Wonderful world of the seas
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German title | Wonderful world of the seas |
Original title | The Living Sea |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1995 |
length | 40 minutes |
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Director | Greg MacGillivray |
script |
Roger Holzberg Tim Cahill |
production |
David Keighley Alec Lorimore Greg MacGillivray |
music | Sting |
camera | Greg MacGillivray |
cut | Stephen Judson |
occupation | |
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Wonder World of the Seas is a 1995 American documentary .
action
The film offers an insight into the marine world and the diversity of living things. It emphasizes that the world's oceans are a single global ocean and that life in the seas is intertwined. Humans penetrate this living space and thus destroy the sensitive system. But the film also shows people who work with and for the sea. One can see a family that lives on seafood. Shown are whale researchers, a coast guard rescue unit and a deep-sea research team. The highlight, so to speak, is a species of jellyfish that can only be found in a saltwater lake on Palau .
criticism
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times was reluctant. Despite a Meryl Streep as the narrator and Sting's rousing music, the film is one of the weak and superficial films in widescreen format.
Awards
In 1996 the film was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Short Film category.
background
The film, shot using the IMAX process , had its premiere in February 1995.
Wonderworld of the Seas was produced for the Aquarium of the Americas , Ocean Film Network , the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, the Museum of Science and History in Fort Worth, the Chinese National Museum of Natural Sciences in Taichung, Nauticus National Maritime Center in Norfolk, Omniversum in The Hague, Science World in Vancouver and White Oak Associates . MacGillivray's Freeman Films was responsible for global distribution .
Actress Meryl Streep is the spokesperson for the film in the original version .
Web links
- The Living Sea in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official homepage of the sales company