Product Details

• Actors: Pierce Brosnan
• Directors: Andy Byatt, Alastair Fothergill
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Miramax
• DVD Release Date: April 11, 2006
• Run Time: 83 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000E5KQQ4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,766 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Deep Blue" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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DEEP BLUE - DVD Movie

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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful but Unflinching, March 17, 2006

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Veggiegrrl "Kendra" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deep Blue (DVD)

This is a beautifully filmed documentary about life in the oceans. It covers a wide variety of species in breathtaking vignettes about their lives and, sometimes, their deaths.

A lot of what goes on in the oceans is based on finding food to survive, so it's not surprising that many of the segments include footage of various animals and fish hunting and feeding on their prey. It's not too disturbing when the prey are small schooling fish, but some of the sequences with larger mammals made me wonder why the film has a G rating. Small children are almost certain to be confused and upset.

Nonetheless, the film is wonderful for slightly older audiences. It's a beautifully filmed, honest, and fascinating look at the myriad life forms that inhabit our oceans.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Photography, Showing the Nature As It Is, November 27, 2006

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Tsuyoshi (Kyoto, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deep Blue (DVD)

It looks as if documentaries about Earth's life forms have become sub-genre for moviemaking. We have already seen fantastic documentaries like `Microcosmos' and `Winged Migration.' And as far as cinematography is concerned, `Deep Blue' is as beautiful as those films. The difference is that you might be less likely to be surprised by its content in spite of its wonderful images of dolphins, sea birds, whales, sea lions, penguins, and jelly-like creatures flashing blue in the deep ocean.

Don't get me wrong here because the marine images of the film are stunning. For those who love watching this kind of documentary film, however, some part of the film is no longer new and refreshing. Sea birds diving deep into the sea to catch fish would be an amazing image if you have not seen `Winged Migration.' Emperor penguins marching up the beach from the sea and standing in a group to survive a blizzard would be an astonishing scene if you have not seen `March of the Penguins.' And `March of the Penguins' would tell you more about the life of the penguins with its narration.

The film's strength lies in its editing, I think. Sometimes each vignette has a sort of short story (mainly about hunting) with George Fenton's gorgeous but slightly bombastic soundtrack. Still the breathtaking beauty of the images cannot be denied, and some creatures, those in Mariana Trench in particular, have totally different kind of beauty, very surreal and other-worldly one.

Finally I have to say some sections of the film may scare kids. What orca whales can do on the beach might be shocking to them (and adults too). Of course they kill to survive, but the point is how they kill. Just see it for yourself.

Though not informative as you might think, `Deep Blue' still offers a series of astonishing images about the animals and creatures living in the sea. The only thing I find disagreeable is its DVD cover. Why penguins? Unlike `March of the Penguins' you don't see many penguins here.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Documentary!!!, April 24, 2007

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J. Davis "J.D." (Dayton, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deep Blue (DVD)

As a nature film lover I give this film 5 stars! From the soundtrack to the deeply beautiful cinematography everything about "Deep Blue" is amazing. Stunning images of natural beauty are presented as a feast for the eyes. The many facets of life that live in and around the oceans of the world are the main characters of this film. Many animal species are depicted- from penguins to wales to polar bears. Many creatures of the deep sea have never been captured on film before!

Thanks to the efforts of the creators of "Deep Blue" these invisible wonders can now be enjoyed in your own living room! One of our favorite movies!
As a movie fan I have to give this film 2 thumbs up, way up!