Oceans (2009) Océans (original title)

Directors:

Jacques Perrin
Jacques Cluzaud (co-director)

Writers:

Christophe Cheysson
Jacques Cluzaud (written by)
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Release Date:

22 April 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Drama

Plot:

An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world. |

Plot Keywords:

Mobular Ray | Sperm Whale | One Word Title | Bluefin Tuna | Crab

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Pierce Brosnan	...	Narrator (voice: English version)
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.	...	Narrator (Spanish version)
Jacques Perrin	...	Narrator (French version)
Rie Miyazawa	...	Narrator (Japanese version)
Aldo	...	Narrator (Italian version)
Matthias Brandt	...	Narrator (German version)
Lancelot Perrin	...	Himself
Manolo Garcia	...	Narrator

Directed by
Jacques Perrin
Jacques Cluzaud		(co-director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Christophe Cheysson
Jacques Cluzaud		written by
Laurent Debas		written by
Stéphane Durand		written by
Laurent Gaudé		written by
Jacques Perrin		written by
François Sarano		written by

Produced by
Jake Eberts	....	executive producer
Don Hahn	....	executive producer: Disneynature
Nicolas Mauvernay	....	producer
Manuel Monzón	....	associate producer (as Manuel Monzón Fueyo)
Connie Nartonis Thompson	....	associate producer
Jacques Perrin	....	producer
Kirk Wise	....	executive producer: Disneynature

Original Music by
Bruno Coulais

Cinematography by
Simon Christidis
Luc Drion
Laurent Fleutot
Valérie Le Gurun
David Reichert		(director of photography)
Philippe Ros
Luciano Tovoli

Film Editing by
Catherine Mauchain
Vincent Schmidt

Production Design by
Jean Rabasse

Art Direction by
Arnaud Le Roch

Makeup Department
Frédéric Lainé	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Olli Barbé	....	production manager
Dimitri Billecocq	....	unit production manager
Guy Courtecuisse	....	post-production supervisor
Antoine de Cazotte	....	production supervisor
Jacques Foussat	....	unit production manager
Brice Francois	....	assistant unit manager
Marc Gaviard	....	unit production manager
Lori Korngiebel	....	post-production supervisor (english version)
Shawn Larkin	....	unit production manager
Johann Mousseau	....	production manager
Thomas Pflimlin	....	unit manager
Adam Rudder	....	local production manager
Philippe Schwartz	....	production manager
Ludovic Sigaud	....	assistant production manager
Nicole Soriano	....	unit production manager
Etienne Steiger	....	unit production manager
Vincent Steiger	....	production manager
Sophie Vermersch	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alexandre Ayer	....	second assistant director
Christophe Cheysson	....	first assistant director
Christophe Cheysson	....	second unit director
Vanessa Djian	....	second assistant director
Aurélia Hollart	....	third assistant director
Yann Le Boucher	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Thomas Broyon	....	property buyer
Mimsy Farmer	....	sculptor
Rouches Frank	....	prop buyer
Christophe Graziani	....	assistant art director
Virginie Hernvann	....	assistant art director
Mathieu Jurgenson	....	digital artist (deleted sequence)
Francis Poirier	....	sculptor
Thierry Poulet	....	assistant art director
François Willenz	....	digital artist

Sound Department
Philippe Barbeau	....	sound
Nicolas Becker	....	foley artist
Emilie Boueil	....	assistant sound effects editor
Jean De Sagey	....	adr recordist
Aymeric Dupas	....	technical assistant
Dominique Fano	....	sound editor
Florent Lavallée	....	sound re-recording mixer
Anne Le Campion	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Miller	....	original dialogue mixer
Michel Monier	....	sound consultant: dolby
Elisabeth Paquotte	....	sound editor
Simon Poupard	....	assistant foley recordist
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Martine Todisco	....	sound
Jérôme Wiciak	....	sound designer

Special Effects by
Bruce Bright	....	special effects supervisor: Australia
Tobias Jahke	....	creature effects
Clément Wintz	....	sculptor

