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Becoming Cousteau

She's the strong person behind the scenes

She's the strong person behind the scenes

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She's the strong person behind the scenes.
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4 seconds
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28
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:33
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Genres
documentary, adventure, biography
Production
National Geographic,The Cousteau Society,Story Syndicate,Ace Content,Diamond Docs,National Geographic Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

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.
Uh, people confide in her, and she makes a lot of decisions, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
Uh, people confide in her, and she makes a lot of decisions,
Jean-Michel, what was it like on Calypso - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
Jean-Michel, what was it like on Calypso
I cannot compare with anybody else, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
I cannot compare with anybody else,
And it took many years for me to realize that this was very unusual. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
And it took many years for me to realize that this was very ...
You have to be prepared to make all kinds of sacrifices. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
You have to be prepared to make all kinds of sacrifices.
You have to agree to have a very sketchy family life. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
You have to agree to have a very sketchy family life.
Philippe, - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
Philippe,
Always doing dangerous things, fearing nothing. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
Always doing dangerous things, fearing nothing.
And Philippe was the next king. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
And Philippe was the next king.
In the perpetual darkness, - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
In the perpetual darkness,
The oceanauts will try to repair a production type oil wellhead, - Becoming Cousteau 00:07
The oceanauts will try to repair a production type oil wellh...
The petroleum companies had given Cousteau a contract - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
The petroleum companies had given Cousteau a contract
And he used the money to fund Calypso, and to continue his explorations. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
And he used the money to fund Calypso, and to continue his e...
It may have been a wrong turn in his path to the future. - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
It may have been a wrong turn in his path to the future.
But the world at that time - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
But the world at that time
So, for Cousteau, that was a means to an end. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
So, for Cousteau, that was a means to an end.
Once we had finished this chapter, - Becoming Cousteau 00:06
Once we had finished this chapter,
So we turned this over to the industry, to use it. - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
So we turned this over to the industry, to use it.
But we wondered if we were doing the right thing. - Becoming Cousteau 00:04
But we wondered if we were doing the right thing.
They put the Jacques Cousteau footage on the air, - Becoming Cousteau 00:05
They put the Jacques Cousteau footage on the air,