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Bermudian explorer Teddy Tucker, who inspired the character of Romer Treece ( Robert Shaw), began much of his artefact restoration in the family dining room. The DIY workshop style of Treece's home is rooted in the home laboratory tradition of Bermuda's early maritime explorers. Every single element of the production design, right down to the seemingly most insignificant, were to be designed with technological and scientific accuracy in mind." While the perfection seen in 2001: A Space Odyssey was a vision of the future The Deeplighthouse interior was a perfectly layered view of the past. When the Art Directors Guild inducted Tony Masters into their Hall of Fame his work was described as ". The set was designed by Tony Masters (of 2001: A Space Odyssey renown), construction supervised by Dick Frift, and decorated by Vernon Dixon. The 1973 aerial photo makes it possible to recognise exactly where Robert Shaw was walking. "Adam, I think I'll take a breath of air" Robert Shaw as Romer Treece walks down Coney Island Hill in 1976 (Source Sony Pictures ). He paused, then stepped onto the small beach heading to nearby " Kevin's lunch" (Marine Resources Cottage). Toward the end of the film Robert Shaw walked down a dirt track from the lighthouse toward the shoreline. Reforestation has since covered most of the dirt motocross tracks that were visible when The Deep was filmed. (Source Bermuda Government via Douglas De Couto ) Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte climb the steps of Treece's Lighthouse (Source Sony Pictures).īy 1973, when the following aerial picture was taken, Coney Island resembled what producer Peter Guber described as "a barren little handful of sand and rock". When Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Nolte first climbed the lighthouse steps (below) the audience was treated to a rich view of Castle Harbour behind them, including Bermuda Airport ( Kindley Field) in the distance on the opposite side of the harbour, and the Bermuda Causeway (far right), as it appeared in 1976. A bridge has existed here for approximately 400 years and was one of the first three bridges to be built in Bermuda.
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Nick Nolte and Jacqueline Bisset reached "Saint David's Island" (which was really Coney Island) by crossing the historic Coney Island Bridge. Teddy Tucker uses an air bag to lift grindstones from the Caeser (Source Teddy Tucker Adventure is my Life) Tucker was filmed salvaging grindstones and other items from the Caeser in 1961. Grindstones from the wreck of the Caeser some raised by Tucker in 1961 (Source Sony Pictures) The lighthouse exterior was dressed with real artefacts including grindstones that Tucker raised from the wreck of the Caeser. The character of Romer Treece was based upon the life of Bermuda explorer Teddy Tucker who worked as a consultant on the film supplying a variety of services during production. Thirdly, the real Saint David's Lighthouse was too tall for Panavision's anamorphic format. Secondly, in Peter Benchley's novel " The lighthouse sat on a flat promontory, so high above the sea that the light itself needed to be only fifty or sixty feet above the ground" whereas the real Saint David's Lighthouse is back from the ocean and surrounded by other buildings as can be seen in Google StreetView below. First, the plot required the lighthouse to be blown up which couldn't happen to the real Saint David's Lighthouse which is still a fully functioning lighthouse. The set was built at Coney Island instead of Saint David's for three reasons. Treece's Lighthouse set on Coney Island hill seen from the Bermuda Causeway (Source Sony Pictures)