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Becoming Cousteau

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A look at the life, passions, achievements and tragedies surrounding the famous explorer and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau, featuring an archive of his newly restored footage.
Director
Liz Garbus
Year
2021
Genre
documentary, adventure, biography
Box Office
$231,687
Production
National Geographic,The Cousteau Society,Story Syndicate,Ace Content,Diamond Docs,National Geographic Documentary Films
Awards
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 13 nominations total
Homepage
https://films.nationalgeographic.com/becoming-cousteau

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If you read a book about love making, it's not the same. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
If you read a book about love making, it's not the same...
"Every explorer I have met has been driven by curiosity. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
"Every explorer I have met has been driven by curiosity...
"A single-minded, insatiable, and even jubilant need to know. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
"A single-minded, insatiable, and even jubilant need to...
Since I was a kid, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
Since I was a kid,
So, at the age of 20, I entered the Naval Academy. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
So, at the age of 20, I entered the Naval Academy.
And I chose, as my specialty, airplane pilot. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
And I chose, as my specialty, airplane pilot.
And I was at the pilot school of the Navy, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
And I was at the pilot school of the Navy,
But then I had an accident, a very bad accident. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
But then I had an accident, a very bad accident.
I had a right arm paralyzed, 12 bones broken, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
I had a right arm paralyzed, 12 bones broken,
"I was alone at night, bleeding, on a country road, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
"I was alone at night, bleeding, on a country road,
"Turning to the sky, looking at the stars, I thought I was going to die. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
"Turning to the sky, looking at the stars, I thought I ...
"But strangely enough, that became for me, - Becoming Cousteau 00:25
"But strangely enough, that became for me,
And Tailliez and Dumas thought that they could probably help Cousteau - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
And Tailliez and Dumas thought that they could probably help...
When my grandfather and Cousteau started freediving, - Becoming Cousteau 00:11
When my grandfather and Cousteau started freediving,
The local press would call them, "The three diving Musketeers". - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
The local press would call them, "The three diving Musk...
Simone wanted a life as a sailor on the sea. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
Simone wanted a life as a sailor on the sea.
Her two grandfathers were admirals - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
Her two grandfathers were admirals
She said, "I don't have blood. I have saltwater in my veins." - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
She said, "I don't have blood. I have saltwater in...
When she married Cousteau, she made a deal with him. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
When she married Cousteau, she made a deal with him.
"I give you two children, Jean-Michel and Philippe, - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
"I give you two children, Jean-Michel and Philippe,
Simone started coming with us, on all my expeditions. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
Simone started coming with us, on all my expeditions.
And after two years, we already knew how to dive very well. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
And after two years, we already knew how to dive very well.
But we had an inner urge to go deeper and further. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
But we had an inner urge to go deeper and further.
In order to go deeper, in order to stay longer, - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
In order to go deeper, in order to stay longer,
"I took normal breaths in a slow rhythm, - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
"I took normal breaths in a slow rhythm,
"I felt no increase in water pressure." - Becoming Cousteau 00:15
"I felt no increase in water pressure."
"But unfortunately, our Utopia was doomed to disappear." - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
"But unfortunately, our Utopia was doomed to disappear....
Within four short weeks, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
Within four short weeks,
After France surrendered, my wife and I didn't sleep much. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
After France surrendered, my wife and I didn't sleep mu...
I always had a gun in my pocket, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
I always had a gun in my pocket,
For my grandfather and for Cousteau, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
For my grandfather and for Cousteau,
"And it was during the war that I realized that the autonomous diving suit - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
"And it was during the war that I realized that the aut...
"There were hundreds of jobs for divers in the scuttled fleet, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
"There were hundreds of jobs for divers in the scuttled...
"So when the war was over, I told officials at the Navy Ministry - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
"So when the war was over, I told officials at the Navy...
Cousteau got a boat from the French Navy. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
Cousteau got a boat from the French Navy.
Cousteau was trying to finance a new boat - Becoming Cousteau 00:10
Cousteau was trying to finance a new boat
It was like electricity in the air, - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
It was like electricity in the air,
Cousteau was going to make the Aqualung famous. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
Cousteau was going to make the Aqualung famous.
And they were going to try to break a record. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
And they were going to try to break a record.
The first person to go down, Maurice Fargues, died that day. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
The first person to go down, Maurice Fargues, died that day.
"Fargues is the first of my team that I see disappear. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
"Fargues is the first of my team that I see disappear.
"If it is not asking too much of these men - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
"If it is not asking too much of these men
After the death of Fargues, it was no longer the "Three Musketeers". - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
After the death of Fargues, it was no longer the "Three...
My grandfather just knew it had to be different for him. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
