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Playing with Sharks

Pioneering scuba diver Valerie Taylor, who has dedicated her life to exposing the myth surrounding our fear of sharks.

Director

Sally Aitken

Year

Genre

documentary, adventure

Box Office

N/A

Production

National Geographic,WildBear Entertainment,National Geographic Documentary Films

Awards

8 wins & 9 nominations

Homepage

https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/playing-with-sharks/anRDLKTZ5azV

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We were both always thinking of ways
to find an area where there's good sharks. - Playing with Sharks

We were both always thinking of ways to find an area where t...

Marion Reef is in the middle
of the Coral Sea. - Playing with Sharks

Marion Reef is in the middle of the Coral Sea.

So we baited up and we realized
this was a good spot to film. - Playing with Sharks

So we baited up and we realized this was a good spot to film...

VALERIE: So we got to know them better
than most other animals. - Playing with Sharks

VALERIE: So we got to know them better than most other anima...

Next year we went back, - Playing with Sharks

Next year we went back,

They knew there'd be food,
and we realized a shark can learn. - Playing with Sharks

They knew there'd be food, and we realized a shark can ...

And you can teach one a very simple trick
very quickly if you want to. - Playing with Sharks

And you can teach one a very simple trick very quickly if yo...

I knew what would make a good image,
I was a photographer. - Playing with Sharks

I knew what would make a good image, I was a photographer.

Eventually, he came over to the pink coral
and I gave him the food. - Playing with Sharks

Eventually, he came over to the pink coral and I gave him th...

I did that twice and he knew
if he swam over to the pink coral, - Playing with Sharks

I did that twice and he knew if he swam over to the pink cor...

And it worked. It worked. - Playing with Sharks

And it worked. It worked.

JEAN-MICHEL: (CHUCKLES) She had
the courage to face up to a species - Playing with Sharks

JEAN-MICHEL: (CHUCKLES) She had the courage to face up to a ...

She helped everybody, including us, - Playing with Sharks

She helped everybody, including us,

Blue Water, White Death was a film, - Playing with Sharks

Blue Water, White Death was a film,

Peter had seen two
of Ron's documentaries - Playing with Sharks

Peter had seen two of Ron's documentaries

VALERIE: Peter Gimbel had us along
to guarantee someone there - Playing with Sharks

VALERIE: Peter Gimbel had us along to guarantee someone ther...

We set off in search
out of South Africa... - Playing with Sharks

We set off in search out of South Africa...

As an underwater shooter,
I just saw in it a wonderful adventure. - Playing with Sharks

As an underwater shooter, I just saw in it a wonderful adven...

A search taking us to the Indian Ocean, - Playing with Sharks

A search taking us to the Indian Ocean,

JAYNE: Blue Water, White Death
was probably the first - Playing with Sharks

JAYNE: Blue Water, White Death was probably the first

JAYNE: She had to earn
her way on that boat. - Playing with Sharks

JAYNE: She had to earn her way on that boat.

GIMBEL: With this amount of food
in the water, we expect the great white... - Playing with Sharks

GIMBEL: With this amount of food in the water, we expect the...

We'd never encountered
oceanic whitetips before. - Playing with Sharks

We'd never encountered oceanic whitetips before.

STAN: The idea of getting
into the water, outside of the cage - Playing with Sharks

STAN: The idea of getting into the water, outside of the cag...

VALERIE: When it was decided
that we would leave the cage, I thought, - Playing with Sharks

VALERIE: When it was decided that we would leave the cage, I...

Carcharhinus longimanus, he's the one - Playing with Sharks

Carcharhinus longimanus, he's the one

We had noticed
that before they bit the whale, - Playing with Sharks

We had noticed that before they bit the whale,

The cameramen,
they all had these giant housings - Playing with Sharks

The cameramen, they all had these giant housings

A world that existed 20 million years ago. - Playing with Sharks

A world that existed 20 million years ago.

We were accepted as other marine animals
come to feed on the whale... - Playing with Sharks

We were accepted as other marine animals come to feed on the...

