster movies and this one was just non-stop fun, and it’s great to now get a glimpse behind the scens.
I’m still holding out hope for a Special Edition DVD with Sommers/Ducsay commentary.
Even though a lot of people have asked for one, there’s unfortunately no DEEP RISING special edition in the works. The good news is that I went through Steve’s archives and found script pages and storyboards for a never before seen alternate opening to the film – one that explains the creature’s origins. I’ll be posting everything I found in the next few weeks…
Hello mr sommers I knowing your deep rising film in 1999 vhs.
I am native of the ivory coast and I saw Abidjan.
Since any young I am a big fan of the science-fiction movies, and deep rising is the film with the which I discovered your director’s talent.
In ‘ l time(period) I was student, today I am married and head of family and I am a big fan of your film (mummy, mummy returns) but deep rising is your first film which I consider as a cult film in my DVD collection.
I am impatient to discover the G.I.JOE the trailer of which really put me the water has the mouth.
Hello and bye
Looking forward to the boards and script!
DEEP RISING is like comfort food just makes you happy to consume it!
This is one of my all-time favorite films! I can’t stand when people list off Academy Award winners for their favorites. I admit to liking what I like! Unfortunately, Hollywood is ruled by executives who aren’t true movie lovers, therefore a film like this that didn’t make any bang at the box office and got bombed by critics doesn’t call for any Special Edition DVD release. It would be a dream to have a Blu-ray edition of this with some supplemental material (its DVD release is so old from the early days of DVD that the widescreen presentation isn’t even enhanced for widescreen TV’s!) but in this new high-def age, it’ll be sad to come to terms that a lot of the slew of stuff released on DVD will never see the light of a true high-def transfer without the demand for this title! If anyone had brains at Buena Vista, they would re-release it as a special edition toting “From the director of The Mummy and G.I. Joe” to cash in now that Sommers has established himself!
I worked in a videostore back in 1998. And during some screening days I saw Deep Rising. It became one of my fav. movies instantly. I even bought my first stand alone dvd player for this movie when it came out on dvd.
Now I’m waiting for a great BluRay release. I completely agree with Dan O.
Any word on when this is coming out on blu-ray? All my friends have been looking for it on blu-ray, but can’t find it. It would be awesome in the blu-ray format with DTS sound!