Leviathan (1989)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.2/10   

Director:

George P. Cosmatos

Writers (WGA):

David Webb Peoples (story)
David Webb Peoples (screenplay) ...
(más)

Release Date:

17 marzo 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Frase comercial:

Welcome to your worst nightmare, welcome to Leviathan

Plot:

Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results...

Plot Keywords:

The Black Guy Dies | Suicide | Naked Dead Woman | Sea | Underwater

Awards:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

"Rambo, come rescue me!"

Cast

Peter Weller	...	Steven Beck
Richard Crenna	...	Dr. Glen Thompson
Amanda Pays	...	Elizabeth 'Willie' Williams
Daniel Stern	...	Buzz 'Sixpack' Parrish
Ernie Hudson	...	Justin Jones
Michael Carmine	...	Tony 'DeJesus' Rodero
Lisa Eilbacher	...	Bridget Bowman
Hector Elizondo	...	G. P. Cobb
Meg Foster	...	Martin
Eugene Lipinski	...	Russian Ship Captain
Larry Dolgin	...	Helicopter Pilot
Pascal Druant	...	Winch Operator
Steve Pelot	...	Winch Operator
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Tom Woodruff Jr.	...	Lead Creature (uncredited)

Dirigida por
George P. Cosmatos

Créditos del guión (WGA)
David Webb Peoples		(story) (as David Peoples)
David Webb Peoples		(screenplay) (as David Peoples) and
Jeb Stuart		(screenplay)

Producida por
Aurelio De Laurentiis	....	producer
Luigi De Laurentiis	....	producer
Charles Gordon	....	executive producer
Lawrence Gordon	....	executive producer

Música original por
Jerry Goldsmith

Fotografía por
Alex Thomson		(director of photography)

Montaje por
John F. Burnett
Roberto Silvi

Casting
Jane Feinberg
Mike Fenton
Lynda Gordon

Diseño de producción por
Ron Cobb

Dirección artística
Pier Luigi Basile		(supervising art director)
Franco Ceraolo
David F. Klassen		(as David Klassen)
William Ladd Skinner		(supervising art director)

Decorados
Bruno Cesari
Robert Gould

Diseño de vestuario por
April Ferry

Departamento de maquillaje
Bruce Barlow	....	special makeup effects artist
Katalin Elek	....	makeup artist
Zoltan Elek	....	key makeup artist
Marina Marin	....	assistant hair stylist
John Rosengrant	....	special makeup effects artist
Aldo Signoretti	....	key hair stylist

Dirección de producción
Maurizio Amati	....	executive in charge of production
Giorgio De Vincenzo	....	post-production supervisor
Paolo Gargano	....	unit manager
Lucio Trentini	....	production supervisor

Ayudante de dirección
Marco Alberti	....	second second assistant director
Matt Earl Beesley	....	first assistant director
Luca Lachin	....	second assistant director
Kuki López Rodero	....	first assistant director (as Juan Carlos Lopez Rodero)
David Turchi	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Maria-Teresa Barbasso	....	set designer
Steve Burg	....	conceptual artist (as Stephen Burg)
Antonio Fraulo	....	swing gang
Jurgen Heimann	....	model maker
David J. Negron Jr.	....	storyboard artist
Bruno Tempera	....	property master
Marco Trentini	....	set designer

Departamento de sonido
Teri E. Dorman	....	sound editor
Robin Gregory	....	sound mixer
David J. Hudson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Iadarola	....	sound effects
Matthew Iadarola	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mike Le Mare	....	sound designer
Mike Le Mare	....	supervising sound editor
Mel Metcalfe	....	sound re-recording mixer
Terry Porter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Terry Sharratt	....	boom operator
Janelle Showalter	....	assistant sound editor
Karola Storr	....	supervising foley editor
Donald C. Rogers	....	technical director of sound (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
Renato Agostini	....	mechanical effects crew
Nick Allder	....	mechanical effects supervisor
Grant Arndt	....	creature effects crew: Stan Winston Studios
Robert Bernacchi	....	creature effects crew
John Blake	....	creature effects crew
Roger Borelli	....	creature effects crew
Alan Bryce	....	mechanical effects crew (as Allan Bryce)
Mario Cassar	....	special effects technician
Craig Caton	....	creature effects crew
Giovanni Corridori	....	mechanical effects coordinator
Nicholas J. Esposto	....	creature effects crew (as Nick Esposto)
Greg Figiel	....	creature effects crew
Steve Frakes	....	creature effects crew
Mark Garbarino	....	creature effects crew
Alec Gillis	....	creature effects: Stan Winston Studios
John Hatt	....	mechanical effects crew
Steven James	....	creature effects crew (as Steve James)
Steve Johnson	....	creature effects crew
Jeff Kennemore	....	creature effects crew
Richard J. Landon	....	creature effects: Stan Winston Studios (as Richard Landon)
Shane Mahan	....	creature effects: Stan Winston Studios
Karen Mason	....	creature effects crew
Pat McClung	....	creature effects crew
Michael McCracken	....	creature effects crew
Jim McPherson	....	creature effects crew
Hal Miles	....	creature effects crew
Brian Penikas	....	creature effects crew
Jon Curtis Price	....	creature effects crew
Rachel Resnick	....	creature effects crew
Kevin Reter	....	creature effects crew
John Rosengrant	....	creature effects: Stan Winston Studios
Andy Schoneberg	....	creature effects crew
Russell Seifert	....	creature effects crew
Shannon Shea	....	creature effects: Stan Winston Studios
Michael Spatola	....	creature effects crew (as Mike Spatola)
Michiko Tagawa	....	creature effects crew
Tonino Testa	....	electronic effects coordinator
Mike Trcic	....	creature effects crew
Stan Winston	....	creature effects producer
Tom Woodruff Jr.	....	creature effects: Stan Winston Studios
Sandy Collora	....	creature effects crew (uncredited)

