Coral Reef Adventure (2003)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Greg MacGillivray

Writers (WGA):

Jack Stephens (narration)
Osha Gray Davidson (written by) ...
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Release Date:

14 February 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot Keywords:

Fiji | IMAX | Diving | Coral Reef

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

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Cast

Liam Neeson	...	Narrator (voice)
Howard Hall	...	Himself
Michele Hall	...	Herself
Jean-Michel Cousteau	...	Himself
Rusi Vulakoro	...	Himself
Richard Pyle	...	Himself
Tracey Medway	...	Herself
Maria Joao Rodriguez	...	Herself
Rob Barrel	...	Himself
Cat Holloway	...	Herself

Directed by
Greg MacGillivray

Writing credits (WGA)
Jack Stephens		(narration)
Osha Gray Davidson		(written by) and
Stephen Judson		(written by)

Produced by
Alec Lorimore	....	producer
Greg MacGillivray	....	producer
Christopher N. Palmer	....	executive producer (as Christopher Palmer)
Chat Reynders	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Bob Brozman
Brent Lewis
Steve Wood

Cinematography by
Brad Ohlund		(topside)

Film Editing by
Stephen Judson

Production Management
Cris Andrei	....	production manager
Teresa Ferreira	....	production manager
Michele Hall	....	production manager
Anne Marie Hammers	....	production manager

Sound Department
Robert Carr	....	sound recordist
Patrick Cusack	....	editorial assistant: Soundstorm
Andrew DeCristofaro	....	supervising sound editor
David Esparza	....	sound effects editor
Marshall Garlington	....	sound mixer
Amy Hammer	....	mix facility coordinator
Laura Macias	....	foley artist
Nancy Nugent	....	foley editor
Stephen P. Robinson	....	sound effects editor (as Steve Robinson)
Bob Stewart	....	dialog editor: Stewart Sound Factory
Ken Teaney	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Paulina B. Abarca	....	visual effects producer: BBFXA
Renaud Bergeron	....	digital artist
Lisa Slates Connors	....	map sequences design & animation: Hellikon/BBFXA
Matt Davis	....	Spydercam rigger technician
Tim Drnec	....	spydercam coordinator/rigging
Steve Emerson	....	digital compositor
Patrick Faille	....	digital artist
Olivier Goulet	....	digital artist
François Lambert	....	lead digital compositor
Charles Marchand	....	digital effects artist
Simon Marinof	....	digital artist
Mario Rachiele	....	visual effects supervisor
Daniel Rapo	....	scanning & film recording
Craig Edward Rogers Jr.	....	digital scanning
Craig Edward Rogers Jr.	....	film recording
Ari Rubenstein	....	digital compositor: Curv Studios
Christina Schmidlin	....	map sequences design & animation: Hellikon/BBFXA
Todd Semmes	....	aerial effects
Earl Wiggins	....	aerial rigging coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Betty Amolgy	....	underwater assistant camera
John Anderson	....	assistant camera: topside
Mark Conlin	....	underwater assistant camera
Bob Cranston	....	underwater camera operator
Damian Doucette	....	rigger: Spydercam
Steven Ford	....	assistant camera: topside
Dave Forsythe	....	underwater assistant camera
Pat Gilluly	....	gaffer
Ron Goodman	....	aerial photographer
Howard Hall	....	underwater cinematographer
Mike Kirsch	....	assistant camera
Peter Kragh	....	underwater assistant camera
Bill MacLeod	....	grip
Lance Milbrand	....	underwater assistant camera
Mark Thurlow	....	underwater assistant camera

Editorial Department
Mel Bucholz	....	post-production consultant: David Keighley Productions 70mm Inc.
Charlie Fuguet	....	post-production consultant: DKP 70MM Inc.
Kana Goto	....	assistant editor
Courteney Hall	....	assistant editor
Ralph Milliken	....	post-production consultant: David Keighley Productions 70mm Inc.
Matthew Muller	....	post-production coordinator
German Nuñez	....	negative cutter
Nancy Paweski	....	negative cutter
Scott Price	....	post-production consultant: David Keighley Productions 70mm Inc.
Robert Walker	....	associate editor
Ron Wengler	....	color timer

Music Department
Bob Brozman	....	musician: guitar
Crosby Stills & Nash	....	music performers
Fiji Cultural Group 2002	....	music performers
Wame Waqanisanini	....	translator: song lyrics

Other crew
Gerald R. Allen	....	science advisory panel: Conservation International and the Western Australian Museum (as Gerald R. Allen, Ph.D.)
Richard Aronson	....	science advisory panel: Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Alabama (as Richard Aronson, Ph.D.)
John Dunham	....	pilot: ultralight plane
Janna Emmel	....	researcher
Cliff Fleming	....	pilot
James W. Gavin	....	pilot (as Jim Gavin)
Howard Hall	....	underwater second unit director
John Heiney	....	flight consultant
John Heiney	....	glider pilot
Giséle Muller-Parker	....	science advisory panel: Western Washington University (as Giséle Muller-Parker, Ph.D.)
Brad Ohlund	....	secund unit director: topside
Richard Pyle	....	science advisory panel: Bishop Museum, Honolulu (as Richard Pyle, Ph.D.)
Kaeran Sudmalis	....	production assistant
Jack Tankard	....	aerial consultant

