The Living Sea (1995)
MacGillivray Freeman Films

Description

The Living Sea takes you to the world's oceans, traveling to Palau, Hawaii, California, Oregon, Alaska, Nova Scotia and the Red Sea. Explore the mysterious depths and come face to face with life-sized humpback whales when you dive into "The Living Sea." Swim with thousands of golden jellyfish and witness the bizarre spawning behavior of giant clams. Surf in Hawaii, deep-sea dive in Palau and test your courage with the Coast Guard in some of the world's roughest seas! Follow a remotely operated vehicle 3,000 feet down through the ocean depths to view strange creatures (one as long as a football field!) which live where sunlight never penetrates.

Tags

IMAX

Collected reviews and ratings

10 Amazon user reviews

This is a visually stunning DVD, since it was originally recorded in IMAX. It transitions to Blu-ray beautifully. The music, by Sting, is just goregous to listen to. Streep's voice as nerator is calming.
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9.2 digitallyobsessed.com | Dan Heaton

The Living Sea obviously plays much better on a multiple-story IMAX theater, but it still works effectively on the home screen.
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7.5 Desert News, Salt Lake City | Diane Urbani

Even for the landlocked, "The Living Sea" resonates, reminding us that we're like so many fish in a school. The movie lulls the viewer, as would a swim in a warm Caribbean cove. But it also sets up a challenge.
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6.0 Boxoffice Magazine | Ann Kwinn

Really more a tone poem than a movie, more beautiful than interesting, the film is nonjudgmental almost to a fault: a stream of consciousness reminiscence of the ocean's memories, or those of a filmmaker who loves the sea like a person.
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5.0 Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

"The Living Sea" is pedestrian - a grab bag of mostly obvious footage, with a shallow premise: "The sea is really big, and really neat - see?"
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