Just plain foolhardy,
what they were doing. - Playing with Sharks

Just plain foolhardy, what they were doing.

But what they did in the end
was to provide the evidence - Playing with Sharks

But what they did in the end was to provide the evidence

You wouldn't believe!
You couldn't believe! - Playing with Sharks

You wouldn't believe! You couldn't believe!

They hit the whale
and blood went everywhere, - Playing with Sharks

They hit the whale and blood went everywhere,

Well, certainly they were exhilarated
when they came up from those dives - Playing with Sharks

Well, certainly they were exhilarated when they came up from...

But, when you look at those images... - Playing with Sharks

But, when you look at those images...

VALERIE: We were still looking
for the great white shark. - Playing with Sharks

VALERIE: We were still looking for the great white shark.

VALERIE: Ron and I tried
to tell him where to go? - Playing with Sharks

VALERIE: Ron and I tried to tell him where to go?

Hello, darling. Hello, sweetie. Come on. - Playing with Sharks

Hello, darling. Hello, sweetie. Come on.

Eventually, Peter did listen. - Playing with Sharks

Eventually, Peter did listen.

-(MALE VOICE CHUCKLING)
-(PETER CHEERING) - Playing with Sharks

-(MALE VOICE CHUCKLING) -(PETER CHEERING)

(CROWD CHEERING, EXCLAIMING) - Playing with Sharks

(CROWD CHEERING, EXCLAIMING)

STAN: The public loves, of course, danger. - Playing with Sharks

STAN: The public loves, of course, danger.

STAN: Add to that a beautiful woman. - Playing with Sharks

STAN: Add to that a beautiful woman.

VALERIE: I really didn't realize
what a big film it was going to be. - Playing with Sharks

VALERIE: I really didn't realize what a big film it was...

MALE VOICE: Right up towards the cage! - Playing with Sharks

MALE VOICE: Right up towards the cage!

JAYNE: I'm from a little village in Wales,
and our local policeman, - Playing with Sharks

JAYNE: I'm from a little village in Wales, and our loca...

Valerie in Blue Water, White Death,
she was a revelation to me. - Playing with Sharks

Valerie in Blue Water, White Death, she was a revelation to ...

VALERIE: There were no divers anywhere
who hadn't seen Blue Water, White Death. - Playing with Sharks

VALERIE: There were no divers anywhere who hadn't seen ...

WENDY: Valerie and Ron
were definitely Peter's idols. - Playing with Sharks

WENDY: Valerie and Ron were definitely Peter's idols.

RON: Universal Pictures got us a book
from Peter Benchley called Jaws. - Playing with Sharks

RON: Universal Pictures got us a book from Peter Benchley ca...

VALERIE: They sent us the galley proofs
and a letter saying, - Playing with Sharks

VALERIE: They sent us the galley proofs and a letter saying,

(SCREAMS) - Playing with Sharks

Now this is not a boat accident,
and it wasn't Jack the Ripper. - Playing with Sharks

Now this is not a boat accident, and it wasn't Jack the...

VALERIE: Jaws was our first big
Hollywood deal. - Playing with Sharks

VALERIE: Jaws was our first big Hollywood deal.

I was pretty proud to get a call asking me
if I could organize a major expedition. - Playing with Sharks

I was pretty proud to get a call asking me if I could organi...

And at that time quite young
and I was pretty excited. - Playing with Sharks

And at that time quite young and I was pretty excited.

Peter postulated in Jaws that the shark
was a big one, a 16-footer. - Playing with Sharks

Peter postulated in Jaws that the shark was a big one, a 16-...

And, of course, Spielberg decided
to make it into a 25-foot shark. - Playing with Sharks

And, of course, Spielberg decided to make it into a 25-foot ...

And this caused a lot of toing and froing
between Universal and Ron, - Playing with Sharks

And this caused a lot of toing and froing between Universal ...

RON: I said, "Steven,
there is a problem here. - Playing with Sharks

RON: I said, "Steven, there is a problem here.

