Hello Down There

Hello Down There

Directed by	Jack Arnold Ricou Browning
Produced by	George Sherman Ivan Tors
Written by	John McGreevey Frank Telford
Story by	Ivan Tors Art Arthur
Starring	Tony Randall Janet Leigh Jim Backus Ken Berry Roddy McDowall Charlotte Rae
Music by	Jeff Barry
Cinematography	Clifford H. Poland Jr.
Edited by	Erwin Dumbrille
Production company	Ivan Tors Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	June 25, 1969 (1969-06-25)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Hello Down There (US 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.

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".^[1]

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 abruptly ends.

Cast

Tony Randall as Fred Miller
Janet Leigh as Vivian Miller
Jim Backus as T.R. Hollister
Ken Berry as Mel Cheever
Roddy McDowall as Nate Ashbury
Charlotte Rae as Myrtle Ruth
Richard Dreyfuss as Harold Webster
Kay Cole as Lorrie Miller
Gary Tigerman as Tommie Miller
Lou Wagner as Marvin Webster
Bruce Gordon as Adm. Sheridan
Frank Schuller as Alan Briggs
Arnold Stang as Jonah
Harvey Lembeck as Sonarman
Merv Griffin as Himself
Henny Backus as Mrs. Webster
Pat Henning as Reilly
Jay Laskay as Philo
Bud Hoey as Mr. Webster
Charles Martin as Chief Petty Officer
Frank Logan as Captain
Andy Jarrell as Radioman
Lora Kaye as Secretary

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.^[2] A search on iTunes also comes up with only the movie for rent or sale.^[3] The soundtrack is listed in its entirety on IMDB,^[4] 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).

Song Name	Lyrics By	Music By	Performed by
Hello, Down There	Jeff Barry	Jeff Barry	Jeff Barry
I Can Love You	Sam Coslow	Arthur Johnson	Harold and the Hang-Ups
Hey, Little Goldfish	Sam Coslow	Arthur Johnston	Harold and the Hang-Ups
Glub	Sam Coslow	Arthur Johnston	Harold and the Hang-Ups
Just One More Chance	Sam Coslow	Arthur Johnston	Harold and the Hang-Ups w/Tony Randall

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

External links

Hello Down There at the Internet Movie Database
Hello Down There at AllMovie
Hello Down There at the TCM Movie Database
Hello Down There at Rotten Tomatoes

Films directed by Jack Arnold

With These Hands (1950)
Girls in the Night (1953)
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
The Glass Web (1953)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Tarantula (1955)
Red Sundown (1956)
Outside the Law (1956)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
The Tattered Dress (1957)
Man in the Shadow (1957)
The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958)
High School Confidential (1958)
The Space Children (1958)
Monster on the Campus (1958)
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
A Global Affair (1964)
The Lively Set (1964)
Hello Down There (1969)
Black Eye (1974)
Boss Nigger (1975)
The Swiss Conspiracy (1976)
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976)

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