The Cove (2009)
The Cove (2009)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently The Cove is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandor, Hoopla, Cineverse, Amazon Video, Hulu, Fandor Amazon Channel, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Peacock, Peacock Premium, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player, Plex Channel
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Joe Chisholm
Himself
Mandy-Rae Cruikshank
Herself
Richard O'Barry
Self - Earth Island Institute
Louie Psihoyos
Self - Co-Founder, Oceanic Preservation Society
Simon Hutchins
Himself
Hardy Jones
Self
Kirk Krack
Himself
Isabel Lucas
Herself
Hayden Panettiere
Herself
Paul Watson
Self
Roger Payne
Himself
Dave Rastovich
Self - Co-Founder, Surfers for Cetaceans
John Potter
Himself
Charles Hambleton
Self
Gore Verbinski
Thanks
Mark Monroe
Writer
Griffin Dunne
Thanks
Paula DuPré Pesmen
Producer
Steven Zaillian
Thanks
Fisher Stevens
Producer
Robert Redford
Thanks
J. Ralph
Composer
Liev Schreiber
Thanks
Brook Aitken
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 31, 2009
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 32m
Content RatingPG-13
Box Office$1,162,422
Genres
Wiki.
The Cove is a 2009 American documentary film directed by Louie Psihoyos that analyzes and questions dolphin hunting practices in Japan. It was awarded the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2010. The film is a call to action to halt mass dolphin kills and captures, change Japanese fishing practices, and inform and educate the public about captivity and the increasing hazard of mercury poisoning from consuming dolphin meat.
Psihoyos is a former-National Geographic photographer and a co-founder of the Oceanic Preservation Society, and the film is presented from an ocean conservationist's point of view. Portions were filmed secretly in 2007 using underwater microphones and high-definition cameras disguised as rocks. The film highlights the fact that the number of dolphins killed in the Taiji dolphin drive hunt is several times greater than the number of whales killed in the Antarctic, and asserts that 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed in Japan every year by the country's whaling industry. The migrating dolphins are herded into a cove where they are netted off. The young and pretty are sold to oceanariums and dolphinariums around the world, and the rest are brutally slaughtered. The film argues that dolphin hunting as practiced in Japan is unnecessary and cruel.
Since the film's release, The Cove has drawn controversy over its supposed lack of neutrality, secret filming techniques, and its portrayal of the Japanese people. It won the U.S. Audience Award at the 25th annual Sundance Film Festival in January 2009. It was selected out of 879 submissions in the category.