Thanks
Bruce Carlson	....	special thanks: director of Waikiki Aquarium (as Dr. Bruce Carlson)
Yves Lefevre	....	special thanks: Raie Manta Club
Richard Walter	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• American Museum of Natural History, New York (in association with)
• Blake and Associates
• Canadian Museum of Civilization (in association with)
• Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh (in association with)
• Denver Museum of Nature and Science (in association with)
• Discovery Place, Charlotte (in association with)
• Louisville Science Center (in association with)
• MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation
• MacGillivray Freeman Films
• Maryland Science Center, Baltimore (in association with)
• Museum Film Network (in association with)
• Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (in association with)
• Museum of Science, Boston (in association with)
• National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung (in association with)
• National Science Foundation
• National Wildlife Federation
• Omniversum, Den Haag (in association with)
• Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego (in association with)
• Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond (in association with)
• Singapore Science Centre (in association with)
• The Orlando Science Center (in association with)

Distributors

• La Géode (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• MacGillivray Freeman Films

Other Companies

• Air Pacific  special thanks
• Alamo IMAX Theater, San Antonio  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Aqua-Trek Beqa  special thanks
• BBC Worldwide Americas  coral polyp macro footage provided by
• Bed Bath & Beyond  promotional partner
• Centennial Centre of Science & Technology, Toronto  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Cincinnati Museum Center  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• David Keighley Productions 70MM  as DKP 70MM Inc. (digital compositing and film recording)
• David Keighley Productions 70MM  post-production consulting
• Detroit Science Center  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Duluth Omnimax Theater  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Empire IMAX Theatre, Sacramento  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Feinstein IMAX Theatre, Providence  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Fiji Recompression Chamber Facility  special thanks
• Ft. Worth Museum of Science & History  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Humphrey IMAX Dome, Milwaukee  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• IMAX Cinecitta, Nurnberg  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• IMAX Theatre  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• IMAX Theatre  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• IMAX Theatre at Arizona Mills, Tempe  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• IMAX Theatre at Palisades Center, West Nyack  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Indianapolis IMAX Theatre  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Jean-Michel Cousteau Fiji Islands Resort  special thanks
• Kansas City Zoo  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Kirkpatrick Science & Air Space Museum, Oklahoma City  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Lowell, Blake & Associates  in association with
• Maritime Aquarium, Norwalk  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• McWane Center, Birmingham  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Museum of Discovery & Science, Ft. Lauderdale  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Museum of Science & Industry, Tampa  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Nai'a Cruises  special thanks
• National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce  educational partner
• National Science Foundation  major funding for this film was provided by
• National Wildlife Federation  a presentation of
• Oars River Rafting Company  special thanks
• Ocean Technology Systems  special thanks
• Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, Portland  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Padi Diving Society  promotional partner
• Quiksilver  promotional partner
• Raie Manta Club  special thanks
• Reef & Rainforest Dive & Adventure Travel  special thanks
• Reef Check UCLA  educational partner
• Riverfront IMAX Theater  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Saskatchewan Science Centre, Regina  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Science Museum of Minnesota  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Scubapro/Uwatec (A Johnson Outdoors Company)  promotional partner
• Smithsonian Magazine  promotional partner
• Spacecam Systems  aerial photography
• Sport Driver Magazine  promotional partner
• Surfrider Foundation  promotional partner
• Swedish Museum of National History Cosmonova  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Technik Museum, Speyer  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Undersea Hunter  special thanks
• Virginia Marine Science Museum, Virginia Beach  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Whitaker Center for Science & Arts, Harrisburg  Coral Reef Adventure film network supporting member
• Wills Wing Inc.  special thanks
• Wilshire Stages, The  sound mixing

Also Known As:

MacGillivray Freeman's Coral Reef Adventure (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

USA:45 min

Country:

USA | Singapore | Taiwan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Certification:

Germany:o.Al.

Filming Locations:

Australia

Company:

American Museum of Natural History, New York

Trivia:

Five new species of fish were discovered during filming.

Soundtrack:

Delta

beautiful and disappointing

The shots are beautiful. The not so subtle message is not. This movie had the potential to be great art, but fails miserably because of the preachy ness of its message. It is worth seeing because of the footage of under water beauty. The images of the dying reefs are powerful enough without the politicized sermon. A few words of explanation would have been more than enough, but in the end we are left with propaganda instead of art. One scene contains images of several small children with earnest expressions as the narrator tells us explicitly that the children depend upon a healthy reef. I found myself rolling my eyes as I was hit over the head with "the message". I care about children, but this scene tries too hard causing it to fail. Instead of being engaged by the movie I found it very disappointing.