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Cast
																											 
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											Peter Weller | As: Steven Beck | 
																											 
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											Richard Crenna | As: Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson | 
																											 
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											Amanda Pays | As: Elizabeth 'Willie' Williams | 
																											 
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											Daniel Stern | As: Buzz 'Sixpack' Parrish | 
																											 
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											Ernie Hudson | As: Justin Jones | 
Storyline
Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The crew of the mining base must fight to survive against a genetic mutation that hunts them down one by one.
| Tagline: | How long can you hold your breath? | 
| Certification: | R | 
Details
Genres: Adventure, Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: 17 March 1989
Country: IT, US
Runtime: 98m
Company Credits
Company: Gordon Company, Filmauro, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Leviathan Produzione
Budget: $25,000,000
Revenue: $15,704,614
External Links
Cast
																							 
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												 Peter Weller  | 
										
											 Steven Beck  | 
									
																							 
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												 Richard Crenna  | 
										
											 Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson  | 
									
																							 
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												 Amanda Pays  | 
										
											 Elizabeth 'Willie' Williams  | 
									
																							 
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												 Daniel Stern  | 
										
											 Buzz 'Sixpack' Parrish  | 
									
																							 
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												 Ernie Hudson  | 
										
											 Justin Jones  | 
									
																							 
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												 Michael Carmine  | 
										
											 Tony 'DeJesus' Rodero  | 
									
																							 
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												 Lisa Eilbacher  | 
										
											 Bridget Bowman  | 
									
																							 
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												 Héctor Elizondo  | 
										
											 C.P. Cobb  | 
									
																							 
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												 Meg Foster  | 
										
											 Ms. Martin  | 
									
																							 
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												 Eugene Lipinski  | 
										
											 Russian Ship Captain  | 
									
																							 
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												 Larry Dolgin  | 
										
											 Helicopter Pilot  | 
									
																							 
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												 Pascal Druant  | 
										
											 Winch Operator  | 
									
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												 Steve Pelot  | 
										
											 Winch Operator  | 
									
																							 
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												 Tom Woodruff Jr.  | 
										
											 Lead Creature (uncredited)  | 
									
Directed By
																											 
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														 George P. Cosmatos  | 
												
													 Director  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Marco Alberti  | 
												
													 Second Second Assistant Director  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Matt Earl Beesley  | 
												
													 First Assistant Director  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Luca Lachin  | 
												
													 Second Assistant Director  | 
																					
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														 Kuki López Rodero  | 
												
													 First Assistant Director  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 David Turchi  | 
												
													 Second Assistant Director  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Ceri Evans  | 
												
													 Script Supervisor  | 
																					
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														 Francesca Ghiotto  | 
												
													 Script Supervisor  | 
																					
Writing Credits
																											 
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														 David Webb Peoples  | 
												
													 Story  | 
																					
																											 
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														 David Webb Peoples  | 
												
													 Screenplay  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Jeb Stuart  | 
												
													 Screenplay  | 
																					
Production Crew
																											 
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														 Aurelio De Laurentiis  | 
												
													 Producer  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Luigi De Laurentiis  | 
												
													 Producer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Charles Gordon  | 
												
													 Executive Producer  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Lawrence Gordon  | 
												
													 Executive Producer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Jane Feinberg  | 
												
													 Casting  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Mike Fenton  | 
												
													 Casting  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Lynda Gordon  | 
												
													 Casting  | 
																					
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														 Lucio Trentini  | 
												
													 Production Supervisor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Roberto Malerba  | 
												
													 Location Manager  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Gabriella Toro  | 
												
													 Production Coordinator  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Maurizio Amati  | 
												
													 Executive In Charge Of Production  | 
																					
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														 Paolo Gargano  | 
												
													 Unit Manager  | 
																					
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														 Giovanna Di Michele  | 
												
													 Production Accountant  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Daniela Vecchi  | 
												
													 Assistant Production Coordinator  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Luigi Scardino  | 
												
													 Assistant Accountant  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Otello Tomassini  | 
												
													 Assistant Accountant  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Franca Tasso  | 
												
													 Production Coordinator  | 
																					
Edited By
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														 John F. Burnett  | 
												
