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Becoming Cousteau

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

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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Well, I'd like to ask you
how you feel about - Becoming Cousteau

Well, I'd like to ask you how you feel about

I must admit that I once proposed this,
but I don't think - Becoming Cousteau

I must admit that I once proposed this, but I don't thi...

We should first build
a good civilization on land. - Becoming Cousteau

We should first build a good civilization on land.

In 1954, - Becoming Cousteau

Where in which there was a sequence, - Becoming Cousteau

Where in which there was a sequence,

And, uh, our men got so furious,
that they brought them on board the ship, - Becoming Cousteau

And, uh, our men got so furious, that they brought them on b...

It was a real slaughter of these sharks, - Becoming Cousteau

It was a real slaughter of these sharks,

All right. Now, recently,
I saw that film again - Becoming Cousteau

All right. Now, recently, I saw that film again

Mentality has changed - Becoming Cousteau

Mentality has changed

So it is a duty for us
to share these things with them. - Becoming Cousteau

So it is a duty for us to share these things with them.

And we often discuss this,
Philippe and I, - Becoming Cousteau

And we often discuss this, Philippe and I,

It's a great satisfaction
to find the same understanding - Becoming Cousteau

It's a great satisfaction to find the same understandin...

- That's wonderful.
- Well, the basic philosophy I think - Becoming Cousteau

- That's wonderful. - Well, the basic philosophy I thin...

I commit Calypso
to the perilous Drake Passage - Becoming Cousteau

I commit Calypso to the perilous Drake Passage

But at the approach of these polar waters,
we feel alien. - Becoming Cousteau

But at the approach of these polar waters, we feel alien.

The red algae gives us a waving,
inviting welcome. - Becoming Cousteau

The red algae gives us a waving, inviting welcome.

Along the cliff,
down to one hundred feet, - Becoming Cousteau

Along the cliff, down to one hundred feet,

I am eager
to take down the diving saucer, - Becoming Cousteau

I am eager to take down the diving saucer,

Dull, cracking sounds
are warnings - Becoming Cousteau

Dull, cracking sounds are warnings

It is a giant crystal,
melting under my eyes. - Becoming Cousteau

It is a giant crystal, melting under my eyes.

I'm not one of these people
who have to have a thrill. - Becoming Cousteau

I'm not one of these people who have to have a thrill.

But you too, I think we,
we all in the family, - Becoming Cousteau

But you too, I think we, we all in the family,

Philippe had this idea
to make a film in North African countries, - Becoming Cousteau

Philippe had this idea to make a film in North African count...

A poorly latched hatch
on the nose of the plane - Becoming Cousteau

A poorly latched hatch on the nose of the plane

And I share that joy with you,
with tears in my eyes - Becoming Cousteau

And I share that joy with you, with tears in my eyes

After Philippe died, - Becoming Cousteau

After Philippe died,

And, as time went by, - Becoming Cousteau

And, as time went by,

In 1977, Cousteau
and the Calypso divers returned to Veyron. - Becoming Cousteau

In 1977, Cousteau and the Calypso divers returned to Veyron.

In only three decades,
the sea floor has become a desert. - Becoming Cousteau

In only three decades, the sea floor has become a desert.

In this submerged desolation,
the water temperature seems to rise, - Becoming Cousteau

In this submerged desolation, the water temperature seems to...

Tears pour down our faces,
blurring our vision. - Becoming Cousteau

Tears pour down our faces, blurring our vision.

We have penetrated a zone of death, - Becoming Cousteau

We have penetrated a zone of death,

ABC dropped him
because he was getting too dark. - Becoming Cousteau

ABC dropped him because he was getting too dark.

They didn't want him
browbeating the audiences - Becoming Cousteau

They didn't want him browbeating the audiences

He was more strident,
trying to convince people - Becoming Cousteau

He was more strident, trying to convince people

And I think he became somewhat cynical
at that point in his life. - Becoming Cousteau

And I think he became somewhat cynical at that point in his ...

Can you tell me what you think
are your greatest accomplishments - Becoming Cousteau

Can you tell me what you think are your greatest accomplishm...

This is... This is impossible to answer - Becoming Cousteau

This is... This is impossible to answer

I keep thinking of a day
that we spent together. - Becoming Cousteau

I keep thinking of a day that we spent together.

We were working on our book
and he had flown to Paris to meet me. - Becoming Cousteau

We were working on our book and he had flown to Paris to mee...

The people on the plane
had formed a line in the aisle - Becoming Cousteau

The people on the plane had formed a line in the aisle

And he said, "I spend every day,
all day long going to meetings, - Becoming Cousteau

And he said, "I spend every day, all day long going to ...

"And that's what they are
going to enshrine." - Becoming Cousteau

"And that's what they are going to enshrine."

I think the two
of us were needing - Becoming Cousteau

I think the two of us were needing

It was not linked
with anything romantic. - Becoming Cousteau

It was not linked with anything romantic.