Visual Effects by
Chrystèle Barbarat	....	visual effects producer
Béatrice Bauwens	....	visual effects coordinator: Mikros
Xavier Bec	....	head of software
Malica Benjemia	....	visual effects producer
Étienne Bolo	....	rotoscope artist
Nicolas Borens	....	digital compositor
Marc-Antoine Bressand	....	digital artist: BUF
Julien Buisseret	....	digital artist: BUF
Bastien Chauvet	....	visual effects supervisor: Def(2 shoot)
Nicolas Chevallier	....	visual effect supervisor: BUF
Alexandra Cosimano	....	digital compositor
Christophe Courgeau	....	head of CG environment Mikros
Rudyard Cretenet	....	digital compositor
Damien Delrue	....	digital artist: BUF
Laurent Desbrueres	....	digital color grader
Simon Descamps	....	visual effects production assistant
Berengere Dominguez	....	visual effects coordinator
Nicolas Evrard	....	digital artist: BUF
Fabrice Fernandez	....	digital compositor
Michael Forot	....	research & development engineer
Arnaud Fouquet	....	visual effects supervisor
Vincent Frei	....	digital compositor
Marion Frelat	....	titles coordinator: DEF2SHOOT
Mathilde Germi	....	digital compositor
Gilles Giordan	....	digital compositor
Mickael Goussard	....	digital artist: BUF
Alexandre Gény	....	digital compositor
Laurent Harambillet	....	digital compositor
Anne-Gaelle Jolly	....	research & development engineer
Menard Jordane	....	modeler and texture artist
Jean-Louis Kalifa	....	digital artist: BUF
Audrey Kleinclaus	....	visual effects producer: L'EST
Nicolas Labbe	....	render farm operator: BUF
Leandre Lagrange	....	digital artist
Alain Lalanne	....	visual effect producer: BUF
Fabien Le Gal	....	digital artist (as Fabien Legal)
Anita Lech	....	on-line conform artist
Benjamin Lenfant	....	digital effects artist
Sabine Lineres	....	digital compositor
Joachim Loubeau	....	render farm operator: BUF
Jérôme Martinez	....	digital artist
Julien Meesters	....	head of VFX studio
Tim Mendler	....	lead matchmover
Frederic Moreau	....	visual effects supervisor
Eddy Moussa	....	digital artist: BUF
Hugues Namur	....	visual effects supervisor Mikros
Guillaume Palegie	....	digital artist: BUF
Laurent Pierrat	....	render farm operator: BUF
Massimiliano Piscozzi	....	research & development engineer
Christian Rajaud	....	visual effects consultant
Fred Roz	....	titles
Jerome Samson	....	head of render farm: BUF
Laurent Sebile	....	digital effects artist
Olivier Sicot	....	digital artist: BUF
Manuel Souillac	....	digital artist
Quentin Sur	....	digital artist
Julien Tagodoe	....	render farm operator: BUF
Mikael Tanguy	....	visual effect supervisor: def(2 shoot)
Guillaume Thimus	....	movematcher
Jérémie Touzery	....	matte painter
Arnaud Trouvé	....	software development: BUF
Edouard Valton	....	visual effect producer: BUF
Olivier Veau	....	digital compositor
Christophe Verspieren	....	research & development engineer
Dominique Vidal	....	technical director: BUF
Jocelyn Vincent	....	render farm operator: BUF
Fabien Yorgandjian	....	modeling artist / texture artist
Ramy Zaouai	....	render farm operator: BUF

Stunts
Che McGuinness	....	safety diver
Elissa Sursara	....	stunt diver

Camera and Electrical Department
Stéphane Aupetit	....	assistant camera
Sylvain Bardoux	....	key grip
Vincent Blasco	....	key grip
Eric Bornes	....	assistant camera
Eric Börjeson	....	underwater cinematographer
Tony Chapuis	....	first assistant camera
Thomas Collignon	....	first assistant camera
Steve de Rocco	....	additional second assistant camera
Arnaud Delannoy	....	first assistant camera
Marine Delcourt	....	assistant camera
Nicolas Desaintquentin	....	first assistant camera
Steven Desbrow	....	aerial camera technician
Euriel Etevenon	....	digital imaging technician
Salomé Gadafi	....	digital imaging technician
Sean P. Gilbert	....	assistant camera
Mélanie Guégan	....	first assistant camera
Paul Johnstone	....	gaffer
Denis Lagrange	....	camera operator
Denis Lagrange	....	still photographer
Mathieu Lamand	....	digital imaging technician
Cyril Lebre	....	assistant camera
Cyril Liberman	....	digital imaging technician
Melinda Lignot	....	second assistant camera
Che McGuinness	....	underwater lighting technician
Steve Moreau	....	additional first assistant camera
Didier Noirot	....	camera operator
Kô Okumura	....	camera operator
Kô Okumura	....	camera operator: underwater scenes
Bénédicte Paillart	....	video assistant
François Paturel	....	digital imaging technician
François Perrault-Alix	....	key grip
Lionel Perrin	....	first assistant camera
François Quillard	....	first assistant camera
Edgar Raclot	....	key grip
David Reinhard	....	first assistant camera
Léonard Rollin	....	digital imaging technician
Pablo Ros	....	second assistant camera
Philippe Ros	....	digital imaging supervisor
Nicolas Roucou	....	camera trainee
Loïc Savouré	....	first assistant camera
Amandine Schelle	....	second assistant camera
Mathieu Simonet	....	still photographer
Antoine Struyf	....	assistant camera
Benoit Torti	....	digital imaging technician
Anthony Zibelli	....	underwater assistant camera

