The Bermuda Depths
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| Directed by | Tsugunobu Kotani (credited as Tom Kotani) |
| Produced by |
Arthur Rankin Jr. Jules Bass |
| Written by |
William Overgard Arthur Rankin Jr. |
| Starring |
Leigh McCloskey Carl Weathers Connie Sellecca Julie Woodson Burl Ives Ruth Attaway |
| Music by | Maury Laws |
| Distributed by | Rankin/Bass |
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98 minutes (U.S.) 90 minutes (Japan cut) 102 minutes (Japan uncut) |
| Country |
Japan United States |
| Language | English Japanese (Dubbed) |
The Bermuda Depths is a Japanese / American co-production 1978 fantasy film originally broadcast as a made-for-TV movie written by Arthur Rankin Jr. of Rankin/Bass fame. Special effects and creature elements were handled by Tsuburaya Productions, most famous for the Ultraman franchise. The movie first aired in the United States January 27, 1978 on ABC, and was later released to theaters in Japan.
It is available on DVD-R on-demand directly from the Warner Bros. Archive shop.
On a Bermuda beach, a sleeping Magnus Dens (Leigh McCloskey) is approached by a beautiful but mysterious woman (Connie Sellecca), who seems to recognize him. In the meantime, Magnus is dreaming of his childhood, playing on the same beach, watching a turtle egg hatch with his friend Jennie. Jumping a few years later, both are playing with a grown turtle, Magnus carves "J+M" inside a heart on the turtle's shell while Jennie makes a cowrie shell necklace for Magnus. Follow on to young Magnus on the beach spotting Jennie riding the turtle heading out to open sea and disappearing beneath the water as he calls after her. Then jumping to his nightmare of the night his father, Lionel was knocked into the water by an unseen horror in the cave beneath the house and part of his house on a cliff crumbling down to the beach as the storm rage on.
Finally awakening and groggily gathering his things to go to town, Magnus sees a woman swimming in the ocean. He meets his childhood friend Eric (Carl Weathers) at the docks. When Eric asks him where he's been, he admits he's been drifting for a few years. Eric introduces Magnus to Dr. Paulis (Burl Ives), whom Eric is working for to finish his master's degree in marine biology. Suddenly the boat lists violently to one side and the net they pulled up has been shredded by something very large and strong.
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