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Films in which a significant part of the plot involves underwater diving using breath-hold, scuba, surface supplied, saturation, armoured atmospheric pressure suits or artificial gills, or underwater documentaries in which visible divers are part of the story.
Sanctum was inspired by the film's co-writer Andrew Wight's experience with a 1988 cave diving expedition in Australia that resulted in 13 cavers becoming trapped in one of the world's largest underwater cave systems in Nullarbor Plain after a freak storm collapsed the entrance. [7] That incident was documented in the film Nullarbor Dreaming. [8]
This category is for films and television series where underwater divers have a significant part in the action. Pages in category "Underwater action films" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total.
Pages in category "Films set underwater" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The world's biggest underwater set was dug at the summit of a historic Bermuda hill formerly known as Hospital Island at Ireland Island South. [ 12 ] The film was marketed with a massive advertising campaign, with Columbia spending $1.3 million in television commercials and $1.5 million in print advertising.
The film's storyline is based on operations by United States Navy Underwater Demolition Teams, popularly known as "frogmen", against the Japanese Army and naval forces. It was the first such film about scuba diving and became a popular cultural hit. Following the opening credits, The Frogmen has an on-screen written statement:
The Mariner gets Helen in a diving bell and shows her the underwater remains of Denver, Colorado and the soil on the ocean's floor, crushing her belief in Dryland. When they surface, they find that the Smokers have caught up. The Smokers capture Enola and try to kill Helen and the Mariner before the two dive underwater.
U-571 is a 2000 submarine film directed by Jonathan Mostow from a screenplay he co-wrote with Sam Montgomery and David Ayer.The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, Jake Weber and Matthew Settle.