Original subtitles

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

so

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

[Applause]

hey

[Music]

so

[Music]

okay boys

so

[Music]

[Music]

hmm

[Laughter]

[Music]

[Music]

do

[Music]

um

[Music]

so

[Music]

do

do

[Music]

do

[Music]

uh

[Music]

two

[Music]

yes it bill

everything's all set outside there for

the next team coming down

first thing you know you'll be calling

up your real estate boys

starting to set up all your factories

high rises the works start right in

polluting

a bonanza of opportunity yeah for

everybody except swimming pool salesman

here

rest and recreate mack you've earned it

haven't you learned yet buddy

you just can't do both at the same time

how you doing old man you know a few

gray hairs don't count doc it's what a

man has in here

that's why we're taking this

electrocardiogram

what's bugging you mac

stevens

oh yeah

what are you gonna do fire

i'm afraid i'll have to

excuse me doc

but i want this man taken off my team

i'm sorry stevens come on mac

so i pop my cork

one of these days is gonna hit somebody

you're trying to knock me out of a

hundred dollar an hour job

no

stevens

you just don't have the temperament for

this kind of work it's not up to you mac

i think it is

especially when he tried to hit his

buddy with a wrench

i'm sorry

stevens i'll see you

okay let's go

look doc

you make the rules it's your word who

works down here

well you and thomas go up as soon as

you're ready i'll be on deck tomorrow

morning we can go over it then

[Music]

see you guys

leah

don mckay and bob cousins up in two

stages and minimum time and decon for

the test

okay

is dr anders earlier

bill bradley wants some last minute

instructions

dr andrews uh-huh

thank you

andrews here

have bradley send up some more manganese

nodules will you please

corporate requests from mr shepard

engineer bradley here the corporation

has spoken

[Music]

do

i wonder if einstein meant his theory of

relativity to encompass the relativity

of beauty

has anyone ever observed dr andrews that

you have a very fishy way of flirting

with the ladies

a decompression chamber too the divers

are on deck dr andrews mac and cousins

andrew's here you two all right

yeah we're okay

is this trip really necessary doc

for the test of that last breathing

mixture you waited two stages coming up

right

yeah we're growing gills be the first in

your neighborhood

take them down to 50 feet

we can dispense with conservative

decompression

steve

take it in easy stages

well i guess maybe i should have stood

up for more but

it wouldn't make any difference tom

max wright

he's not cut out for the job yeah i know

but he was planning on getting married

this time up girl coming over from

england well there's no law says he

can't

have a good time to show up thanks

these are good

leah likes her specimens alive

yeah well nobody can say you don't

qualify on that count

okay brad he's off

oh come on hal

when are you and leah gonna get together

as soon as she says yes

sometimes i think i'd be better off just

to forget the whole thing

i see up top phyllis

[Music]

so

[Music]

one more night in the house

one more night to go

same old headache dave

yeah

must be quite a mind bender

you know you've popped your weight in

aspirin since your tour began

dave

it's like having a one-man plague

i keep wanting to ask has anybody

noticed how slimy the walls are the

place seems to be getting smaller all

the time

i can remember when claustrophobia used

to be just a word

it didn't beat you

you fought this one to a standstill

i'll talk to dr andrews and get him to

line up her replacement you can surface

right away

some of the stuff i tried you know

transcendental meditation

deep breathing exercises

even prayer

oh well

at least i never once asked to be sent

up huh

and don't think that won't go into my

report

so

earthquake

good

[Music]