My grandfather just knew it had to be different for him.
He said, "His death must not be in vain. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
He said, "His death must not be in vain.
"It is up to us to learn from it, and the lessons it contains". - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
"It is up to us to learn from it, and the lessons it co...
And he was one of the first to realize how precious the reef is... - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
And he was one of the first to realize how precious the reef...
And he told Cousteau they have a role to play to protect it. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
And he told Cousteau they have a role to play to protect it.
But at the time, Cousteau had another agenda. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
But at the time, Cousteau had another agenda.
Calypso was basically a minesweeper, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
Calypso was basically a minesweeper,
And I acquired her for very little money, - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
And I acquired her for very little money,
And she has gone practically everywhere around the world with me. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
And she has gone practically everywhere around the world wit...
We are at sea, at long last, - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
We are at sea, at long last,
We have started with a full-scale expedition - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
We have started with a full-scale expedition
Since we left, bad weather has never stopped. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
Since we left, bad weather has never stopped.
It is raining, it is cold, - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
It is raining, it is cold,
We are thrown from one side to another, 24 hours a day. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
We are thrown from one side to another, 24 hours a day.
And I spent a horrible night fearing for my vessel. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
And I spent a horrible night fearing for my vessel.
So we sailed north again and found a very good shelter. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
So we sailed north again and found a very good shelter.
"I have that feeling of trespassing when I submerge. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
"I have that feeling of trespassing when I submerge.
"We're land animals - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
"We're land animals
"Nature warns us 'Don't go.' - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
"Nature warns us 'Don't go.'
Setting off dynamite to count the fish at the surface, you know, - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
Setting off dynamite to count the fish at the surface, you k...
This is an underwater hunt - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
This is an underwater hunt
These men are searching not for pink pearls, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
These men are searching not for pink pearls,
"The only field in which I know I am gifted is cinema. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
"The only field in which I know I am gifted is cinema.
When I was about 12, I saw my first underwater films. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
When I was about 12, I saw my first underwater films.
People at that time had no idea what was going on under the surface. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
People at that time had no idea what was going on under the ...
That's when I understood the strength, the power of images. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
That's when I understood the strength, the power of ima...
I began to make little stories about the marriage of my cousin. - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
I began to make little stories about the marriage of my cous...
And also, with my brother, we imagined a gangster story. - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
And also, with my brother, we imagined a gangster story.
During all those years, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
During all those years,
And after I invented the Aqualung, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
And after I invented the Aqualung,
But, to photograph underwater I had to put a camera in a housing. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
But, to photograph underwater I had to put a camera in a hou...
"I become furious - Becoming Cousteau 00:13
"I become furious
"I dreamed of being the John Ford or John Huston of the ocean." - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
"I dreamed of being the John Ford or John Huston of the...
"A moment of grace, - Becoming Cousteau 00:11
"A moment of grace,
"I swim almost effortlessly, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
"I swim almost effortlessly,
"I am an unexpected guest, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
"I am an unexpected guest,
In London last night, a man gave a lecture - Becoming Cousteau 00:09
In London last night, a man gave a lecture
Commander, is this development of the ocean bed - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
Commander, is this development of the ocean bed
I don't think we can name it an adventure. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
I don't think we can name it an adventure.
It is a succession of carefully planned - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
It is a succession of carefully planned
We are moving into the sea, deeper and longer. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
We are moving into the sea, deeper and longer.
In the coming years, we will establish settlements - Becoming Cousteau 00:08
In the coming years, we will establish settlements
So this is a bright future for diving. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
So this is a bright future for diving.
Because it will eliminate all ties to the surface. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
Because it will eliminate all ties to the surface.
Cousteau said to me many times - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
Cousteau said to me many times
He's off following his nose, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
He's off following his nose,
The children, they were not cared for. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
The children, they were not cared for.
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A look at the life, passions, achievements and tragedies surrounding the famous explorer and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau, featuring an archive of his newly restored footage.

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Director: Liz Garbus
Writer: Mark Monroe, Pax Wassermann
Production: National Geographic,The Cousteau Society,Story Syndicate,Ace Content,Diamond Docs,National Geographic Documentary Films
Genre: documentary, adventure, biography
Year: 2021
MetaScore: 74/100
ImdbRating: 7.1
BoxOffice: $231,687
Released: 24 Nov 2021
Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 13 nominations total
Homepage: https://films.nationalgeographic.com/becoming-cousteau

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