From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Neptune Factor
The Neptune Factor
The Neptune Factor Plot
Marine scientists prepare to leave their underwater Seal-
ab after an extended stay performing oceanographic re-
search. An underwater earthquake interrupts their plans.
Dr. Andrews (Walter Pidgeon) enlists experimental sub
captain Adrien Blake (Ben Gazzara) to survey the damage
and rescue the oceanauts. Taking Chief Diver "Mack"
MacKay (Ernest Borgnine) and Dr. Leah Jansen (Yvette
Mimieux), fiancée of one of the scientists, in the sub,
Blake finds the lab has been ripped from its moorings and
tumbled down an unexplored, deep ocean trench, pre-
sumably intact. With time running out (due to the lab’s
dwindling reserve air supply), the team descends into
the unexplored trench, and finds an incredible ecosys-
tem populated with monstrously over-sized fish. After
surviving encounters with unfriendly denizens, they find
the lab partially intact, the surviving scientists breathing
from scuba tanks, and fending off giant, hungry eels. All
but one of the scientists are rescued, and the submarine
returns to the surface.
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Produced by Sandy Howard (as Sanford Howard)
Production
The nature of the "Sealab" underwater facility may have
Written by Jack DeWitt
been suggested by real-world projects of the 1960s: the
Starring Ben Gazzara ConShelf Two project that Jacques Cousteau participated
Yvette Mimieux in, or the US Navy SEALAB.
Walter Pidgeon
Ernest Borgnine
Music by Harry McCauley
External links
Lalo Schifrin • The Neptune Factor at the Internet Movie Database
Cinematography Harry Makin • The Neptune Factor at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Neptune Factor at AllRovi
Editing by Stan Cole
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) August 3, 1973
Running time 98 minutes
Country United States
Language English
The Neptune Factor is a 1973 science fiction film directed
by Daniel Petrie, featuring underwater cinematography
by Paul Herbermann. The film’s special effects utilized
underwater photography of miniatures with actual ma-
rine life.
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