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Becoming Cousteau

The extraordinary life of the ocean's great protector.

7.1 / 10

94 minutes

2021-10-22

English

US

Actors :

Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Philippe Cousteau, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Francine Cousteau, Pierre-Yves Cousteau, Diane Cousteau, Albert Falco, Louis Malle, David L. Wolper, John Soh, Carol Burnett, Deborah Norville, Jacques Renoir, Yves Paccalet, Fidel Castro

Description

Adventurer, filmmaker, inventor, author, unlikely celebrity and conservationist: For over four decades, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his explorations under the ocean became synonymous with a love of science and the natural world. As he learned to protect the environment, he brought the whole world with him, sounding alarms more than 50 years ago about the warming seas and our planet’s vulnerability. In BECOMING COUSTEAU, from National Geographic Documentary Films, two-time Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Liz Garbus takes an inside look at Cousteau and his life, his iconic films and inventions, and the experiences that made him the 20th century’s most unique and renowned environmental voice — and the man who inspired generations to protect the Earth.

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

3/27/2022, 11:57:53 AM

For folks used to watching the beautiful undersea imagery from the likes of the "Blue Planet" (2001) or it's 2017 sequel, this might seem a little bit unremarkable - but if you watch this documentary on this visionary man, you will soon realise that he and his "oceanic musketeers" were the source of so much of the basic building blocks upon which the latter programmes are based. From designing the...