Editorial Department
Lise Courtès	....	assistant editor
Noémie Loeve	....	assistant editor
Mathieu Reid	....	color timer
Clara Salducci	....	assistant editor
Sophie Vermersch	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Vladislav Boyadjiev	....	second scoring engineer
Cecile Coutelier	....	music assistant engineer
Paul Lavergne	....	executive music producer

Other crew
Matthew Joseph Adams	....	production staff
Neil Andrea	....	underwater dive utility
Nicolas Dumont	....	executive production associate
Florence Forney	....	production assistant
Christopher Gaida	....	production coordinator
Hallie Gallaga	....	post assistant accountant
Maggie Gisel	....	studio buisness administrator
Denis Lagrange	....	animal photographer
Mike Lane	....	client service
Daniel F. Malone	....	marine coordinator
Catherine Pierrat	....	press assistant
Stanislas Ponsart	....	information and technology services
Stanislas Ponsart	....	information coordinator
Nadia Randazzo Bombino	....	production accountant
Lauren Rondou	....	production assistant (2009)
Bruce A. Ross	....	assistant marine coordinator
Julie Saint-Hilaire	....	production coordinator
Elissa Sursara	....	researcher

Production Companies

• Galatée Films (co-production)
• Pathé (co-production)
• France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
• France 3 Cinéma (co-production)
• Notro Films (co-production)
• JMH-TSR (co-production)
• France Télévision (participation)
• Canal+ (participation)
• TPS Star (participation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Procirep (participation)
• Angoa-Agicoa (participation)
• Participant Media (in association with)
• HH Sheikha Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan (support)
• Région Bretagne (support)
• Conseil Général des Côtes d'Armor (support)
• Conseil Général du Morbihan (support)
• Région Basse-Normandie (support)
• Conseil Régional du Calvados (support)
• Ministère du Développement Durable et de la Mer (support)

Distributors

• Alternative Films (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Atlantic Film (2011) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Atlantic Film (2010) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Benelux Film Distributors (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Disneynature (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• GAGA (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Pathé (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2010) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Vertice Cine (2010) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2010) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Atlantic Film (2010) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Camilla Internusa PT (2009) (Indonesia) (all media)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Fox Pathé Europa (2010) (France) (DVD)
• Fox Pathé Europa (2010) (France) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Hopscotch Productions (2010) (Australia) (all media)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2010) (Thailand) (all media)
• Notro Films (2009) (Spain) (DVD)
• Odeon (2010) (Greece) (DVD) (blu-ray)
• Paco Pictures (2011) (Italy) (all media)
• Panorama Distributions (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Panorama Distributions (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• PlayArte Filmes (2010) (Brazil) (all media)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• BUF (visual effects)
• Def2shoot (visual effects company)
• L'Etude et la Supervision des Trucages (L'E.S.T.)
• Mikros Image

Other Companies

• Aerial Camera Systems (ACS)  helicopter gyrostabilized camera system
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Japan Underwater Films  additional photography
• Klass Security and Investigations  screening services

Also Known As:

"Océans" - France (original title)

Runtime:

104 min | USA:84 min | Germany:100 min | Argentina:86 min

Country:

France | Switzerland | Spain

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:G (certificate #45933) | Japan:G | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:o.Al. | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Malaysia:U | Sweden:7 | Sweden:Btl | Netherlands:12 | Netherlands:6 (DVD rating) (Blu-ray rating) | Portugal:M/6

Filming Locations:

Cherbourg, Manche, France

Company:

Galatée Films

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the soldier crab sequence, the English voiceover says "Melbourne Bay" however the correct location is "Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne, Australia"

Quotes:

[last lines]
Narrator:So instead of asking, 'What, exactly, is the ocean?' maybe we should be asking, 'Who, exactly, are we?'

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #18.37" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Make a Wave

Alice in Aqualand.

Disney introduces a new chapter in its nature films called "Oceans". I wanted to see the film because I wanted to be fascinated and learn more. The movie looked spectacular, I mean they looked way better than some special effects, I've seen from like Transformers, Clash of the Titans. I mean some scenes were utterly breathtaking. Its a shame some people are too busy with work to appreciate Nature's beauty. Although it looked beautiful, it was not perfect. I found that the movie didn't have too much details or informations about the Earth's Oceans and that kind of disappointed me.

Overall I found the movie beautiful and entertaining. 8.0/10