Coral Reef Adventure (2003)

Directed by

Greg MacGillivray

Genre

nature documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

46 min

Rated

U

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A husband and wife dive team spend 10 months documenting coral reefs across the South Pacific. They show both healthy reefs full of life and large areas of damaged coral. Scientists and local guides join them to explain what is happening to the reefs.

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What happens

Coral Reef Adventure is a documentary film released in 2003 to IMAX theaters. It was directed by Greg MacGillivray and narrated by Liam Neeson. Embarking on a 10-month expedition through the islands of the South Pacific, husband and wife underwater photography-duo Michele and Howard Hall explore the declining reefs and failing health of the world's oceans. From Australia's Great Barrier Reef, to a friend's coral reef-sustained village in Fiji, the diving expeditions show a range of coral reefs, from flourishing ones filled with unusual and exotic inhabitants, to vast stretches of bleached coral decline which prompted the Hall's activism. Along their journey, scientists working to understand and save the reefs meet with the Hall's. Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the famed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, also makes an appearance, as do well-known dive guide and singer Rusi Vulakoro, brother of Vude singer Laisa Vulakoro, who guides the Halls in their dive adventure. This documentary film is the third ecologically-themed IMAX production from director MacGillivray, after The Living Sea and Dolphins. Crosby Stills & Nash contribute to the film's soundtrack. The Giant Screen Theater Association named it the best film achievement of 2003. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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