Ghosts of the Abyss

Ghosts of the Abyss
The theatrical poster for Ghosts of the Abyss.
Directed by	James Cameron
Produced by	John Bruno James Cameron Chuck Comisky Janace Tashjian Andrew Wight
Starring	Bill Paxton James Cameron Dr. John Broadwater Dr. Lori Johnston
Music by	Joel McNeely
Cinematography	Vince Pace D. J. Roller
Edited by	David C. Cook Ed W. Marsh Sven Pape John Refoua
Production company	Walt Disney Pictures Walden Media Earthship Productions Ascot Elite Entertainment Group Golden Village Telepool UGC PH
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures UGC Fox Distribution (France)
Release dates	March 31, 2003 (2003-03-31) (premiere) April 11, 2003 (2003-04-11) (limited)
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$13 million^[1]
Box office	$28,780,668^[2]

Ghosts of the Abyss is a 2003 documentary film released by Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media. It was directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Cameron after his 1997 Oscar-winning film Titanic. During August and September 2001, Cameron and a group of scientists staged an expedition to the wreck of the RMS Titanic, and dived in Russian deep-submersibles to obtain more detailed images than anyone had before. With the help of two small, purpose-built remotely operated vehicles, nicknamed "Jake" and "Elwood", the audience too can see inside the Titanic, and with the help of CGI, audiences can view the ship's original appearance superimposed on the deep-dive images.

Also along for the ride Cameron invited his friend, actor Bill Paxton, who played Brock Lovett in the 1997 film. Paxton narrates the event through his eyes. The film premiered for IMAX 3D and was nominated for a BFCA award for Best Documentary. The submersibles Mir 1 and Mir 2 carried the filming team on 12 dives.^[3]

The film is also known as Titanic 3D: Ghosts of the Abyss.^[4]^[5]

Outline

Director James Cameron returns to the site of the 1912 wreck of the RMS Titanic, aboard the Russian research vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh. With a team of history and marine experts, and his friend Bill Paxton,^[5] he embarks on an adventure back to the final grave of 1,517 people killed in 1912.^[4] Using technology developed for this expedition, Cameron and his crew are able to explore virtually all of the wreckage, inside and out, as never before. This documentary was made for IMAX 3D theatres and specially outfitted 35 mm 3D theaters. Cameron and his team bring audiences to sights not seen since the sinking and explore why the vessel continues to intrigue and fascinate the public.^[6] While diving on September 11, 2001, the filming crew hears about the 9/11/2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Afterward, they all compare and reflect on the tragedy of 9/11 with the tragedy of the Titanic.

Cast

Throughout the movie, there are re-enactments of events that are discussed that use CGI recreations of the interior of the Titanic.

Don Lynch as Titanic's designer Thomas Andrews
Ken Marschall as IMM President J. Bruce Ismay
Miguel Wilkins as Qm. Robert Hichens
Federico Zambrano as John Jacob Astor IV
Dale Ridge as Elizabeth Lines
Judy Prestininzi as Molly Brown
Adrianna Valdez as Helen Churchill Candee
Justin Shaw as Wireless Officer Jack Phillips
Thomas Kilroy as a person who plays poker
Charlie Arneson as First Officer William Murdoch
Piper Gunnarson as Madeleine Astor
John Donovan as Captain Edward Smith
Janace Tashjian as Edith Russell
Jesse Baker as Second Officer Charles Lightoller
Justin Baker as Fifth Officer Harold Bride
Aaron C. Fitzgerald as Lookout Frederick Fleet

Release

The film was screened out of competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.^[7]

Home media

The feature film on the DVD is 90 minutes long and is available in a 2-disc edition and as the 5th disc in the Titanic 5-Disc Deluxe Limited Edition.

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released the film on a three-disc Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD edition on September 11, 2012.^[8]^[9]

Rolling Stone included the documentary in their list of the best 3D movies ever, in 2012.^[10]

Soundtrack

Ghosts of the Abyss

Soundtrack album by Joel Mcneely
Released	April 26, 2003
Length	58:29
Label	Hollywood

The official soundtrack's songs were composed and conducted by Joel McNeely, and the orchestrations were conducted by David Brown, Marshall Bowen, and Frank Macchia. The album was also recorded and mixed by Rich Breen, edited by Craig Pettigrew, and mastered by Pat Sullivan. The album was ultimately produced by James Cameron, Randy Gerston and Joel McNeely and released by Disney's Hollywood Records label. Part of the film was filmed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Track listing

All music composed by Joel McNeely, except where noted.

Track listing
No.	Title	Music	Vocalist	Length
1.	"Departure"	Glen Phillips	Glen Phillips	2:33
2.	"Main Title"			1:16
3.	"Apprehension"			1:29
4.	"Getting Ready"			1:20
5.	"Titanic Revealed"			3:11
6.	"Floating Above the Deck"			3:01
7.	"Dangerous Recovery"			1:28
8.	"Valse Septembre"	Felix Godin		2:19
9.	"The Windows"			0:47
10.	"Jake and Elwood"			2:14
11.	"The Bots Go In"			1:33
12.	"Titsy Bitsy Girl"	Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton		1:52
13.	"The Grand Staircase"			1:33
14.	"Exploring the Staterooms"			1:51
15.	"Song Without Words"	Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky		2:26
16.	"Elegance Past"			2:10
17.	"Building the Ship"			1:28
18.	"I... I Had to Go"			1:54
19.	"The Ship's Engines"			1:42
20.	"Alexander's Ragtime Band"	Irving Berlin		1:53
21.	"The Final Day"			2:15
22.	"The End"			3:17
23.	"Memorials"			1:18
24.	"Go Toward the Light"			1:31
25.	"The Next Morning"			2:08
26.	"Nearer My God to Thee"	John B. Dykes		0:55
27.	"Saying Goodbye to Titanic"			1:55
28.	"Eternal Father, Strong to Save"	John B. Dykes and William Whiting		3:02
29.	"Darkness, Darkness"	Jesse Colin Young	Lisa Torban	4:05