													 Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Roberto Silvi  | 
												
													 Editor  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Gillian L. Hutshing  | 
												
													 Assistant Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Richard Leeman  | 
												
													 First Assistant Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Aldo Manni  | 
												
													 Negative Cutter  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Beverly Pinnas  | 
												
													 Assistant Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Giorgio Conti  | 
												
													 Assistant Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Roberto Olivieri  | 
												
													 Assistant Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Carlo La Bella  | 
												
													 Colorist  | 
																					
Costume and Makeup
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																											 | 
												
														 Yvonne Zarb Cousin  | 
												
													 Costumer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Bruce Barlow  | 
												
													 Special Effects Makeup Artist  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Katalin Elek  | 
												
													 Makeup Artist  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Zoltan Elek  | 
												
													 Key Makeup Artist  | 
																					
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														 Marina Marin  | 
												
													 Assistant Hairstylist  | 
																					
																											 
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														 John Rosengrant  | 
												
													 Special Effects Makeup Artist  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Aldo Signoretti  | 
												
													 Key Hair Stylist  | 
																					
																											 
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														 April Ferry  | 
												
													 Costume Design  | 
																					
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														 Carla Latini  | 
												
													 Wardrobe Supervisor  | 
																					
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														 Giampiero Grassi  | 
												
													 Dresser  | 
																					
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														 Augusto Grassi  | 
												
													 Dresser  | 
																					
Sound
																											 
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														 Jerry Goldsmith  | 
												
													 Original Music Composer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Nancy Beach  | 
												
													 Orchestrator  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Jerry Goldsmith  | 
												
													 Conductor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Kenneth Hall  | 
												
													 Supervising Music Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Arthur Morton  | 
												
													 Orchestrator  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Michael Dittrick  | 
												
													 Music Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Robin Gregory  | 
												
													 Sound Mixer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Terry Sharratt  | 
												
													 Boom Operator  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Mike Le Mare  | 
												
													 Supervising Sound Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Terry Porter  | 
												
													 Sound Re-Recording Mixer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Mel Metcalfe  | 
												
													 Sound Re-Recording Mixer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 David J. Hudson  | 
												
													 Sound Re-Recording Mixer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 David Lewis Yewdall  | 
												
													 Sound Effects Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Karola Storr  | 
												
													 Foley Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Virginia Cook-McGowan  | 
												
													 Dialogue Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Teri E. Dorman  | 
												
													 Dialogue Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 John Post  | 
												
													 Foley Artist  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 James Dean Fisher  | 
												
													 Foley Artist  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Jay Engel  | 
												
													 ADR Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Steve Schwalbe  | 
												
													 Assistant Sound Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Desmond Cannon  | 
												
													 Assistant Sound Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Janelle Showalter  | 
												
													 Assistant Sound Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Laura Graham  | 
												
													 Assistant Sound Editor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Carmen Hocson Baker  | 
												
													 Assistant Sound Editor  | 
																					
Visual Effects
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																											 | 
												
														 Jon Curtis Price  | 
												
													 Creature Design  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Stan Winston  | 
												
													 Creature Effects Technical Director  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Alec Gillis  | 
												
													 Creature Design  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Richard J. Landon  | 
												
													 Creature Design  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Shane Mahan  | 
												
													 Creature Design  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Shannon Shea  | 
												
													 Creature Design  | 
																					
																											 
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														 John Rosengrant  | 
												
													 Creature Design  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Tom Woodruff Jr.  | 
												
													 Creature Design  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Nick Allder  | 
												
													 Effects Supervisor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Barry Nolan  | 
												
													 Visual Effects Supervisor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Charles L. Finance  | 
												
													 Visual Effects Production Manager  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Robert Habros  | 
												
													 Visual Effects Camera  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 David S. Williams Jr.  | 
												
													 Visual Effects Camera  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 David B. Sharp  | 
												
													 Modelling Supervisor  | 
																					
																											 
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														 James Belohovek  | 
												
													 Modeling  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 C. Mitchell Bryan  | 
												
													 Modeling  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Eric Skipper  | 
												
													 Modeling  | 
																					
Camera
																											 
																									 | 
												
														 Alex Thomson  | 
												
													 Director of Photography  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Ramón Bravo  | 
												
