Volcanoes of the Deep Sea (2003)
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78% of critics liked it
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61% of users liked it
(1,154 ratings)
Canadian documentary filmmaker Stephen Low directs the IMAX movie Volcanoes of the Deep Sea, with Titanic director James Cameron as the executive producer. During its brief 40-minute running time, the film starts out with a 1977 expedition to find life at the bottom of the sea. At depths as low as… More Canadian documentary filmmaker Stephen Low directs the IMAX movie Volcanoes of the Deep Sea, with Titanic director James Cameron as the executive producer. During its brief 40-minute running time, the film starts out with a 1977 expedition to find life at the bottom of the sea. At depths as low as 10,000 feet, the discovery proved the existence of underwater volcanoes and the plant life they help sustain. Using the deep-sea diving vehicle known as Alvin, the filmmakers capture large-format film footage of some of these underwater ecosystems along with some helpful CGI reconstructions. Ed Harris delivers the narration. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Directed By
- Stephen Low
- Written By
- Alex Low, Stephen Low
- Genres
- Documentary, Special Interest
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 14, 2003 Limited
- Studio
- Stephen Low Distribution
Critic Reviews
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Louise Kennedy, Boston Globe
Throws some spectacular and previously unseen images onto the giant Imax screen, but it stitches them together with a sometimes confusing narrative that only distracts from the fascinating undersea world.
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Lou Lumenick, New York Post
As IMAX nature films go, this is one of the more absorbing ones.
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Erik Lundegaard, Seattle Times
The type of IMAX film that titillates the imagination, and dredges up the most basic and important question we can ask ourselves: What is life?
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Edward Ortiz, Sacramento Bee
With the use of tasteful narration, stunning visuals and the occasional computer-generated sequence, this film is a must-see for those who think truth is stranger than fiction.
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Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
Good fun for the science geek in all of us. And if you have no science geek in you, feel free to just sit back and feast your eyes on the craziest aquarium you ever will see.
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Cast
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Ed Harris
as Narrator
- Dr. Richard Lutz
