Blue Water, White Death
PG
7.1
1971
1 hr 39 min
Documentary
Peter Gimbel and a team of photographers set out on an expedition to find and film, for the very first time, Carcharodon carcharias—the Great White Shark. The expedition lasted over nine months and took the team from Durban, South Africa, across the Indian Ocean, and finally to southern Australia.
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- Cast：
- Tom Chapin
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Reviews
Thanks for the memories!
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Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
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a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
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This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
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