The Big Blue (1988)
May 10, 1988Release Date
The Big Blue (1988)
May 10, 1988Release Date


Plot.
Where to Watch.

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Cast & Crew.

Jean-Marc Barr
Jacques Mayol

Jean Reno
Enzo Molinari

Rosanna Arquette
Johana Baker

Paul Shenar
Dr. Laurence

Sergio Castellitto
Novelli

Jean Bouise
Uncle Louis

Marc Duret
Roberto

Griffin Dunne
Duffy

Valentina Vargas
Bonita

Kimberly Beck
Sally

Alessandra Vazzoler
La Mamma

Andréas Voutsinas
Priest

Patrick Fontana
Alfredo

Geoffrey Carey
Supervisor

Jan Rouiller
Noireuter

Pierre Semmler
Franck

Pierre-Alain de Garrigues
Superintendent

Claude Besson
Jacques' Father

Bruce Guerre-Berthelot
Young Jacques

Gregory Forstner
Young Enzo

Eric Do
Japanese Diver

Jacques Lévy
Doctor / Sound

Paul Herman
Taxi Driver in U.S.A

Franco Diogene
Receptionist

Constantin Alexandrov
Dolphin Trainer

Luc Besson
Blond Diver (uncredited) / Director / Story / Screenplay / Co-Producer

Valentina Castellani
Lady in elevator (uncredited)

Christian Gazio
Wedged diver (uncredited)

Carlo Varini
Director of Photography

Éric Serra
Original Music Composer

Patrice Ledoux
Producer

Olivier Mauffroy
Editor

Nathalie Chéron
Casting

Dan Weil
Production Design

Pierre Befve
Sound Designer

Lissa Pillu
Casting

Patrick Barthelemy
Set Decoration

Magali Guidasci
Costume Design

Mimi Lempicka
Costume Design

Geneviève Peyralade
Makeup Artist
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Details.
Release DateMay 10, 1988
Original NameLe Grand Bleu
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 48m
Content RatingPG-13
Budget$14,390,509
Filming LocationsUnited States Virgin Islands · New York City, United States · The Bahamas · Peru · Greece
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Big Blue (released in some countries under the French title Le Grand Bleu) is a 1988 drama film directed by Luc Besson. Inspired by the Cinéma du look movement, the film is a heavily fictionalized and dramatized story of the friendship and sporting rivalry between two leading contemporary champion free divers in the 20th century: Jacques Mayol (played by Jean-Marc Barr) and Enzo Maiorca (renamed "Enzo Molinari" and played by Jean Reno), and Mayol's fictionalized relationship with his girlfriend Johana Baker (played by Rosanna Arquette).
The film became one of France's most commercially successful films (although an adaptation for US release was a commercial failure in that country). French President Jacques Chirac referred to the film in describing Mayol, after his death in 2001, as an enduring symbol for the "Big Blue" generation.
The story was heavily adapted for cinema. In real life, Mayol lived from 1927 to 2001 and Maiorca retired from diving to politics in the 1980s. Both set no-limits-category deep diving records below 100 metres, and Mayol was indeed involved in scientific research into human aquatic potential, but neither reached 400 feet (120 metres) as portrayed in the film, and they were not direct competitors. Mayol himself was a screenwriter for the film, and Mayol's search for love, family, "wholeness" and the meaning of life and death, and the conflict and tension between his yearning for the deep and his relationship with his girlfriend are also major elements of the latter part of the film.
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