''Blue Water, White Death'' is a 1971 American documentary about sharks which was directed by
Peter Gimbel
Peter R. Gimbel (February 14, 1927 – July 12, 1987) was an American filmmaker and underwater photojournalist.
Biography
Born in New York City, he was the son of Alva (née Bernheimer) and Bernard Feustman Gimbel and heir to the Gimbels depar ...
and
James Lipscomb.
It received favourable reviews and was described as a "well produced odyssey" and "exciting and often beautiful". It screened theatrically and was broadcast on television at various times during the 1970s and 1980s. The film was re-released on
DVD
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in 2009.
Cast and crew
The following people appeared in the documentary –
Tom Chapin
Tom Chapin (born March 13, 1945) is an American musician, entertainer, singer-songwriter, and storyteller.
Chapin is known for the song " Happy Birthday", released in 1989 in his ''Moonboat'' album. It takes its melody from "Love Unspoken", a so ...
, Phil Clarkson, Stuart Cody, Peter Lake,
Peter Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher and CIA Operative. A co-founder of the literary magazine ''The Paris Review'', he was the only writer to have won the Nation ...
,
Rodney Fox
Rodney Winston Fox (born 9 November 1940) is an Australian film maker, conservationist, survivor of an attack by a great white shark, and one of the world's foremost authorities on that species. He was inducted into the International Scuba D ...
,
Valerie Taylor,
Ron Taylor,
Stan Waterman
Stanton A. Waterman (born April 5, 1923) is a five-time Emmy winning cinematographer and underwater film producer.[shark-proof cage
Shark cage diving is underwater diving or snorkeling where the observer remains inside a protective cage designed to prevent sharks from making contact with the divers. Shark cage diving is used for scientific observation, underwater cinematograph ...](_blan ...<br></span></div>, Peter Gimbel, James Lipscomb and Rodney Jonklaas.<ref name=cast/> In 1986 Tom Chapin reflected on his role as an assistant cameraman on the production, joking that his life had )
s.
See also
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List of American films of 1971
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People
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Organizations
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Dangerous Reef
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References
External links
1971 films
Documentary films about marine biology
Films about sharks
1971 documentary films
American documentary films
Films about shark attacks
Cinema Center Films films
1970s English-language films
1970s American films
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