First appearance of John Bedford Lloyd as Jammer. He has to stoop to keep from hitting the ceiling.
Jammer tells Bud he has a phone call.
Crew of Deepcore 2 left to right:
J. C. Quinn as "Sonny" Dawson,
Ed Harris as Bud Brigman,
? as Tommy Ray Dietz?,
? as Lupton McWhirter,
Leo Burmester as "Catfish" De Vries,
John Bedford Lloyd as Jammer Willis,
Todd Graff as "Hippy" Carnes, Beany the rat,
Kimberly Scott as "One Night" Standing,
Kidd Brewer, Jr. as Lew Finler,
Richard Warlock as Dwight Perry?
New assignment
Bud Sets Parameters
Jammer reads the back cover of a book (by Louis L'Amour according to
the script).
Hippy cuts up.
Hippy is shown "The Hammer" to Jammer's indifference.
Jammer has book open now.
Lindsey runs into Jammer and gives a friendly, "Hey, I don't remember
putting a wall here."
Lindsey avoids contact with the SEALs
The crew prepare to dive.
Jammer has panic attack. (JBL does a good job trying to convey Jammer's
state of mind although the diving helmet and air bubbles interfere visually.)
Jammer has a visitor.
Jammer injures himself and ends up in the infirmary.
Jammer is relocated after the crisis.
Jammer comes out of the coma.
Jammer says he's feeling okay.
Jammer activates hot packs
After attempting resuscitation for less than 2 minutes, the crew thinks
Bud should give up. Two minutes? What CPR class did these people go to?
Bud succeeds; great scene for Ed Harris.
Bud prepares to dive.
Jammer and Hippy help lower Bud into the pool.
Bud's POV as he sinks.
JBL: "They would say, 'Okay, Ed. Today, we're going to take this thing and put it
on your head. You can't breath. And we're gonna to fill it up with pink water.'
"[To other actors]'And you're going to pretend to be amazed at watching Bud Brigman,
your commander, breath in the fluid breathing.'
"I mean, what's the [acting] challenge? There's Ed, our friend, walking into the edge of Moonpool and jumping in. It was extraordinary. I mean, there was no...the line between movie and reality didn't exist."
Bud dives...
And dives...
And dives...as One Night monitors.
An unexpected message
Something's rising.
Return to the surface.