The Cove Trailer
Justin Cote
- August 06 2009
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- 14 comments
The Cove begins in Taiji, Japan, where former dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry has come to set things right after a long search for redemption. In the 1960s, it was O’Barry who captured and trained the 5 dolphins who played the title character in the international television sensation “Flipper.”
But his close relationship with those dolphins – the very dolphins who sparked a global fascination with trained sea mammals that continues to this day — led O’Barry to a radical change of heart. One fateful day, a heartbroken Barry came to realize that these deeply sensitive, highly intelligent and self-aware creatures so beautifully adapted to life in the open ocean must never be subjected to human captivity again. This mission has brought him to Taiji, a town that appears to be devoted to the wonders and mysteries of the sleek, playful dolphins and whales that swim off their coast.
But in a remote, glistening cove, surrounded by barbed wire and “Keep Out” signs, lies a dark reality. It is here, under cover of night, that the fishermen of Taiji, driven by a multi-billion dollar dolphin entertainment industry and an underhanded market for mercury-tainted dolphin meat, engage in an unseen hunt. The nature of what they do is so chilling — and the consequences are so dangerous to human health — they will go to great lengths to halt anyone from seeing it.
Undeterred, O’Barry joins forces with filmmaker Louis Psihoyos and the Oceanic Preservation Society to get to the truth of what’s really going on in the cove and why it matters to everyone in the world. With the local Chief of Police hot on their trail and strong-arm fishermen keeping tabs on them, they will recruit an “Ocean’s Eleven”-style team of underwater sound and camera experts, special effects artists, marine explorers, adrenaline junkies and world-class free divers who will carry out an undercover operation to photograph the off-limits cove, while playing a cloak-and-dagger game with those who would have them jailed. The result is a provocative mix of investigative journalism, eco-adventure and arresting imagery that adds up to an urgent plea for hope.
The Cove is directed by Louie Psihoyos and produced by Paula DuPre Pesman and Fisher Stevens. The film is written by Mark Monroe. The executive producer is Jim Clark and the co-producer is Olivia Ahnemann.
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August 6th, 2009 at 11:49 am
sweet…let’s hope this brings about some consciousness about this issue..especially if volcom turned rasta into a dolphin, we don’t want him to get hurt!
August 6th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
zzzzzzz.
August 6th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
now you’re just trying too hard to make people hate you Stu. lame.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
nah, this really is borrrring.
August 7th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Not only a human hater but also a dolphin hater. Toad.
August 7th, 2009 at 11:44 am
I’d like to put the Toad named “Stu” in that Cove and see those crazy fisherman gaff him to death, would that be boring to you Stu?
August 7th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
no, that would not be boring. but, let’s call this what it is - a publicity stunt. real do-gooders don’t make movies of their work.
August 7th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Fucking savages.
And stu, this movie will help bring attention to the murder of dolphins that is going on.
August 7th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
and then what?
August 8th, 2009 at 7:13 am
just ignore the little twerp, he’s obviously has no idea what he’s talking about,,, probably can’t surf either….. jealousy shows itself in so many ways…
August 9th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
yeah man you’re right, i can’t surf, im too fat. i just need a lot of atention, cause my mom doesn’t love me.
August 9th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
agreed
August 9th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
ORLY?
I would never have known about the issues of overfishing, etc,etc in the pacific (& specifically Japan) if it wasn’t for this film… planet earth or wild pacific never addressed these issues…. sigh
another waste of fkn money thinking they are making a difference/ money.
gaddam all u fkn libs are retarded..
August 10th, 2009 at 11:16 am
The Japanese people as a whole are good! The issue of killing does not stop at Dolphins. Go to youtube and watch how the chinese kill cats and dogs!