Hello Down There

1969
G
1h 28m

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5.6/10

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Jim Backus, Janet Leigh, Roddy McDowall, Ken Berry, and Tony Randall in Hello Down There (1969)

A marine scientist volunteers to have his family live in a prototype underwater home to prove it's practical.

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A marine scientist volunteers to have his family live in a prototype underwater home to prove it's practical.A marine scientist volunteers to have his family live in a prototype underwater home to prove it's practical.A marine scientist volunteers to have his family live in a prototype underwater home to prove it's practical.

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P. Smith

I'd love to see this movie again... how can I?

I remember seeing this movie at the Theater back in '69 '70. I'd love to see it again. I saw Richard Dreyfus on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Jay played a small clip from the movie. Dreyfus seemed embarrassed and muttered something to the effect that he was trying to quash all copies of this movie. I don't think it has been released to video.

lissiemd

WANT IT ON DVD!!!!

Sigh. I really loved this movie as a kid!! It aired once on the Family Channel (now it's PAX) and then I lost the VHS or taped over it entirely. I recently found a really crappy version on Videobeat.com that is so fuzzy that it's not even worth watching it. It really isn't worth the price you pay for it either as some guy just recorded it from his own VHS recording so you know how that goes. But if you are really desperate like I was to hear "GLUB" again and to relive some happier times, then try Videobeat.com. I wish they would release this movie on DVD so that everyone can share the magic of Glub and the house under the sea. Sure, the acting is campy and the story line is lame, but the music makes it much better (even though they are lip singing and not even playing their instruments). Plus, you gotta love a Richard Dreyfuss film!

mcc-5

Funny & Entertaining

It amazes me how many future "stars" are in this movie. In this day and age it might seem rather silly but I remember the movie well. My siblings also remember it with fondness.

omerie

future tech fun

We loved this movie when we saw it at the theatre during its original release; I still have fond memories of the pet dolphins cavorting in the living room pool, and of the space-age push-button underwater conveniences (such as that neat pop-up refrigerator). I can even remember the lyrics to "Hey Little Goldfish" and "Glub, Glub"!! As kids we sang those songs for years. I can't wait to rent this one and rock out again with Dreyfuss and the gang! I hope he doesn't mind too much, 'cause I think this movie is a great sixties artifact, with a fun cast and very creative sets.

bgonzal

Charming, Nostalgic movie

I loved this movie as a kid. My cousin and I were always allowed to stay up when it was on late night tv, just so that we could sing along to "Little Goldfish". I wish I could get this on video. The feel of this movie is very much like the popular 60's sitcoms - I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, Gilligan's Island - a little hokey, but fun in a magical way. It has great songs, which invoke Josie and the Pussycats, and other Saturday morning "rock" cartoons popular at the time. It also has an amazingly famous cast, including Dreyfuss as a teen.

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Trivia
Reissued for Saturday children's matinées under the title "Sub-A-Dub-Dub".

Goofs
In the opening of the film, when the band are at home recording their song, the tape recorder is on "PLAY". The record button, to the immediate right of the play button, is not pressed down.

Quotes
Fred Miller: [they are in a mini-submarine] We maintain normal atmospheric pressure in here by a special mixture of Oxygen and Helium.
T.R. Hollister: Never mind the scientific lecture, Miller. Just what is this crazy project you dragged me down here to see?
Fred Miller: Mr. Hollister, this project meets the most important challenge of the future.
T.R. Hollister: Never mind the future, just give me the past. And oysters.
T.R. Hollister: There she is!
T.R. Hollister: Where?
Fred Miller: Right there. Dead ahead.
T.R. Hollister: Well, I see where is it, but what is it? It looks like a large onion.
Fred Miller: That's what we call it: "The Green Onion".
T.R. Hollister: $200,000 for an underwater onion?
Fred Miller: It's a house. A completely self sufficient, underwater house.
T.R. Hollister: A house for what? Flounders?
Fred Miller: Underwater living is coming, T.R. It has to. At the present population growth in the predictable future, there'll be one human being for every square foot of land on Earth. Can you imagine what that means? This is your future living space
[he uses his hands to indicate a square foot]
Fred Miller: unless...
[he points to the Green Onion]
T.R. Hollister: Well, people weren't meant to live underwater.
Fred Miller: Or fly, or go to the moon. We can't continue to ignore 71% of the Earth's surface, T.R., just because it's underwater. Wait till you see the inside!