I was 31, and I was a diver. - Becoming Cousteau

I was 31, and I was a diver.

So at that time,
it was just about diving. - Becoming Cousteau

So at that time, it was just about diving.

We had organized,
what we called at the time, - Becoming Cousteau

We had organized, what we called at the time,

And I went diving with a club,
and she was there. - Becoming Cousteau

And I went diving with a club, and she was there.

At that time,
she had a brilliant career - Becoming Cousteau

At that time, she had a brilliant career

I think what Jacques
wanted the most probably at that time - Becoming Cousteau

I think what Jacques wanted the most probably at that time

Not that he didn't have a family before,
but because of the kind of life he had, - Becoming Cousteau

Not that he didn't have a family before, but because of...

And him, he was traveling everywhere,
so there was no family, - Becoming Cousteau

And him, he was traveling everywhere, so there was no family...

It's a place where the family goes
together, regularly. - Becoming Cousteau

It's a place where the family goes together, regularly.

We knew a little bit
about his relationship with Francine. - Becoming Cousteau

We knew a little bit about his relationship with Francine.

And Cousteau, during that time,
he had two children with her. - Becoming Cousteau

And Cousteau, during that time, he had two children with her...

But we never talked about them. - Becoming Cousteau

But we never talked about them.

"The last time
we had dinner together, - Becoming Cousteau

"The last time we had dinner together,

"She had made the doctor promise
not to tell me, - Becoming Cousteau

"She had made the doctor promise not to tell me,

No man in the world could ever offer me
what this vessel has. - Becoming Cousteau

No man in the world could ever offer me what this vessel has...

And it's a wonder to pass my hand
over the hull. - Becoming Cousteau

And it's a wonder to pass my hand over the hull.

Its soul, the only reason
for my being alive. - Becoming Cousteau

Its soul, the only reason for my being alive.

Jacques never explained
to anybody our private life. - Becoming Cousteau

Jacques never explained to anybody our private life.

But he was getting worried
that if anything happened to him, - Becoming Cousteau

But he was getting worried that if anything happened to him,

So that was the reason
we were married so early - Becoming Cousteau

So that was the reason we were married so early

When Francine married Jacques, - Becoming Cousteau

When Francine married Jacques,

What mattered to them
was what is Cousteau accomplishing. - Becoming Cousteau

What mattered to them was what is Cousteau accomplishing.

Francine started writing the narration
for his films. - Becoming Cousteau

Francine started writing the narration for his films.

And helping him to lead
The Cousteau Society. - Becoming Cousteau

And helping him to lead The Cousteau Society.

And he said that their kids
gave him a new beginning. - Becoming Cousteau

And he said that their kids gave him a new beginning.

And he said that even though
he knew he was at the end of his life, - Becoming Cousteau

And he said that even though he knew he was at the end of hi...

Antarctica, it of course
is the remote region - Becoming Cousteau

Antarctica, it of course is the remote region

Should the majestic continent
forever remain untouched - Becoming Cousteau

Should the majestic continent forever remain untouched

Or in a world of diminishing resources, - Becoming Cousteau

Or in a world of diminishing resources,

You've said the survival
of Antarctica, um, - Becoming Cousteau

You've said the survival of Antarctica, um,

Yes, the science today, - Becoming Cousteau

Yes, the science today,

The combination of industrialization
and deforestation - Becoming Cousteau

The combination of industrialization and deforestation

The Antarctic, this mass of ice,
90% of the ice of the world, - Becoming Cousteau

The Antarctic, this mass of ice, 90% of the ice of the world...

If we touch Antarctica with industry, - Becoming Cousteau

If we touch Antarctica with industry,

And we may bring
about famines in Africa, - Becoming Cousteau

And we may bring about famines in Africa,

Because we now understand
that our globe - Becoming Cousteau

Because we now understand that our globe

I decided to start a petition, - Becoming Cousteau

I decided to start a petition,

Now recently, I even had an opportunity
to tell our story - Becoming Cousteau

Now recently, I even had an opportunity to tell our story

Jacques Cousteau has forced
a change of policy towards Antarctica, - Becoming Cousteau

Jacques Cousteau has forced a change of policy towards Antar...

Twenty-six nations agreed
to leave Antarctica untouched - Becoming Cousteau

Twenty-six nations agreed to leave Antarctica untouched

Distinguished ladies and gentleman, - Becoming Cousteau

Distinguished ladies and gentleman,

The biggest
summit meeting ever has finally begun. - Becoming Cousteau

The biggest summit meeting ever has finally begun.

Representatives of 170 nations
have a very tall order, - Becoming Cousteau

Representatives of 170 nations have a very tall order,

Among the thousands who
are taking part in the Earth Summit, - Becoming Cousteau

Among the thousands who are taking part in the Earth Summit,

Jacques Cousteau's enthusiasm,
his scholarship, - Becoming Cousteau

Jacques Cousteau's enthusiasm, his scholarship,

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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