[Music]

ocean lab this is triton do you hear me

ocean lab come in

ocean map ocean lab do you hear

[Music]

down general

quarters um

we've lost contact the umbilical cable

snapped oh no

two men surfacing thomas and stevens oh

my god

attention mr thorpe launched the dory

circle and searched two divers were

surfacing

urgent all divers suit up immediately

repair ship to ocean lab on biblical

line what's this all about doc

we've lost contact with the ocean land

there's been an earthquake

we're going back down check us out

you're not ready yet for the hell we're

not

i'm going to really listen to me it's

too dangerous without propulsion mr dog

hal and i've been a team from the very

beginning my dear i know how you

careful you don't go too deep

thanks man

divers away hi sir

[Music]

so

[Music]

get more divers over faster bye sir

suiting up now

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

what did you say

nothing but broken wires and cables

leah

are the pieces of the habitat the

pressure chamber anything from

inside anchor cables some surveying here

nothing from inside so far

any signs of a hatch

a broken

port the entire ocean lab was swept away

i'm gonna go deeper and check

newfoundland sir

newfoundland earthquake seven point five

day breaks advise halifax we've lost

ocean lab

mayday made a made mayday halifax this

is triton whiskey zulu quebec 8871 over

mayday mayday mayday halifax this is

triton

highway affirmative

we have a cruiser arriving sydney zero

six twenty three hundred over

you better grab this one lieutenant

we've got a mayday from the triton now

oh hey triton this is halifax day

officer rover halifax this is triton

we're at fixed position at latitude 35

degrees 45 minutes north longitude 57

degrees 40 minutes west we've

experienced undersea earthquake and have

lost contact with ocean lab repeat have

lost contact with ocean lab divers

unable to locate over you are over your

seamount how far down was your equipment

less than 250 feet right on top of the

guy now we must have submersible rescue

craft ocean lab has rescue hatch is over

yes sir

if she was thrown eastward by the quake

you could be in serious trouble she

could have gone into the abyss that's

inaccessible or imploded we think our

sea lab is intact

they've only got breathing mixed for

seven days repeat seven days less if

they panic over captain you've got to

understand our problem all ships in this

area are on rescue service what about

the company that made sea left they must

have other submersibles that could help

good thought we'll contact him

hold on

captain

submarine onondaga is available and

proceeding to you they just picked up

your mayday this is triton roger good

man send them along as fast as you can

over and out

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

so

[Music]

bye

[Music]

wow

wow

[Music]

[Music]

listen to me

you are below your pressure limit

she's getting our cruises where are the

companion divers

leah

leah now listen to me you are too deep

swim up

up

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

captain williams they're bringing dr

jensen aboard now sir

oh

i'll keep you posted every minute

[Music]

who are they

thomas

stevens

[Music]

there

[Music]

was thomas and steven

[Music]

captain

area of seamount unstable

aftershocks frequent no signal or finger

detected in uh 42 hours of search

magnetometers negative bottom scanner is

negative

how many times now

this will be coming up to three full

passes

all that's left is to start down into

the trough

negative the area is too unstable

starter 3.

i'm sorry doc

come here man come in

thank you

i uh

it's dozing i guess

wait and sure i haven't

coffee duck

no i i don't think so thank you mike

hear you loud and

we've completed our search

results negative

after four days 11 hours

we've requested permission to leave the

area

we regret having been unable to help you

we think nephew 2 is better equipped as

a search vessel

[Music]

we hope it arrives soon

[Music]

wish you the best of luck

best of luck to you too captain we thank

you you did all you could

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

welcome to canada commander blake

ex-commander haven't had a uniform on in

four years well i'm norton shepard

triton enterprises uh no coat

i left it at home in atlanta

how is it down there warmer

well we'll be flown to the disaster site

uh-huh

neptune's on its way

yeah well i hope those people on the

frightening aren't expecting any

miracles ah but they are

ah this is very bad timing mr chapman

why is something wrong well the neptune

has had a complete overhaul but hasn't

had a sea trial yet

i'll tell you

if it does spring a leak you'll be the

first to know

well when you're working a mile down you

don't spring leak mr shepherd

no survivors no remains

[Music]

how'd you like to cruise up to the yacht

club in that

[Music]