RODNEY: Skippy was
my abalone dive boat. - Playing with Sharks

RODNEY: Skippy was my abalone dive boat.

VALERIE: They sent out this little man
called Carl Rizzo. - Playing with Sharks

VALERIE: They sent out this little man called Carl Rizzo.

VALERIE: He was allergic to the sun,
he was allergic to salt water, - Playing with Sharks

VALERIE: He was allergic to the sun, he was allergic to salt...

He looked at this big thing
swimming out behind the boat, - Playing with Sharks

He looked at this big thing swimming out behind the boat,

RODNEY: I'm in the small
half-size boat looking after him, - Playing with Sharks

RODNEY: I'm in the small half-size boat looking after h...

When Carl saw those great white sharks
swimming around, he was terrified. - Playing with Sharks

When Carl saw those great white sharks swimming around, he w...

The director yelled out,
"Quick, pull up Carl. - Playing with Sharks

The director yelled out, "Quick, pull up Carl.

RODNEY: I was about ten meters down,
filming up. - Playing with Sharks

RODNEY: I was about ten meters down, filming up.

VALERIE: And I picked up
the 16-millimeter camera, - Playing with Sharks

VALERIE: And I picked up the 16-millimeter camera,

When we were shooting
the Australian sequences - Playing with Sharks

When we were shooting the Australian sequences

There was a horrible cracking sound,
the bit of the decking - Playing with Sharks

There was a horrible cracking sound, the bit of the decking

VALERIE: I saw Rodney pull Carl back. - Playing with Sharks

VALERIE: I saw Rodney pull Carl back.

RODNEY: And everything broke off
and came tumbling down past me. - Playing with Sharks

RODNEY: And everything broke off and came tumbling down past...

VALERIE: The shark got out
of it and swam away. - Playing with Sharks

VALERIE: The shark got out of it and swam away.

It wasn't in the script... - Playing with Sharks

It wasn't in the script...

Well you have to...
You put them in training - Playing with Sharks

Well you have to... You put them in training

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING, APPLAUDING) - Playing with Sharks

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING, APPLAUDING)

RODNEY: We just absolutely had no idea - Playing with Sharks

RODNEY: We just absolutely had no idea

FEMALE VOICE: The line is about 12 people - Playing with Sharks

FEMALE VOICE: The line is about 12 people

(AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING) - Playing with Sharks

(AUDIENCE CHEERING, APPLAUDING)

RODNEY: We thought it would just be
a third-rate Hollywood B-grade movie - Playing with Sharks

RODNEY: We thought it would just be a third-rate Hollywood B...

MALE REPORTER 5: And some people are now
seeing phantom sharks - Playing with Sharks

MALE REPORTER 5: And some people are now seeing phantom shar...

CARL: I can't tell you
how many people said, - Playing with Sharks

CARL: I can't tell you how many people said,

When I saw Jaws,
I was very devastated because I said, - Playing with Sharks

When I saw Jaws, I was very devastated because I said,

VALERIE: Jaws is a fictitious story. - Playing with Sharks

VALERIE: Jaws is a fictitious story.

VALERIE: We were amazed. - Playing with Sharks

VALERIE: We were amazed.

Ha! (LAUGHS) - Playing with Sharks

The thing that I regret is that people
went out and killed sharks everywhere. - Playing with Sharks

The thing that I regret is that people went out and killed s...

MALE VOICE: Wow! What a ripper!
Million-dollar film! - Playing with Sharks

MALE VOICE: Wow! What a ripper! Million-dollar film!

Playing with Sharks poster

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Pioneering scuba diver Valerie Taylor, who has dedicated her life to exposing the myth surrounding our fear of sharks.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Sally Aitken

Writer: Sally Aitken

Production: National Geographic,WildBear Entertainment,National Geographic Documentary Films

Genre: documentary, adventure

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 78/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 23 Jul 2021

Awards: 8 wins & 9 nominations

Homepage: https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/playing-with-sharks/anRDLKTZ5azV