The Cove
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- Synopsis
- In the 1960s, Richard O'Barry enjoyed a lucrative career as a specialized animal trainer; he captured the five dolphins that were used in the popular television series Flipper, and taught them the tricks and special commands they used on the show....
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- Director(s)
- Louie Psihoyos
- Distributor(s)
- Roadside Attractions
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 90 min.
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Critic Reviews
Shot rivetingly by cinematographer Brooke Aitken, who combines digital, night-vision and thermal-imaging formats into a formidable package, the footage is edited tautly by Geoffrey Richman and enhanced measurably by J. Ralph's suspenseful score.Read the full review
There are many documentaries angry about the human destruction of the planetary peace. This is one of the very best -- a certain Oscar nominee.Read the full review
Eco-activist documentaries don't get much more compelling than The Cove, an impassioned piece of advocacy filmmaking that follows "Flipper" trainer-turned-marine crusader Richard O'Barry in his efforts to end dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan.Read the full review
Headlines
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'Cove' to screen as part of film series
02/09/10 "The Cove" has been selected as the next motion picture to be screened in the "Kat Kramer's Films That Changed the World" series. | The Hollywood Reporter -
Dolphin Doc 'The Cove' Gets Japanese Release Date
02/09/10 Louie Psihoyos 's animal rights documentary The Cove (a film we've been championing since Sundance '09 - read our review here ) has been opening eyes stateside and in a handful of overseas markets since opening last summer, but the real question was whether or not the people of Japan would hear about the mass dolphin harvesting that had been going on for years under their noses in the small fishing village of Taiji. | Cinematical.com -
'Cove' nets Oscar credits
02/08/10 Helmer Louie Psihoyos and producer Fisher Stevens will be credited as nominees in the Oscar feature documentary category for "The Cove," the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has ruled. | Variety -
Asia almost absent from Academy Awards
02/02/10 Compared to the success of "Slumdog Millionaire" last year, Asia's film industry must feel like as far as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is concerned, it doesn't exist. | The Hollywood Reporter -
Bigelow wins DGA Award
01/30/10 Kathryn Bigelow and "The Hurt Locker" became official awards-season front-runners Saturday after Bigelow won the top prize from the Directors Guild of America. | JAM! Showbiz -
Hurt Locker's Kathryn Bigelow Bests James Cameron at DGA Awards
01/30/10 Two weeks after her Iraq-war drama was shut out at the Golden Globes , the Hurt Locker director beat out ex-hubby James Cameron for the top prize Saturday at the 62nd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards, the first time a woman has ever won the prestigious honor. | E! Online -
Awards Tour: Directors Guild Announces Winners
01/30/10 Few would argue against the fact that former spouses James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow were the front runners going into Saturday night's Directors Guild Awards. | Rotten Tomatoes -
“The Cove” Tops Cinema Eye Honors
01/15/10 Louie Psihoyos' "The Cove" won the top award at the 2010 Cinema Eye Honors, honored as the best feature documentary of the year tonight at the Times Center in New York City. The film's producers, Paula DuPre Pressman and Fisher Stevens, won the award for outstanding production at the annual ceremony for the best in nonfiction film. | indieWIRE -
Directors Guild nominates doc filmmakers
01/12/10 Veteran filmmaker Agnes Varda is among the six directors nominated for the Directors Guild of America's best documentary award. | The Hollywood Reporter -
THR critics list top films of 2009
12/20/09 What strikes you about the individual lists of The Hollywood Reporter film critics' top 10 films for 2009 is the wide range of styles, genres and commercial appeal in these choices. | The Hollywood Reporter
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