References

↑ http://www.moviemoney.com/newsletter/SEPTEMBER2015NEWSLETTER.pdf
↑ "Ghosts of the Abyss - Box Office Data". The Numbers. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
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1 2 "Titanic director revisits ship's wreck with hi-tech help", New Zealand Herald, March 19, 2005, webpage: NZH6038.
1 2 "Titanic 3D: Ghosts Of The Abyss (2003)", Yahoo! Movies, 2012, webpage: YMov945.
↑ Anonymous Summary taken from IMDB
↑ "Festival de Cannes: Ghosts of the Abyss". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
↑ "Ghost of the Abyss 3D Blu-ray". www.stereoscopynews.com. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
↑ "James Cameron's Ghosts of the Abyss Blu-ray 3D Release Date and Details (Updated) - TheHDRoom". TheHDRoom. 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
↑ "The Best and Worst 3D Movies". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-05-06.

External links

Official website
"Ghosts of the Abyss Educator's Guide" (PDF). Walden Media.
Ghosts of the Abyss at the Internet Movie Database
Ghosts of the Abyss at AllMovie
Ghosts of the Abyss at Rotten Tomatoes

James Cameron

Filmography

Films directed

Feature	Piranha II: The Spawning (1981) The Terminator (1984) Aliens (1986) The Abyss (1989) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) True Lies (1994) Titanic (1997) Avatar (2009)

Short	Xenogenesis (1978) T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996)

Documentaries	Expedition: Bismarck (2002) Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) Aliens of the Deep (2005)

Written only

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Strange Days (1995)

Produced only

Strange Days (1995)
Solaris (2002)
Alita: Battle Angel (2018)

RMS Titanic

Sinking

Deck officers

Edward J. Smith (Captain)
Henry Tingle Wilde (Chief Officer)
William McMaster Murdoch (First Officer)
Charles H. Lightoller (Second Officer)
Herbert Pitman (Third Officer)
Joseph G. Boxhall (Fourth Officer)
Harold G. Lowe (Fifth Officer)
James Paul Moody (Sixth Officer)

Crew members

Passengers

Victims	Thomas Andrews John Jacob Astor IV David John Bowen Archibald Butt Thomas Byles Walter Donald Douglas Edith Corse Evans Annie Funk Jacques Futrelle Sidney Leslie Goodwin Benjamin Guggenheim John Harper Wallace Hartley Charles Melville Hays Edward Austin Kent Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche Francis Davis Millet Harry Markland Molson Michel Navratil Eino Viljami Panula William Thomas Stead Ida Straus Isidor Straus John Borland Thayer Jr. Frank M. Warren, Sr. George Dennick Wick George Dunton Widener Harry Elkins Widener Duane Williams George Henry Wright

Survivors	Rhoda Abbott Madeleine Astor Lawrence Beesley Karl Behr Dickinson Bishop Mauritz Håkan Björnström-Steffansson Elsie Bowerman Francis Browne Margaret "Molly" Brown Daniel Buckley Helen Churchill Candee Charlotte Drake Cardeza Lucile Carter Gladys Cherry Margaret Devaney Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon Ethel Flora Fortune Dorothy Gibson Archibald Gracie IV Frank John William Goldsmith Henry S. Harper Margaret Bechstein Hays Masabumi Hosono J. Bruce Ismay Margaret Mannion Alfred Nourney Arthur Godfrey Peuchen Edith Rosenbaum Noël Leslie, Countess of Rothes Emily Ryerson Frederic Kimber Seward Eloise Hughes Smith Jack Thayer Marian Thayer R. Norris Williams

Last living survivors	Lillian Asplund Ruth Becker Alden Caldwell Millvina Dean Edith Haisman Eva Hart Eleanor Ileen Johnson Louise Laroche Louise Kink Michel Marcel Navratil Winnifred Quick Marjorie Newell Robb Beatrice Sandström Barbara West

other	Allison family

Monuments, memorials

General	Memorials and monuments to the RMS Titanic

Australia	Bandstand (Ballarat)

United Kingdom	Engine Room Heroes (Liverpool) Engineers (Southampton) Musicians (Southampton) Titanic (Belfast) Orchestra (Liverpool)

United States	Straus Park (New York City) Titanic (New York City) Titanic (Washington, D.C.) Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain (Washington, D.C.)

Popular culture

Books	Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan (1898) A Night to Remember (book) Polar the Titanic Bear

Films	Saved from the Titanic (1912) In Nacht und Eis (1912) Atlantic (1929) Titanic (1943) Titanic (1953) A Night to Remember (1958) The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) Raise the Titanic (1980) Secrets of the Titanic (1986) Titanica (1992) Titanic (1997) The Legend of the Titanic (1999) Titanic: The Legend Goes On (2000) Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) Titanic II (2010)

Television	S.O.S. Titanic (1979) Titanic: The Complete Story (1994) Titanic (1996) No Greater Love (1996) "A Flight to Remember" (Futurama) (1999) Titanic (2012) Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012)

Music	"The Titanic (It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down)" (folk song) The Sinking of the Titanic (music composition) Titanic (musical) The Unsinkable Molly Brown (musical) "My Heart Will Go On" (song) "Nearer, My God, to Thee" (song)

Video games	Titanic: Adventure Out of Time (1996) Titanic: Honor and Glory (2017)

Museums, exhibitions

SeaCity Museum (Southampton)
Titanic Museum (Branson, Missouri)
Titanic Museum (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee)
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic (Halifax)
Titanic Belfast

Places

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