at 120 meters there is considerable

debris here at the lab site

now

our divers have been as deep as

equipment permitted

and the navy submarine

has worked the slope of the seamount to

500 meters

our problem is strictly one of time if

the

pressure hull is still intact there's

life support remaining oh i'd save for

just under 48 hours

doctor i'm sure this has occurred to all

of you but uh

if someone were still alive in the ocean

lab wouldn't he have activated a ping up

or may i answer that dr andrews please

do leo

commander because of its size the navy

sub couldn't possibly have cruised low

enough to see if the lab had fallen into

a fissure or deep growth

as for a pinger

we all know that sound underwater is

scattered by obstacles by fish by rocks

by plankton

and in spite of what you see here the

top of the sea mount is really very

rugged i'm aware of all that doctor

commander

you're submersible

can cruise into areas that sub could

never go

if your ocean lab did go into the trench

no ordinary pinger would be operative at

that uh pressure

but we have no proof either way

as long as that clock says there's still

hope you've got to try

we have 47 hours 51 minutes

26 seconds no argument doctor

we'll try all right

but just for the record the purpose of

this dive is to find and photograph

proof of the loss of the environmental

structure

for the insurance underwriter

good god man there are three men down

there who may still be alive now let's

get our priorities in order oh god the

neptune has not had a sea trial since

its overhaul

it's also a danger of aftershocks

landslides now i don't know your three

friends

i will know the men who are diving with

me in the neptune and they are my

responsibility

and whenever there's a choice

their safety comes first

now captain i would like to meet my crew

excuse me

[Music]

ready to hoist

foreign

um

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

so

[Applause]

oxygen mixer medium oxygen mixer check

lighting control

circuit lighting control circuit check

[Music]

let's do an access stern access check

bottom scanner

bottom scanner check

[Music]

dc load generator dc load generator

check

co2 detector

co2 detector check

all

[Music]

right so

[Music]

your seamount coming up

want to see if i can get some pictures

[Music]

holding a dead slow

neptune triton neptune to try and come

in please

come in back

uh we're approaching the site dr andrews

we're starting to take photographs

[Music]

that side was damn close to that slope

it's almost as though somebody was

looking for trouble

we were looking for trouble

believe it or not we were trying to

determine what causes earthquakes

plus the full ecology schtick

biological research sediment sampling

test and evaluation of navigation and

homing devices deep water fishing and

farming full-scale housing cause all

god's children gotta have food and a

place to live

cruising at 100 meters

cruising 100 meters right next log time

and depth as he gives it i think

now this gentleman will show you just

about where they are now they're getting

nearer here

descending dr andrews

[Music]

three knots

[Music]

so

aftershock

[Music]

sounds like a hailstorm

neptune to triton

neptune to triton you hear over

you lost contact neptune do you hear me

aftershock

mac cousins come in

neptune detroit do you hear me over he's

not penny

not yet

[Music]

look at that stuff

getting heavier

neptune come in please can you hear me

neptune

if you do get contact order them up

[Music]

cliff

[Music]

[Music]

i think she's clear

[Music]

that tuna triton neptuno triton come in

please

neptune triton nip

oh come on fellas get off the line will

you

fish

leah

hello repeat

is that you mac

yeah this is mac we're doing just fine

excuse me

commander blake

[Music]

blake here

350 meters surveying slope over

dr andrews expects more aftershocks some

severe

strongly recommend you surface over

repeat

suggest you abort the dive

over

negative

we've just gone through a river of sand

avoiding cliffs and danger spots

and continuing the dive

thanks skipper

no gung-ho your intended gentleman

i want to find what i came for

but if this dive gets any stickier i'll

abort it fast

you can count on

[Music]

hey skipper can you hold it here i think

i picked up something

come here

hold it on 153 i'm gonna go out and take

a look right

it's metal all right

it's below us

maybe a little to port man okay

we're locked on it

[Music]

so

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

ready

[Music]

uh

[Music]

see him yeah i see him

[Music]

yeah motion to

junkyard

go ahead neptune yes we hear you we are

discontinuing our search

[Music]

received your message

[Music]

