Leviathan (1989)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Leviathan |
| Original title | Leviathan |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | George Pan Cosmatos |
| script |
David Peoples Jeb Stuart |
| production |
Aurelio De Laurentiis Luigi De Laurentiis |
| music | Jerry Goldsmith |
| camera | Alex Thomson |
| cut | Roberto Silvi , John F. Burnett |
| occupation | |
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Leviathan is an American horror / science fiction film from 1989. Directed by George Pan Cosmatos .
action
About three miles deep in the Atlantic Ocean , the Tri Oceanic Mining Corporation operates a mining station called Shack 7 to extract silver and other precious metals from the ocean floor. The crew consists of six men (Steven Beck, Dr. Glen Thompson, Justin Jones, GP Cobb, Tony “DeJesus” Rodero, Buzz “Sixpack” Parrish) and two women (Elizabeth “Willie” Williams, Bridget Bowman), the geologist Beck runs the station. During an unplanned incident while on a field mission, Willie and Sixpack discover a sunken Soviet freighter named Leviathan . Sixpack finds a safe on board and brings it to Shack 7 . In addition to documents and video material that indicate a catastrophe on board the ship, Sixpack finds a flask with vodka , which he later secretly drinks with Bowman. Soon the skin of six pack begins to change, under the eyes of Dr. Thompson dies sixpack eight hours later. Bowman is also getting worse and worse when she can no longer cope with her situation, she commits suicide. Dr. Thompson finds out that the crew of the Soviet freighter was involuntarily misused for genetic tests, the triggering substance they drank like Sixpack and Bowman along with the vodka. In the meantime, the bodies of Sixpack and Bowman have mutated and come to life again. With the last of their strength, the mutants can be transported through a lock into the ocean, but a part of a tentacle remains on board Shack 7 . This piece takes on a life of its own and attacks DeJesus first, then Cobb and then Dr. Thompson. He previously wanted to prevent the mutation from spreading by sabotaging the station's escape pods. Meanwhile, the station threatens to implode due to a drop in pressure. The three survivors finally manage to get to the surface of the water in their diving suits . While Jones falls victim to the monster that has also come to the surface, Beck finally kills the creepy enemy with an explosive charge and is then rescued by the coast guard together with Willie.
criticism
The lexicon of international films judges Leviathan to be “an underwater thriller without original impulses; Good approaches in the script and in the tension dramaturgy give way to a hysterical guerrilla war with many abominations. "
background
- The film was shot in the Cinecittà studios in Rome. Outdoor shots were taken in the Adriatic Sea and the Gulf of Mexico .
- Many of the underwater sequences were implemented using the " dry-for-wet " technique. The water is simulated by clever lighting and floating parts.
- Many people on the staff have also worked on at least one of the first three Alien parts (see Alien , Aliens - The Return , Alien³ ): Stan Winston ( Aliens mask ), Ron Cobb ( Nostromo design ), Alec Gillis (mask), Tom Woodruff (Mask), composer Jerry Goldsmith ( Alien ) and cameraman Alex Thomson ( Alien³ ).
- Amanda Pays was best known as Theora Jones in the television series Max Headroom .
- Screenwriter David Peoples also wrote the screenplay for Blade Runner . Jeb Stuart wrote the screenplay of Die Hard before Leviathan .
- Cosmatos quotes himself in one scene. When Dr. Thompson asks the computer about the cause of Sixpack's illness, it replies with: " An Organism of unknown Origin ", a film by Cosmatos in which Peter Weller fights a monstrous rat in his house.
- In the US, the film grossed only about 16 million US dollars a.
- The cinema release in Germany was February 8, 1990.
- The film was released in Germany in October 2008 by cmv-Laservision on DVD-Video .
- This film, like " Deep Star Six ", can be described as a knockbuster on James Cameron's "The Abyss" . Both productions were commissioned after the announcement of Cameron's production, serve the same genre (deep sea thriller / horror) and through Cameron's extensive film production it was promising to win the "race" against him and the knockbusters before the completion of Cameron's "Abyss" in theaters.
Individual evidence
- ^ Leviathan. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .