Hello Down There
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Country United States | 6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Sci-Fi Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Jack ArnoldRicou Browning Release date 1969 (1969) Initial release June 25, 1969 (New York City) Cast (Fred Miller), (Vivian Miller), (Mel Cheever), (Nate Ashbury), (Myrtle Ruth), (Harold Webster) Similar movies 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea , The Deep , The Neptune Factor , Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End , The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water , The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou Tagline A combo of scuba dupes rock up a storm in a mad pad under the surf! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hello down there
Hello Down There (re-release title Sub-A-Dub-Dub) is a 1969 American comedy-adventure film made by Paramount Pictures starring Tony Randall and Janet Leigh about a family living in an underwater house. It was directed by Jack Arnold and Ricou Browning (underwater sequences), produced by George Sherman and Ivan Tors from a screenplay written by John McGreevey and Frank Telford. The film was re-released in 1974 under the title Sub-A-Dub-Dub as part of the "Paramount Family Matinee" series.
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Plot
Fred Miller (Tony Randall) must prove that his new design for an underwater home is viable by convincing his family to live in it for 30 days. His son and daughter (Gary Tigerman and Kay Cole) are members of an emerging pop rock band (Richard Dreyfuss and Lou Wagner) whom they invite to live with them during the experiment. Their temporary home, which Miller dubs the "Green Onion," is 90 feet below the surface of the ocean and is filled with super-modern appliances and amenities for house-wife Vivian (Janet Leigh) all designed by Miller, and a hole in the floor providing direct access to the sea.
The group are soon joined by a live-in seal named Gladys and a pair of dolphins (Duke and Duchess) which stay close at hand and fend off unwanted sharks. They are confronted by many obstacles including a rival designer (Ken Berry) from Undersea Development Inc. who begins to cause problems for the inhabitants of the "Green Onion".
Meanwhile, the band's single has gotten the attention of record executive Nate Ashbury (Roddy McDowall) who decides to sign them sight-unseen. He takes the liberty of booking them for an important television performance on The Merv Griffin Show without communicating with them first. After learning that they are inaccessible, he proves that he will go to great lengths to reach them since the show must go on. The band gets its airing, and the Navy is alerted by the sounds of the music coming from the sea. As naval fleets swarm in to investigate what must surely be a Communist plot, the movie will disruptly end.
Cast
Production
Hello Down There was filmed from October to December 1967 with interior scenes shot at Ivan Tors Studios (now known as Greenwich Studios) in Miami, Florida and underwater sequences were photographed at Ivan Tors Underwater Studios in The Bahamas.
Music Soundtrack
"Hello Down There" and "Little Goldfish" are among the movie's soundtrack. Unfortunately, the soundtrack cannot currently be purchased. A search on Amazon only brings up the movie. A search on OST displays the soundtrack, but the links resolve to unfound music on Amazon's website. A search on iTunes also comes up with only the movie for rent or sale. The soundtrack is listed in its entirety on IMDB, giving credit to the performers as "Harold and the Hangs Up" (Harold is the name of the boy, played by Richard Dreyfuss, who is the lead singer of the band in the movie).
DVD releases
Hello Down There was released on DVD in Region 1 by Paramount Pictures on February 22, 2005. The film was made available to purchase as a "burn-on-demand" DVD-R through the online Warner Bros. Archive Collection on June 25, 2013.
References
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