[Music]

so

yeah we'll try again tomorrow shouldn't

take no more than 10 12 hours recharge

our batteries

negative

all we can do now is go deeper how do

you think we would have stood up under

that sand avalanche with another 500

feet of water on top of us yeah but that

was in that narrow canyon the father

aren't we go in the trenches to see

unless you look straight down

and i'm afraid that's just where the

ocean lab is

just that far down it's imploded

sorry gentlemen

that's it

[Music]

triton this is neptune standby we have

extremely low battery voltage

what time do you estimate breaking

surface

we're on auxiliary batteries now

estimate surfacing

33 minutes sir

33 minutes hold it down

listen to that

[Music]

an echo mr mckay inversion layer no not

on this wavelength commander and not on

a keel fix transponder i am familiar

with the equipment mr mckay i supervise

its installation we're good then i've

been talking shorthand we're going up

right right inversion layers are fixed

listen to that

there is no doppler effect

triton this is neptune

am holding the ascent for further

investigation we'll advise in view of

your power situation

suggest you will advise

[Music]

it's something

i don't know it's awfully weak

are six sets of conditions that could

create that sound

all of them natural

non-man-made yeah but you heard it too

commander

mac take a look down here

who's imprints in the sand

by the seagulls you see it

bring it around the port a little will

ya

that is coming up there now look at the

imprints in the sand

you've had an earthquake mr mckay

but it could have been made by the ocean

land i am running out of time and power

and patience

now we are resuming ourselves

pictures then

i'll circle once and then surface you

better take them on the run mister

activate that

there

there now those markings could have been

made by the ocean lab

if the lab slid by that area it would

have left far more disturbance than that

look there

flora not found at that depth

i believe it's a species of macrocystis

we were cultivating at the ocean lab

site

i believe you're right leah there's no

other way

that specimen could get there

unless the ocean lab dragged it

now take a good look at that rock wall

vertical and what do you think would

happen if we close on that wall

during another aftershock we've got

friends down there any risk is

worthwhile and we're running out of time

panic and time are inseparables doctor

now why don't you try

looking at this situation with a

scientific detachment

i don't mean to be unkind

uh you are involved with dr hamilton

is that correct

yes commander that is correct

and so much for your scientific

detachment

there is a way of going down that would

uh lessen the danger if you'll agree

you could dive tethered using the bridle

and cable

oh tethered like a dog on a leash

it would cut way down on our range well

you can see a long way through those

ports it's better than nothing ah

you wanted insurance now you've got it

there's plenty of cable

the equipment's good so there's no

problem

all right

to the end of the cable

but i want someone on board who can make

an accurate scientific evaluation of

that damn piece of seaweed

dr jansen is the authority in that field

i would have bet on it

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

all right hand me up the tether hook

[Music]

[Applause]

okay

[Applause]

tether attached hoist away

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

neptune to triton we have nothing on the

bottom or the side scanners dr andrews

over

understand your search is negative

i heard it again did you hear that dr

andrews you probably picked up the thin

beam of a scattered sound

no it's the pinger i'm sure

what about the visuals the bottom the

displaced growth i've noticed nothing

yet

leah

take a look at this

now that growth right down there you see

it

i can't tell from here let's move closer

oh no we're at the end of our cable now

isn't there any way to get in so i can

get a better look

and if you did make a positive

identification what would that prove

that somebody passed this area on the

way down

down as a hell of a long way

you're quitting

we made an agreement we struck out

[Music]

get your hands away from here

thruster

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

maintain course

[Music]

do you know what you did lady you know

what the pressure is at this depth

and you know what could happen if we

gone deeper we would have been crushed

like an egg

oh come on skipper

we're loose now the hell with playing it

safe

okay we're in this together

i want you all to remember

if any one of us goofs we have had it

understood

neptune the triton i have released the

cable i'm investigating further

is close enough for you

that's my sister's i'm certain

look at that

that ocean lab must have gone down into

that fissure

i think we better go down and have a

look before that sea wall winds up in

our lap

[Music]

so

[Music]

[Music]

hey look those yellow marks

and they did come this way

[Music]

three second pulse

very narrow band

i'm sure it's the pinger

[Music]

so

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

hey hey look at that

take a look at this coming up

you see that

broken right off at the top

hollering

[Music]

help me out with these controls

[Music]

ahead

i'm in full head

hey hey skipper watch if we're gonna hit

[Music]

okay

[Music]

i think we're coming out of it

just like that

yeah

just like that

[Music]

hey skipper

swinging around the port a little will

you

[Music]

incredible

[Music]

