I wonder....
Exactly how cold was the water when they were filming?
Lol. I'm surprised she could breathe with her suit that tight. Geesh.
Couldn't have been too bad. I didn't see a whole lot of neoprene at all throughout the film.
But it is the film that launched a thousand wet t-shirt contests....
Best underwater work I think I've seen to date. If you're into scuba at all it's a must have. I liked the film on the whole. The storytelling wasn't as fast paced or exciting as some of today's stuff but I can still sit through it.
I liked the premise and I bet a well budgeted remake at today's standards would be fun. Check that, anyone remember how cheesey the shark was in the Second Tommb Raider flick..? Or for that matter "Deep Blue Sea" ???
The dive gear was kinda weird to me. No BCD's just a tank strapped on and some weights.. Maybe that was quite common back then. Heck, Mr. Shaw didn't even bother to change. Just hit the water with whatever he was wearing at the moment.
SPOILER!!!
Had some decent suspense after the introduction of the monster Moray. Neatest effect was the spear through the hamstring gag. That hurt just watching it.
Pick it up in the blowout bin if you happen across it. It's worth a look.
Yeah, I actually bought and watched the dvd a few weeks back. Pretty good.
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Well, in real life, BCD's were used by pretty much all divers by the late 60's. But in movies and TV, it was not uncommon to see divers not wearing them. I don't know exactly why, unless TV directors (or producers) thought it looked better to not have the divers using them. Maybe it was so you could get a better view of the figure of the women divers.
A rare instance of a diver on TV back in the 70's wearing a BCD was in the two part Deadly Tide episode of SWAT, where all the divers wore horsecollar style BCD's (also the reason why the tanks are strapped on, back in those days, BCD's were seperate from the tank/backpack arrangement).
It really wasn't until the mid 80's or later when you really started seeing a lot of divers on TV and in movies using BCD's (the diving scene in Black Widow being one example). Perhaps the people at DAN or some other diving organization complained about how they were "promoting unsafe diving practices". Or maybe acquiring the tank backpacks that were used in the horsecollar era became more of a hassle than it was worth, and besides, you could now see a good view of the breasts with the vest style BCD's anyway.
Anyway, my thoughts on the movie: great flick, lots of good u/w scenes, would have liked to have seen Ms Bissett in a wetsuit (something a bit more covering than that vest deal she wears in some of the scenes in the middle of the movie), but still very good.
Interesting triva: that bit and the end of the opening scene, where she bolts for the surface, was unplanned. She was supposed to race for the surface, and Nick Nolte was supposed to grab her leg, and stop her from ascending too quickly. But Jacqueline panicked, and broke free from Nick. Apparently that shot where she kicks Nick's reg out of his mouth (you can see he actually still has the mouthpiece between his teeth), she actually REALLY kicked him, apparently.
Supposedly, the bit was used without her knowledge or permission, and when she saw it at the premiere, she freaked, and left the theatre in tears!
Sea water is very cold most of the time. Unless you've been it awhile. Never heard anyone jump into the sea and shout when they come up for air " Jesus that waters hot" lol. Yep, pretty cold I'd say. Sunny weather, cold water.
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