Deepsea Challenge 3D (2014)

Directed by

Raymond Quint, Andrew Wight, John Bruno

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

James Cameron builds a custom submersible to dive to the deepest point in the ocean. The film follows the engineering challenges and the actual two-and-a-half-hour descent.

awe-inspiringdeterminedsuspensefultechnicaldocumentary-stylevisually immersiveexploratorymonumental

What happens

Deepsea Challenger (DCV 1) is a 7.3-metre (24 ft) deep-diving submersible designed to reach the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the deepest-known point on Earth. On 26 March 2012, Canadian film director James Cameron piloted the craft to accomplish this goal in the second crewed dive reaching the Challenger Deep. Built in Sydney, Australia, by the research and design company Acheron Project Pty Ltd, Deepsea Challenger includes scientific sampling equipment and high-definition 3-D cameras; it reached the ocean's deepest point after two hours and 36 minutes of descent from the surface. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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