[Music]

listen

that's a pinga all right and it's on

automatic

where the hell are they

all my days are diving i've never seen

anything like this

[Music]

look at the size of this stuff

the light is iridescent

at this step that's phenomenal

[Music]

[Music]

circle until we find that sound again

[Music]

this is fantastic

[Music]

it's coming in again the ado is only

15075.

well hell that puts some less than 300

meters away from us

anything on the bottom scanner

[Music]

bottom scan is negative what about solar

[Music]

variable

nothing

not a trace

i've only got about two hours life

support left maybe less

not much hope

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

it's the outside

temperature that's strange deeper we go

the hotter it's getting

you know there could be some volcanic

activity deep down

maybe that explains the size of that

stuff out there

[Music]

where is that lamb

what's that sound

[Music]

but they're huge

[Music]

look harmless enough

let's keep going man right skipper

guys

[Music]

depth three or seven meters

[Music]

[Music]

and those jaw fish

the ones i've seen have only been two

inches long look at them

[Music]

so

[Music]

[Music]

so

[Music]

so

[Music]

so

[Music]

so

[Music]

[Music]

it's something we ought to be thinking

about

when are we to be willing to call it

quits

we got 90 minutes battery power left

we're gonna need half of that

to get to the surface

let's go the limit

okay

hold it right here

holding

magnetic reading metal object right

below us you want to take over skipper

or go out and take a look see careful

right

i've got it too

and it's close

[Music]

back watch yourself this is a big game

out there just keep that hatch close

[Music]

[Music]

so

[Music]

[Music]

me

[Music]

so

[Music]

any sign of

them

nothing

[Music]

uh

[Music]

uh

yeah

did you see that

what mac

never mind

hey bob

this piece is definitely off the ocean

lab

looks like a piece of fairing off an

outside locker

we're getting out of here stations

anything

no sir

are you sure you know how to work that

bloody thing

yes sir

i'm sorry lad

sorry

damn

according to my figures they've just run

out of life support in the ocean lab

oh i pray to god i'm wrong

[Music]

so

[Music]

get out of here boy hold on

keep it already got

a full thruster

[Music]

listen to that thing

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

bigger fish

yeah

i never knew one of those things to be

friendly

[Music]

i better play dead

so

there he is

stay away from that part

get over get over don't move

[Music]

[Applause]

[Laughter]

we should move on

no no no no don't move it

you ram us for sure

the focus

[Laughter]

he's coming at us again

cousins get over here

emergency power right

no power

no control nothing let's hope she

settles on an even keel

matt give me a hand here

what's that noise

catfish we're in a school of them

[Music]

[Music]

well it's still hot

[Music]

thank you

[Music]

that's right

[Music]

nothing

look

[Music]

yeah

looks like the voltage regulator's gone

it's one of the ics

gotta spare

come home

uh

he's pushing us

[Music]

[Music]

uh

um

[Music]

[Music]

[Music]

uh

all right right now man bye

[Music]

because i'll take over

[Music]

uh

[Music]

[Music]

no sign of the finger

we have 15 power left

i'm sorry but we have the surface

[Music]

let's take her upstairs

[Music]

listen

that's gotta be close

let's go get

[Music]

so

[Music]

[Music]

in the ocean lab

[Music]

it has to be

i hope so too

[Music]

so

[Music]

[Music]

so

[Music]

[Music]

there it is

[Music]

oh my god

the hatches have blown

maybe they're using their reserve tanks

[Music]

here they are one o'clock

they're alive

those eels they've got them trapped

maybe we can draw him off

cousins

[Music]

they're low on ear

hamilton and bradley are body breathing

[Music]

he's trying to help the others get away

[Music]

god the eels

so

so

because as we got to it

bradley in hand

that's great skipper

let's take her upstairs

yes sir

[Music]

so

[Music]

so

[Music]

so

[Music]

so

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

so

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

you