Leviathan
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Short description
Working deep on the ocean floor, a crew of miners discovers the wreck of a Soviet vessel. After bringing cargo from the ship back to their base, the crew faces a deadly genetic mutation. The survivors must fight for their lives against a monstrous creature created by the contagion as it hunts them one by one.
Directed by George P. Cosmatos, this film followed his work on Cobra in 1986 and preceded Tombstone in 1993. The cast features Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays, Daniel Stern, Ernie Hudson, and Michael Carmine. This joint production between the United States and Italy was made with a budget of 25 million USD, though its worldwide box office earnings were lower at 16 million USD.
The film holds a rating of 5.8/10 on IMDb based on 22,524 votes and 6/10 on TMDB from 586 votes. These audience scores are higher than the rating from film critics, which stands at 4.7/10 based on 26 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- While working on the creature's appearance, director George P. Cosmatos and visual effects artist Stan Winston (1946-2008) reviewed photographs of various marine creatures, as well as medical books. Fascinated by the forms of living beings found in nature, they came up with the idea of combining parts of the human body and a deep-sea creature into a single body.
- Director George P. Cosmatos (1941-2005) was provided with 50-60 drawings of the creature. Elements from all versions were combined into a single monster – huge, with a fish-like head, sharp teeth, and the ability to integrate distinctive features of its victims into its own body.
- At the beginning of the film, one of the characters runs out of air, and the captain tries to help him by working on the ship's computer. At one point, Luxo with a ball flashes on the monitor – a lamp from the Pixar studio logo and the character from the studio's very first short animated film.
- While working on the creature's appearance, director George P. Cosmatos and visual effects master Stan Winston reviewed photos of various marine animals as well as medical books. They came up with the idea of combining parts of the human body and some kind of deep-sea creature into one entity.
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