													 Underwater Camera  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Phil Barthropp  | 
												
													 Underwater Camera  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Ernesto Natoli  | 
												
													 Assistant Camera  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Mike Valentine  | 
												
													 Underwater Camera  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Giuseppe Maccari  | 
												
													 Additional Photography  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Nic Milner  | 
												
													 First Assistant Camera  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Chyna Thomson  | 
												
													 Second Assistant Camera  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Tony Cridlin  | 
												
													 Key Grip  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Ennio Brizzolari  | 
												
													 Key Grip  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Federico Del Zoppo  | 
												
													 "B" Camera Operator  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Gaby Bzdega  | 
												
													 Assistant Camera  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Sergio Strizzi  | 
												
													 Still Photographer  | 
																					
																											 
																									 | 
												
														 Francesco Bellomo  | 
												
													 Still Photographer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 David James  | 
												
													 Still Photographer  | 
																					
Lighting
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																											 | 
												
														 Fabio Scepi  | 
												
													 Electrician  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Roy Larner  | 
												
													 Gaffer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Fernando Massaccesi  | 
												
													 Gaffer  | 
																					
Art Department
																											 
																									 | 
												
														 Ron Cobb  | 
												
													 Production Design  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Franco Ceraolo  | 
												
													 Art Direction  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Pier Luigi Basile  | 
												
													 Supervising Art Director  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 David F. Klassen  | 
												
													 Art Direction  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 William Ladd Skinner  | 
												
													 Supervising Art Director  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Bruno Cesari  | 
												
													 Set Decoration  | 
																					
																											 
																									 | 
												
														 Robert Gould  | 
												
													 Set Decoration  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Maria Teresa Barbasso  | 
												
													 Set Designer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Alfredo Vincenti  | 
												
													 Construction Coordinator  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Craig Edgar  | 
												
													 Set Designer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 William James Teegarden  | 
												
													 Set Designer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Alessandro Alberti  | 
												
													 Set Designer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Daniela Giovannoni  | 
												
													 Set Designer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Susanna Giovannini  | 
												
													 Assistant Set Designer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Marco Trentini  | 
												
													 Assistant Set Designer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Steve Burg  | 
												
													 Concept Artist  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 David J. Negron Sr.  | 
												
													 Storyboard Artist  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Fred Lucky  | 
												
													 Storyboard Artist  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 David J. Negrón Jr.  | 
												
													 Production Illustrator  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Etta Leff  | 
												
													 Assistant Set Decoration  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Cynthia Sleiter  | 
												
													 Assistant Set Decoration  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Alfio Tempera  | 
												
													 Set Buyer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Boni Fraulo  | 
												
													 Property Master  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Paolo Luciani  | 
												
													 Assistant Property Master  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Giuseppe Cancellara  | 
												
													 Assistant Property Master  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Domenico Mancino  | 
												
													 Assistant Property Master  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Ivano Tedeschi  | 
												
													 Painter  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Agostino Bivi  | 
												
													 Painter  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Richard Malzahn  | 
												
													 Graphic Designer  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Alvaro Belsole  | 
												
													 Construction Coordinator  | 
																					
Other Crew
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														 Giorgio De Vincenzo  | 
												
													 Post Production Supervisor  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Marco Carosi  | 
												
													 Playback Coordinator  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Randell Dennis Widner  | 
												
													 Stunt Coordinator  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Rocco Lerro  | 
												
													 Stunt Coordinator  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Ottaviano Dell'Acqua  | 
												
													 Stunts  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Fabiola Tocca  | 
												
													 Stunts  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Alessandro Ponti  | 
												
													 Stunts  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Charles Tabansi  | 
												
													 Stunts  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Massimo Giovannucci  | 
												
													 Stunts  | 
																					
																											 
																									 | 
												
														 Bobby Rhodes  | 
												
													 Stunts  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Paola Giacomini  | 
												
													 Stunts  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Giovanni Corridori  | 
												
													 Special Effects Coordinator  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Alan Bryce  | 
												
													 Special Effects  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 John Hatt  | 
												
													 Special Effects  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Renato Agostini  | 
												
													 Special Effects  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Alan Snelling  | 
												
													 Score Engineer  | 
																					
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