Becoming Cousteau

The extraordinary life of the ocean's great protector.

7.020211h 34mReleased
Documentary

Overview

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.

StatusReleased
Release Date2021-10-22
Runtime1h 34m
LanguagesFrançaisEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Revenue$244,223

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Reviews

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CinemaSerf

Mar 27, 2022

7/10

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 t

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