THE DEEP Filming Locations

Get ready for a big day! Filmed in 1976 THE DEEP is still a great film which thrilled audiences around the world and showcased Bermuda to millions. One of the benefits of holidaying in Bermuda is that the territory's size makes everything close by. If your visit is short or you want a unique journey from one end of Bermuda to the other then use this Google Map to explore 24 Bermuda filming locations from  THE DEEP  in one day. Some of the locations only appeared in the extended TV version of the film but they're still worth a visit for their natural or historical value. One of these is  Butts Beach  which featured Robert Shaw 's son Colin , as a young Romer Treece, and Eli Wallach 's son Peter , as a young shipwrecked Adam Coffin.  The sea gives up her dead in a deleted scene at Butts Beach , Bermuda (Source Sony Pictures ). THE DEEP 's cameras also preserved the appearance of some locations that have since been demolished.  Cloche's hideout  in the extended T

Jacqueline Bisset next to an almost forgotten painting by French Impressionist Pierre Bonnard (Source  Sony Pictures ). When The Deep  Production Designer Tony Masters , finished David ( Nick Nolte ) and Gail's ( Jacqueline Bisset )  Orange Grove Hotel  interior, the set revealed Bermuda's coastal palette and paintings by artists known for their use of intense colour, light, and  Impressionism  in " plein air ". Bermuda "vast turquoise", "lush greenery", "almost unnaturally colorful beauty"  (Source  Sony Pictures ). Producer Peter Guber wanted  The Deep  to be portrayed in "jewel-like color" and when the production arrived in Bermuda, in August 1976, saturated colour was everywhere. Bermuda was a "lovely island ... in the full flush of summer", "gorgeous pink", "vast turquoise", "rainbow-colored", "lush greenery", "peaceful ... bobbing boats" "twinkling across the

  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

The shark frenzy above the wreck of  Goliath   was filmed at multiple locations edited together to look like a single place. The same editing technique was used to create the  Orange Grove Hotel  and  St. David's Lighthouse . The shark frenzy filming locations were: The Coral Sea, Australia, including, "Action Point" at the north end of  Marion Reef ,  Diamond Islets , and  Lihou Reefs , The world's  Biggest Underwater Set (BUS)  at Ireland Island South, Bermuda, and, The bow section of the  RMS Rhone  shipwreck at Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands. In his 2002 autobiographical thriller, Shark Trouble , Peter Benchley described escaping a pack of agitated bull sharks, with his wife Wendy and eleven-year old son Clayton, off Long Island  in the Bahamas.  Wendy, Peter, and Clayton Benchley, with Roy Scheider on the set of Jaws 1974 ( Source Universal Pictures via  Shark Trouble ). The trio huddled together and, blasting bubbles from their regulators, slowly as