Deep (2017 film)
Deep is a 2017 3D computer-animated adventure film directed by Julio Soto Gurpide. Inspiration for the film came from Julio's deep sea diving experiences.[1]
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| Directed by | Julio Soto Gurpide |
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| Music by | Fernando Velázquez |
Release date | August 25, 2017 |
Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States Spain Belgium |
| Language | English |
Plot
The film takes place in the post-apocalyptic future by the Atlantic Ocean, where, because of the actions of people, the planet Earth was subjected to an ecological catastrophe, and as a result the Earth was flooded. At the same time, sea inhabitants also suffered a catastrophe. Grimpoteuthis Kraken managed to save several inhabitants and formed a safe place to live with them.
Kraken's grandson, Deep, considers life to be boring, but shows an interest in objects made by people. He also involves his friends: angler fish Evo and shrimp Alice. Soon one of Deep's "pranks" accidentally endangers the inhabitants of his home and encloses them by stones. Deep learns from Kraken that only the white whale Nathan can help them, and tells his grandson the necessary landmarks to identify where Nathan can be found. Deep, Evo and Alice set out to find Nathan.
After passing several landmarks, the friends get to the sunken ship (which is the Titanic), where they find the vampire squid Norma. She makes them listen to her musical performance, and tells them that in order to find Nathan, they need to get to Broadway. The heroes leave the ship with difficulty, since Norma would not let them go.
Along the way, Deep is attacked by moray Maura, but immediately after hearing from him that he has friends, she admits that she is lonely. Deep adds Maura to the team, despite the fact that Alice and Evo are against taking a predator that almost ate them on the first night.
Having reached the Brooklyn Bridge, the friends find themselves surrounded by crabs, where their leader, the yeti crab Rico, challenges them to a dance battle. Alice's performance strikes Rico, and he falls in love with her. After that, the heroes pass the Brooklyn Bridge onto the streets of flooded New York City. They enter the radiation zone and overcome a number of un-dead fish.
The characters have a disagreement when it becomes apparent they are lost, and everyone accuses Deep of taking them on a dangerous journey. They meet the penguin Darcy and his assistants: the walrus Luigi and the dolphin Ralph. While Darcy and Luigi distract the main characters by watching the film about the project "Ark-1" and "Ark-2" (which saved humans and ground animals respectively, by leaving the Earth and settling another planet), they discuss the plan to freeze them and leave the Earth on the "Ark-3" (which is for aquatic animals).
When the heroes are placed in a trap, they finally met Nathan, who is chained, and immediately learn of Darcy's plan to freeze everyone, including Maura, who had not fallen into the trap. Deep, Alice and Evo manage to disable the cell without letting it freeze, and then get out of the locked cell and join Maura in battle against Darcy, Luigi and Ralph. As a result, they triumph over the trio and are ejected from the in-motion "Ark-3" along with Nathan and the other sea creatures.
Returning home, the characters, along with Nathan, begin to free Kraken and the others, and Deep nearly sacrifices his life to completely free himself of the debris. After liberation, Maura offers an idea where it will be possible to start fertilizing and increase the population, while Deep finds love. Darcy, Ralph and Luigi are stranded on a floating ice floe in the Arctic Ocean near Greenland crying out for their mothers.
Cast
- Justin Felbinger as Deep, a yellow grimpoteuthis, Kraken's grandson, main protagonist
- Stephen Hughes as Evo, an angler fish
- Lindsey Alena as Alice, a shrimp
- Elisabeth Gray as Maura, a moray eel
- Dwight Schultz as Kraken, a red grimpoteuthis, Deep's grandpa
- William Salyers as Darcy, a penguin, main antagonist
- Bob Bergen as Ralph, a dolphin, antagonist
- Jess Harnell as Luigi, a walrus, antagonist
- Phil LaMarr as Artie
- Lewis MacLeod as Nathan, a white whale with red eyes
- Joe Hernandez as Rico, a yeti crab
- Anna Vocino as Norma, a vampire squid named after Norma Desmond from Sunset Boulevard
References
- Miguel Díaz González (December 22, 2017). "Interview with filmmaker Julio Soto Gurpide about his film "Deep"". Retrieved January 15, 2018.
External links
- Deep on IMDb
- Deep at Rotten Tomatoes