The Living Sea
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The Living Sea is a 70mm American
documentary film
exploring marine locales intended to show the importance of protecting the ocean
, released to IMAX
theaters in 1995. It is narrated by actress Meryl Streep
, with music by Sting, produced by Science World
, a Vancouver based science education centre, and underwater imagery
directed by filmmaker Greg MacGillivray
.
rough-weather rescue squad, a deep-ocean research team, and the Palau Islands, which contain an unusual jellyfish
habitat.
The film is directed by Academy Award
-nominated IMAX director and cinematographer Greg MacGillivray
, who also directed similar water-conservation themed documentaries such as Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk
. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
but lost to One Survivor Remembers
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
exploring marine locales intended to show the importance of protecting the ocean
Ocean
An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas.More than half of this area is over 3,000...
, released to IMAX
IMAX
IMAX is a motion picture film format and a set of proprietary cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation. IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems...
theaters in 1995. It is narrated by actress Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television and film.Streep made her professional stage debut in 1971's The Playboy of Seville, before her screen debut in the television movie The Deadliest Season in 1977. In that same year, she made her film debut with...
, with music by Sting, produced by Science World
Science World
Science World may refer to:*Science World , a magazine for children grades 6–10 published by Scholastic Corporation*ScienceWorld, a science website*Science World at Telus World of Science, a science centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...
, a Vancouver based science education centre, and underwater imagery
Underwater photography
Underwater photography is the process of taking photographs while under water. It is usually done while scuba diving, but can be done while snorkeling or swimming.-Overview:...
directed by filmmaker Greg MacGillivray
Greg MacGillivray
Greg MacGillivray is an American film director and cinematographer. MacGillivray was first nominated for an Academy Award in 1995 for directing The Living Sea , and was nominated in the same category again for Dolphins in 2000.He has initiated the development of three cameras for the IMAX format...
.
Overview
The film is a survey of the world's oceans, emphasizing that it is a single interconnected ocean and the dependence of all life on the planet. The film shows researchers tracking whales, a Coast GuardCoast guard
A coast guard or coastguard is a national organization responsible for various services at sea. However the term implies widely different responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with customs and security duties to being a volunteer organization tasked with...
rough-weather rescue squad, a deep-ocean research team, and the Palau Islands, which contain an unusual jellyfish
Jellyfish
Jellyfish are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria. Medusa is another word for jellyfish, and refers to any free-swimming jellyfish stages in the phylum Cnidaria...
habitat.
The film is directed by Academy Award
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
-nominated IMAX director and cinematographer Greg MacGillivray
Greg MacGillivray
Greg MacGillivray is an American film director and cinematographer. MacGillivray was first nominated for an Academy Award in 1995 for directing The Living Sea , and was nominated in the same category again for Dolphins in 2000.He has initiated the development of three cameras for the IMAX format...
, who also directed similar water-conservation themed documentaries such as Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk is an American documentary film directed by Greg MacGillivray and narrated by Robert Redford. It was released to IMAX 3D Theaters in 2008....
. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject
This is a list of films by year that have received an Oscar together with the other nominations for best documentary short subject. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and presented early in the following year.-1940s:*1941...
but lost to One Survivor Remembers
One Survivor Remembers
One Survivor Remembers is a 1995 documentary short film by Kary Antholis in which Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein recounts her six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty, including the loss of her parents, brother, friends, home, possessions, and community.A production of HBO and the...
.