Aliens of the Deep

Infobox Film
name = Aliens of the Deep


caption = Promotional poster
director = James Cameron
Steven Quale
produced by = James Cameron and Andrew Wight
writer =
starring = Dr. Anatoly M. Sagalevitch
Genya Chernaiev
Victor Nischeta
Pamela Conrad
Dr. Jim Childress
music = Jeehun Hwang
cinematography = James Cameron
Vince Pace, Ron Allum
editing = Matthew Kregor, Fiona Wight
distributor = Walt Disney Pictures
released = January 28 2005
runtime = 47 min
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:315821
imdb_id = 0417415

"Aliens of the Deep" is a 2005 documentary film, directed by Academy Award winner James Cameron and Steven Quale and filmed in the 3-D IMAX format. It was produced by James Cameron and Andrew Wight Walden Media and Walt Disney Pictures. It shows footage from 40 deep sea dives in both the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean.Fact|date=April 2008

ynopsis

Cameron joins up aboard the Russian research vessel "Akademik Mstislav Keldysh" with a group of NASA scientists, as well as some Russian marine biologists, to investigate ten hydrothermal vents in both the Atlantic and Pacific. The vents have their own unique ecosystem, which support diverse organisms such as giant tube worms, swarms of blind white crabs, and vast amounts of shrimp which are capable of "seeing" water that is heated by the vents. These creatures do not require sunlight like other organisms, and instead obtain their energy from the vents. They are able to survive in the superheated and sulfurous water. Because of this, the documentary suggests that this is what life beyond Earth might look like. As some alien ecosystems are likely to be a lot harsher than a typical terrestrial ecosystem, these exotic vents provide an insight into some of the forms that alien life might take.

The documentary shows Cameron's passion for exploring the oceans, as well as his interest in extraterrestrial life. It also showcases the technology employed to reach such depths.

The film is similar to Cameron's earlier documentary, "Ghosts of the Abyss" (2003), which involves him journeying to the wreck of the RMS "Titanic". It too was filmed in the 3-D IMAX format. Tagline: "The search for life beyond begins below."

ee also

* MIR (submersible)

References

*cite news|last=Reed|first=Christina|date=February 2005|title=Into the Abyss|publisher=Scientific American|pages=24–25

External links

* [http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/aliensofthedeep/ Official site]
*imdb title|id=0417415|title=Aliens of the Deep