"Hypnotically beautiful. It's the real Finding Nemo". NEWS OF THE WORLD "Majestic, unforgettable, jaw-dropping" VARIETY "The score is majestic, ... it breaks for the comical with Latin riffs accompanying scurrying blue crabs, goes for an 'old dark house' effect as rays, eels and sharks night feed and becomes lyrical to underscore the graceful movements of squids glinting metallic red." Laura Clifford REELING REVIEWS "Awe-inspiring and ground-breaking. A film that begs to be experienced on the big screen." FILM REVIEW UK "A stunning reminder of just how fragile and beautiful our planet can be, "Deep Blue" is a visual feast." GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE

"...if you want to have a majestically scored, beautiful, often haunting look into an unknown world, and only have 90 minutes to spare, go see Deep Blue." Robin Clifford REELING REVIEWS "The filmmakers startlingly bring to life the beauty and balance of nature." Rich Cline SHADOWS ON THE WALL "Brilliant sequences include an entire, layered food chain which constantly reshapes itself as predators enter until a whale gulps the whole in the finale, killer whales taking six hours to separate a blue whale from its pup - a real heartbreaker, and truly amazing footage of the little known creatures of the ultra depths." Laura Clifford REELING REVIEWS "Recording Deep Blue in 2003, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1882 and famous for its involvement in unusual projects, broke with its own tradition and recorded a film score for the very first time. For Fenton, Deep Blue would be an opportunity to both expand upon an already superb base of thematic material and, of course, record in Berlin." Christian Clemmensen FILMTRACKS

Meet The Stars Of Deep Blue DOLPHINS AND SHARKS ATTACK THE SARDINE RUN
We suddenly find ourselves alongside a pod of common dolphins heading in from the open ocean, advancing to attack gigantic shoals of sardines that are migrating north along the coast of Natal in South Africa. Soon the hunt is joined by thousands of bronze whaler sharks and gannets diving down from the skies above. Finally, a brydes whale appears and takes an immense mouthful of sardines.
KILLER WHALES AND SEA LIONS
The coast of Patagonia, southern sea lions have returned from their life at sea to breed. We follow an individual family of animals where the mother is having fun with her little pups and the young ones are obviously enjoying her attention. Ready to conquer the world, the young 'gang' leaves the security of the herd and goes out to the nearby beach. The fun continues and the threatening dorsal fin of a very 'big fish' passes by unnoticed. Suddenly, out of the tranquil looking water emerges the shape of a massive killer whale. Driving itself up onto the beach, it steals sea lion pups. Dragging the pups out to sea, the killer whale parent teaches the younger Orcas how to hunt, whilst the sea lion pups are alive.
CORAL REEF AT NIGHT
At sunset the coral reef becomes a new world attracting a totally different variety of creatures. This is the night shift and the reef becomes a very dangerous place. We slowly discover the “walking bush” – the basket-star, one of the strangest animals on our planet – a tree-like creature that only reveals itself at night. This is not the only creature hunting on the reef. We watch a war of two coral colonies attacking each other in what could be a scene from a science-fiction movie, as we witness one colony eating its opponent alive in a biochemical war. The adept-at-killing white-tipped reef sharks also gather in large numbers to hunt down fish among the corals in a feeding frenzy. RICHES OF THE TEMPERATE SEA
We journey through a microscopic world of plankton; myriads of tiny but intricate structures pass across the camera. In a spectacular scene, thousands of jellyfish float past the lens. Nature becomes a mysterious underworld forest. Perfectly camouflaged and obscured from our view in beds of seaweed, the leafy sea dragon suddenly reveals itself.
KILLER WHALES TRACK DOWN A GREY WHALE CALF
In the temperate seas, a gripping drama is unfolding. A grey whale mother and calf are migrating north from their breeding grounds off Mexico to the summer feeding grounds off Alaska. In a dramatic scene they are attacked by a pod of killer whales determined to separate the calf from its mother – after six hours they finally succeed and the calf is drowned. The mother is bereft but has no choice but to continue her migration north alone.
SPINNER DOLPHINS OUT IN THE OPEN OCEAN
Hundreds of spinner dolphins leap out of the water and spin in mid air. Nobody really knows why they do it. Maybe they’re just jumping for joy.
WANDERERS OF THE OPEN OCEAN
In a poetically beautiful array of images we join the slow wanderers of the open ocean; the graceful manta ray, sharks, turtles and tiny fish larvae as they search for food. JOURNEY INTO THE ABYSS
We follow the sardine scales as they descend in to the deep ocean, and we undertake an epic journey into the abyss. Travelling inside a highly strengthened submersible, we pass first through the twilight zone to witness jellyfish and squid. Then, as all sunlight from the surface finally disappears, we enter the dark zone, a strange marvelous place, home to some of the strangest creatures of our oceans. Here we see the monstrous anglerfish with grotesque features and gaze at a deep-sea light show created by the animals themselves. Eventually, our submersible descends deep into the rift valley of a mid-oceanic ridge. There we hover inches away from the hot vents and marvel at the extraordinary ecosystem that survives in the harshest of all ocean habitats.
VERTICAL MIGRATION
We return from the abyss following the greatest migration of life on our planet. Each night, under the cover of darkness, millions of deep-sea creatures journey from the deep to feed in shallower, richer sunlit waters. A bizarre and beautiful collection of creatures can be seen as the sequence ends with a burst of sunlight on the waters as dawn breaks.
EMPEROR PENGUINS
Under the light of the magnificent Aurora Australis, thousands of male emperor penguins nestle together for warmth to incubate their eggs as the Antarctic winter delivers its worst. They are awaiting spring, when the female emperors will return from the ocean with food for the newly hatched chicks. At the end of the season, the ice breaks up and the emperors head back to the open ocean. Where It Was Shot

"Exhilarating. The film's opulent, silky symphonic images soon have you spellbound." TIME OUT UK

"Deep Blue" was shot on location in the USA, Maldives, Falkland Islands, Mexico, South Africa, Republic of Ireland, Costa Rica, Colombia, Canada, Russia, Australia, Ascension Island, Antarctic Peninsula, UK, Galapagos, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Yap & Palau, Bahamas, New Zealand, The Azores, Thailand, French Polynesia, Belize, Papua New Guinea, Norway, Spain, Panama, Venezuela, Arctic, Northwest Territories Bermuda, Tobago, Japan, Cayman Islands. The Verdict "So you think you've seen it all before? Well think again. Never before have we been taken so 'up close and personal' when it comes to viewing Killer Whales, Penguin's, Polar Bears and those who inhabit Earth's last great frontier, the ocean. If you were lucky enough to be among the many who were impressed by the ground-breaking "Travelling Birds", you will appreciate the majesty and beauty of "Deep Blue". Best viewed on the big screen. A must see experience. Recommended to all ages. " The Crew Directed by Andy Byatt & Alastair Fothergill Narrated by Michael Gambon Produced by Sophokles Tasioulis & Alix Tidmarsh Executive Producers Stefan Beiten/Andre Sikojev/Nikolaus Weil Original Music by George Fenton Cinematography by Rick Rosenthal Film Editing by Martin Elsbury Production Manager Lynn Barry Production Supervisor Amanda Hutchinson Sound Editor Kate Hopkins Foley Artist Brian Moseley Sound Editor Lucy Rutherford Sound Re-recording Mixer Andrew Wilson Run Time 91 minutes Rated PG [AUST] Copyright ©2004 - Green Light Media & BBC Worldwide - All Rights Reserved Copyright Protected © 2004 - Impact Internet Services - All Rights Reserved