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Becoming Cousteau

The extraordinary life of the ocean's great protector.

6.9(35)20211h 34m3

Adventurer, filmmaker, inventor, author, unlikely celebrity and conservationist: For over four decades, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his explorations under the ocean became synonymous with a love of science and the natural world. As he learned to protect the environment, he brought the whole world with him, sounding alarms more than 50 years ago about the warming seas and our planet’s vulnerability. In BECOMING COUSTEAU, from National Geographic Documentary Films, two-time Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Liz Garbus takes an inside look at Cousteau and his life, his iconic films and inventions, and the experiences that made him the 20th century’s most unique and renowned environmental voice — and the man who inspired generations to protect the Earth.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$244.2K
Language
French
  • diving
  • inventor
  • boat
  • biography
  • exploration
  • scientist
  • scuba
  • oceanography
  • underwater photography
  • pacific ocean
  • scuba diver
  • underwater world

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Liz Garbus

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereTelluride Film Festival2 Sept 2021
    • Theatrical (limited)PG-1322 Oct 2021
    • Digital / OTTPG-1324 Nov 2021
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival11 Oct 2021
    • Theatrical12A12 Nov 2021
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival9 Sept 2021
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Digital / OTT24 Nov 2021
  • BrazilBR

    • Digital / OTT12Disney+24 Nov 2021
  • FranceFR

    • Digital / OTT12Disney+24 Nov 2021
  • GermanyDE

    • Digital / OTT24 Nov 2021
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereRome Film Festival17 Oct 2021
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Premiere12International Documentary Festival Amsterdam18 Nov 2021
    • Digital / OTT1224 Nov 2021
  • PolandPL

    • PremiereDocs Against Gravity Film Festival18 May 2022
  • PortugalPT

    • PremiereM/12Doclisboa International Film Festival21 Oct 2021
  • RomaniaRO

    • Theatrical (limited)1222 Oct 2021

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Becoming Cousteau was released on 22 October 2021.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    3/27/2022

    7/10

    For folks used to watching the beautiful undersea imagery from the likes of the "Blue Planet" (2001) or it's 2017 sequel, this might seem a little bit unremarkable - but if you watch this documentary on this visionary man, you will soon realise that he and his "oceanic musketeers" were the source of so much of the basic building blocks upon which the latter programmes are based. From designing the "Aqualung" to pione…

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