Visual Effects
James Belohovek	....	model maker: Perpetual Motion Pictures
C. Mitchell Bryan	....	model maker: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Rene Clark	....	model stage crew: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Isobel DeLuca	....	administrator: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Charles L. Finance	....	visual effects production manager: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Gaetanino Gorsetti	....	video editor: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Eric Graham	....	computer graphics software: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Field Gruser	....	model stage crew: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Robert Habros	....	optical camera: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Jurgen Heimann	....	assistant model maker: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Jeff Knaggs	....	computer graphics software: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Richard Malzahn	....	visual effects and computer graphics: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Richard Marchewka	....	model stage crew: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Steve Mesner	....	model stage crew: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Niels Nielsen	....	assistant model maker: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Barry Nolan	....	visual effects supervisor
David B. Sharp	....	model shop supervisor: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Michael Shukausky	....	model stage crew: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Eric Skipper	....	model maker: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Paul Stewart	....	assistant model maker: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Ed Thompson	....	assistant model maker: Perpetual Motion Pictures
David S. Williams Jr.	....	optical camera: Perpetual Motion Pictures

Especialistas
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua	....	stunts
Paola Giacomini	....	underwater stunts
Massimo Giovannucci	....	underwater stunts
Rocco Lerro	....	stunt coordinator
Alessandro Ponti	....	stunts
Angelo Ragusa	....	stunts
Bobby Rhodes	....	underwater stunts
Charles Tabansi	....	stunts (as Charles Tabanci)
Fabiola Tocca	....	stunts
Randell Dennis Widner	....	stunt coordinator (as Randell Widner)

Camera and Electrical Department
Phil Barthropp	....	assistant underwater camera
Ramón Bravo	....	underwater camera operator
Tony Cridlin	....	grip
Federico Del Zoppo	....	director of photography: additional photography
Giuseppe Maccari	....	additional photographer
Mike Valentine	....	underwater camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yvonne Zarb Cousin	....	local costumer
Augusto Grassi	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Gillian L. Hutshing	....	assistant editor
Richard Leeman	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Nancy Beach	....	orchestrator
Michael Dittrick	....	music editor
Jerry Goldsmith	....	conductor
Kenneth Hall	....	music editor
Arthur Morton	....	orchestrator
Alan Snelling	....	music mixer

Otros miembros del equipo
Robert Bernacchi	....	production assistant: Stan Winston, Inc.
Craig Caton	....	creature crew
Ceri Evans	....	script supervisor
Dennis J. Parrish	....	production associate
Kellett Tighe	....	assistant: Lawrence Gordon
Gabriella Toro	....	production coordinator
Amedeo Ursini	....	production associate (as Amedeo A. Ursini)
Dale Wilmarth	....	moldmaker
Stan Winston	....	creature designer
William Stout	....	creature design (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Filmauro
• Gordon Company
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox (1990) (UK)
• Astro Distribution (1997) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (VHS) (also laserdisc)
• Vivivideo (Italy) (VHS)

Efectos especiales

• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) (additional visual effects)
• Cinema Research (additional visual effects)
• Perpetual Motion Pictures (visual effects and computer graphics)
• Stan Winston Studio (creature effects design and creation)

Other Companies

• Forum Studio  music recording studio
• Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia  orchestra

Duración:

98 min

País:

USA | Italy

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby SR

Clasificación:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Adriatic Sea

Company:

Filmauro

Trivialidades:

In designing the creature of the film, Stan Winston and George P. Cosmatos went through a mini-library of marine life pictures and medical reference books. They were inspired by the physiology of the natural world, and came up with the idea of combining human body parts and elements of deep sea marine life into an unnatural creature never seen on film before.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Doc is typing out a message just before launching the escape bubbles, the keyboard clicks don't match his hand movements; additionally, there's one last key pressed without a click noise.

Quotes:

Martin: I realize you must have gone through hell.
Justin Jones: Gone? Bitch, we're still here!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Aquanoids (2003)

"Rambo, come rescue me!"

Honestly, that's the line that seems to be running through Richard Crenna's mind throughout this flick. As if he can't imagine why he is in this pic.

Basically, Leviathan is probably the best of the '89 glut of aqua-horror-action movies. It's made on a decent budget (unlike DeepStar Six) and doesn't have bloated pretensions of greatness (unlike The Abyss). It's got a decent cast (hey, Hector Elizondo is a class act!) who seem to know they're not making a classic here, but are willing to give it their all for what is basically a cheesy horror flick.

The plot also seems to at least bother to explain itself (unlike DeepStar Six, there' s an explanation for the monster). The cast is likeable (Peter Weller's another can't-miss sort of actor). I wouldn't give it high marks, but it's competently done.