THE DEEP Filming Locations

THE DEEP 's 'Hamilton Library' scene was filmed inside the Queen's Exhibition Hall at the National Museum of Bermuda, 1 The Keep, Sandys MA 01, Bermuda . There really is a Bermuda National Library in Hamilton, Bermuda, but  THE DEEP  made their 'Hamilton Library' inside the Queen's Exhibition Hall. Two 'Hamilton Library' scenes were filmed but only one appears in the final cut of the film. That scene opens with David ( Nick Nolte ) looking over 'Treece's Treasure' while Gail ( Jacqueline Bisset ) tries to identify the mysterious medallion from the wreck of the Goliath .  "OPN means Ora Pro Nobis, pray for us, and SC I can't find in any of these" (Source Sony Pictures ) The deleted scene appears in the extended TV version and includes Eli Wallach's wife Anne Jackson as the librarian who directs David and Gail to St. David's Island. "And I should warn you about St. David's Islanders" says Anne Jackson ...

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...

The Deep   is inspired by numerous real shipwrecks that author  Peter Benchley  became aware of after meeting Bermudian explorer  Teddy Tucker . Tucker was himself the inspiration for the character of Romer Treece, and first meet Benchley when National Geographic sent the Jaws author to Bermuda in 1970*. Benchley's brief was to tell the  story of Bermuda  through its shipwrecks and according to  Emory Kristof , the National Geographic photographer who accompanied Benchley: " We went out catching sharks on long-lines. Benchley was a smart one. While I was taking pictures, he listened to all of Tucker's yarns about sharks and shipwrecks and turned it into Jaws and then made The Deep. " In  1976  Benchley said he dived the wreck of the Constellation (sank 1942**) which lay on top of two other ships; the Lartington (1878) and the Montana (1863). He contemplated a story about a honeymoon couple who stumble upon the wrecks but decided...