Movie Description
Jacques (Barr) and Enzo (Reno) are friends and rivals in the dangerous world of deep-sea diving. Jacques feels an unusual affinity for the sea and is able to slow his heartrate during dives and stay underwater for superhuman durations. When Jacques meets a ditzy American insurance adjuster (Arquette), a love triangle develops with Jacques torn between his two great loves: a woman, and the ocean. Breathtaking underwater photography and a meditative, fairy-tale story have made this film a cult classic. THE BIG BLUE was heavily cut for its American release, and this Director's Cut restores over forty minutes of footage as well as the original score by composer Eric Serra. The resulting footage has lifted the film's rating to an "R."
| Credits | | Producer: | Patrice Ledoux | | Cast: | Marc Duret, Valentina Vargas |
| Details | | Edition: | Director's Cut; Close Captioned | | Sound: | HiFi Sound, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound |
Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35:1
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Dolby Surround - French
Additional Release Material:
Filmographies - Cast/Crew
Trailers - Original Theatrical Trailer
Bonus Trailers - THE PROFESSIONAL, THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC
TV Spots
Isolated Music Score
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills/Photos
Production Notes
Biographies - 1. Luc Besson - Director
2. Jean-Marc Barr - Star
3. Jean Reno - Star
4. Rosanna Arquette - Star, RE-RELEASE IN THEATRES: JULY 14, 2000 (LIMITED)
The film has been released in three different lengths. The 132-minute French version featured a musical score by Eric Sierra. The American version is 118 minutes long with a musical score by Bill Conti. There is also a 168-minute uncut version available only in Europe and Japan.
During the diving competition, Jacques wears a nose-plug, while Enzo wears a full mask. In fact, the nose-plug is realistic and the mask is not, as wearing a mask at the depths reached in the movie would cause a diver to develop lesions on his face from the difference of pressure. Serious skin divers wear special contact lenses that allow them to see underwater without having to wear a mask.
The actors in the movie only dove to a depth of 40 meters. The characters they play are reaching depths of 300 meters and deeper.
The car that Enzo drives is a Fiat 500 which is a funny little car that is revered in Italy for being tiny, cheap, and practical. It has different colored doors and a terrible paint job. The big joke is that the trailer it pulls--3 times the size of the car--holds all of Enzo's diving equipment. After winning money for a saving a man from a boat wreck, he paints the little car Ferrari red.
Locations in BIG BLUE:
The movie moves from Grece to Sicily to Peru, to the Cote d'Azur, to New York, to Taoromina, Italy where most filming takes place underwater.
The film starts with a 20-minute black and white sequence of Jacques and Enzo as boys in 1965. This sequence takes place in Grece. From there the film changes over to color and moves to Sicily in 1988 where Enzo and his brother Roberto are now adults.
Next, the film moves to the wintry slopes of the Andes mountains in Peru where Johana is taking care of some insurance business for a doctor for whom Jacques is doing diving experiments.
Jacques returns to his home of Antibes, France on the Cote d'Azur.
Johana returns to New York.
Finally, everybody meets up in Taoromina, Italy where Enzo has brought Jacques for the diving championships.
Editorial Reviews
"...The aquatic cinematography is glorious..."
Total Film - Matt Mueller (08/01/2000)
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