The Making of 'The Abyss' Page #2

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But she's in 2,000 feet ofwater

and we can't reach her.

We need divers to enter the sub

and search for survivors, ifany.

Don'tyou guys haveyour own stuff

for this kind ofthing ?

By the time we get our rescue

submersibles, storm front will be on us.

You can getyour rig in under the storm

and be on site in 1 5 hours,

and that makes you

our best option.

Why should we risk our butts

for something like this ?

I have been authorized to

offer special bonuses...

equivalent to three times

normal dive pay.

Yes, sir, buddy !

Hell, for triple time,

I'd eat Beanie.

They could set me on fire and

put me out with horse piddle.

I don't know what kind ofdeal

you made with the company,

but my people are not qualified.

- We're oil workers.

- This is a paycheck, man !

Shut up !

Hold it down.

This is Lieutenant Coffey.

He'll transfer down toyou with

a SEAL team and supervise the operation.

You can send down whoeveryou like,

but I'm the tool pusher on this rig,

and when it comes to the safety

ofthese people, there's me and

then there's God, understand ?

Ifthingsgetdicey,

I'mpullin'theplug.

I thinkwe're all

on the same wavelength, Brigman.

Now, let's get the wellhead

uncoupled, shall we ?

All right,

let's get ready to move.

Let's take it

about five degrees left, all right ?

Roger.

Five degrees left, Bud.

Plot these numbers to our position.

I need to know when--

Well, it's official, sports fans.

They're calling it Hurricane Frederick.

And it's gonna be making our lives

real interesting in a few hours.

Fred, huh ?

Idon'tknow, man.

I think hurricanes should be

named afterwomen, don'tyou ?

[WindGusting]

- I can't believeyou're

letting them do this.

- Hi, Linds.

I thoughtyou were

in Houston.

I was. Now I'm here.

- Only here isn't where

I left it, is it, Bud ?

- Wasn't up to me.

Jesus ! We were that close

to proving a submersible

drilling platform could work.

- I can't believe

you let them grab my rig !

- Your rig ?

I designed the damn thing.

And Benthic Petroleum paid for it, so as

long as they're holding the pink slip,

[ Whistles ]

I go where they tell me.

I had a lot riding on this,

and they boughtyou, didn't they ?

More like rented you cheap !

I'm switchin' offnow.

Bye-bye.

Oh, okay, Virgil, you wiener !

You never could stand up to a fight.

Bye-bye.

Virgil ?

God, I hate that b*tch.

Probably shouldn't have

married her then, huh ?

Try to get it settled !

[Man OverRadio]

Roger, Cab3. You're cleartolaunch.

- Hang on, gentlemen.

- [ Man ] She's clear !

Touchdown.

Crowd goes wild.

[ Linds ] Explorer,

this is Cab 3. We are styling.

- How areyou boys doing back there ?

- Great.

Explorer, this is Cab 3 starting

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