The cove

Resource Information

The work The cove represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Dallas Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The cove

Statement of responsibility

Lionsgate ; Roadside Attractions; Participant Media ; Oceanic Preservation Society presents a Jim Clark production in association with Diamond Docs and Skyfish Films ; written by Mark Monroe ; executive producer, Jim Clark ; producers, Paula Dupré Pesmen, Fisher Stevens ; directed by Louie Psihoyos

Contributor

• Skyfish Films (Firm)
• Clark, James Matthew, 1956-
• Lions Gate Home Entertainment
• DuPré Pesmen, Paula
• Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)
• Roadside Attractions (Firm)
• Monroe, Mark
• Diamond Docs (Firm)
• Psihoyos, Louie
• Participant Media
• Ralph, J., (Joshua)
• Oceanic Preservation Society
• Richman, Geoffrey
• Stevens, Fisher
• Aitken, Brook

Screenwriter

• Monroe, Mark

Composer

• Ralph, J., (Joshua)

Cinematographer

• Aitken, Brook

Director

• Psihoyos, Louie

Film editor

• Richman, Geoffrey

Producer

• Stevens, Fisher
• DuPré Pesmen, Paula
• Clark, James Matthew, 1956-

Subject

• Fishes -- Mercury content -- Japan
• Nonfiction films
• PLP -- Docs for Days -- 2020.12
• Poaching -- Japan
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Animal welfare -- Japan
• Documentary films
• Dolphins -- Effect of hunting on -- Japan
• Dolphins -- Japan
• Endangered species -- Japan

Genre

• Nonfiction films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

In a sleepy lagoon off the coast of Japan is a highly guarded secret. During the night, Taiji fishermen engage in an unseen hunt for thousands of dolphins. The work is so horrifying, the fishermen will stop at nothing to keep it hidden from the outside world. When a team of elite activists, filmmakers, and free-divers embark on a secret mission to penetrate their cover, the shocking discoveries they find there are just the tip of the iceberg

Awards note

Winner, Documentary Feature, 2010 Academy Award, Audience Award, 2009 Sundance Film Festival ; Winner, Audience Award, 2009 Newport Beach Film Festival; Winner, Best Documentary by the Boston Society of Film Critics, 2009; Winner, Best Documentary by the National Board of Review, 2009.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music by J. Ralph ; music supervisor, Liz Gallacher ; co-producer, Olivia Ahnemann ; edited by Geoffrey Richman ; director of expeditions, Simon Hutchins ; associate producer, Charles Hambleton ; cinematography, Brook Aitken

Dewey number

364.16285910952

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for disturbing content (special features not rated)

Language note

In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

QL737.C432

LC item number

C68 2009

Runtime

96

Technique

live action