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Where was the cricket match in THE DEEP?

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  Cloche ( Louis Gossett ) and Treece ( Robert Shaw ) at the 1976 Bermuda Cup Cricket Match (Source  Sony Pictures ). St. George's Cricket Club 1976 was a special year for the  Bermuda Cup Match  and The Deep was there to capture the action during the game's 75th Anniversary. Cloche ( Louis Gossett ) and Treece ( Robert Shaw ) discussed raising the ampules from  Goliath  as they watched the  Bermuda Cup Match  at St. George's Cricket Club,  56 Wellington Slip Rd, St Georges GE 02, Bermuda . Most of the scene was filmed live amongst spectators at the real Bermuda Cup Match in 1976. Much of  The Deep  was inspired by Bermuda's real underwater exploration history and there are discreet acknowledgments throughout the film. However, sometimes it's possible to read too much into a scene and assume there are  Easter eggs  that may just be random props with no deeper meaning. The Bermuda Cup Match scene is an example of what might contain  Easter eggs  which honour a 1961

Where was the Orange Grove Hotel in THE DEEP?

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The fictitious Orange Grove Hotel was a combination of three real places and was named after a real Bermudian family estate. The locations are: The Cliffs of Marley at Marley Beach,  Coral Beach and Tennis Club , at Coral Beach, and,  A former sail loft at the Royal Naval Dockyard. The Cliffs of Marley, Marley Beach One of the film's stunning panoramic shots is the 'Orange Grove Hotel' exterior with its cliffside elevator which was filmed at a private dwelling now called The Cliffs of Marley   above Marley Beach,  14 Marley Beach Drive, Warwick WK 08, Bermuda . The Cliffs of Marley (left), Marley Beach as 'Orange Grove' looking east in 1976 with the Masters and Maxsted designed elevator (Source Sony Pictures ) The specific dwelling in shot (at left with the conical roof) is called Heavens Above . Heavens Above is a holiday rental unit where you can watch Bermuda Longtails in the breeze and see parrot fish in the nearby surf. Beneath the conical roof is Heavens Ab