Joe Chisholm

Mandy-Rae Cruikshank

Charles Hambleton

Simon Hutchins

Kirk Krack

Isabel Lucas

Richard O'Barry

Hayden Panettiere

Roger Payne

John Potter

Louie Psihoyos

Mark Monroe

Jim Clark

Olivia Ahnemann

Fisher Stevens

Paula DuPré Pesmen

J. Ralph

Brook Aitken

Geoffrey Richman

Robert Warmflash

Nelson Hall

Danny Wagner

Chris Columbus

Griffin Dunne

Bill Pullman

Robert Redford

Liev Schreiber

Gore Verbinski

Steven Zaillian

Ryan Collison

Will Cox

Documentary

The Cove

Quickfire Films

Diamond Docs

SkyFish Films

Oceanic Preservation Society

Participant

United States of America

English

Kenneth Axel Carlsson

In Japan, there is a small town called Taiji. In Taiji, there is a place called the Cove. It is a secret place, a place where 23,000 dolphins are killed every year. The dolphins are not just killed, they are in fact slaughtered in the most brutal way imaginable. And all this without anyone really knowing that it goes on.

I've heard of dolphins being killed in the nets when they catch tuna, but I've never thought that people actually hunted down dolphins as a source of food. Dolphins, like any whale really, seem a bit too majestic and mysterious to just slaughter like pigs and cows, at least to me. And if this movie is to be believed, they can also be quite dangerous to eat, as they contain a high amount of mercury.

This movie is a documentary, focused around a signle event, where we actually see the slaughter of the dolphins. We see how the crew set up the cameras in the middle of the night, as well as how they scout out the area and plan the entire event. But more interesting than all that, we also meet Ric O'berry, one of the original actors and trainers from the tv show Flipper, who has now devoted his life to stopping the killing and abuse of dolphins. Being part of Flipper, and the one who actually caught the dolphins to appear on that show, he feels personal responsible for starting this whole mess. Of course, it would most likely have happened anyways, but we feel his pain.

As a documentary, this is really well made. It is constructed much like a movie, but doesn't become too emotional, except at the very end, where we see Ric telling his story to the world, silently and with a screen on his belly.

_Last words... I am not a big dolphin lover or anything, but this movie still got to me by the end, because... this seems so pointless. I dont think the dolphins are in any danger of being extinct anytime soon, but still, these creatures are mysterious and might have something to teach us, and for that, they deserve to be treated differently._

The Cove (2009) Official Trailer #1 - Documentary

The Cove

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