The Cove Movie, The Cove wiki

The Cove Movie, The Cove wiki, The Cove is a 2009 Academy Award winning American documentary film about the annual killing of dolphins in a National Park at Taiji, Wakayama, in Japan.The film highlights that the number of dolphins killed is several times greater than the number of whales killed in the Antarctic, and claims that 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed in Japan every year. The migrating dolphins are herded into a hidden cove where they are netted and killed by means of spears and knives over the side of small fishing boats.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan’s most recent progress report 1,569 cetaceans in Taiji were killed during the 2007 season, including methods other than drive hunting. Only 1,239 cetaceans were killed by drive hunting. A total of 13,080 cetaceans were killed throughout Japan in 2007.

The film was directed by former National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyos,[5] and portions were filmed secretly during 2007 using underwater microphones and high-definition cameras disguised as rocks.[

The documentary won the U.S. Audience Award at the 25th annual Sundance Film Festival in January 2009. It was selected out of the 879 submissions in the category.

On March 7, 2010 The Cove won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Film at the 82nd Academy Awards.

Precious Movie Theaters

Precious Movie Theaters, Based on the novel by Push Sapphire 2009 is an American drama film, adapted from Sapphire 1996 novel Push. The film premiered in January 2009 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize for best drama, and a Special Jury Prize for best supporting actress Mo’Nique. The film is directed by Lee Daniels and co-produced by the firm of Daniels, Lee Daniels Entertainment, and Smokewood Entertainment Group,

which is owned by Sarah Siegel Magness and Gary Magness, the two production companies also worked in Tennessee. The central theme of the film, “Push,” was written and produced by Robin Thicke.
Precious was picked up for distribution by Lionsgate and will help to promote Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions and 34th of Tyler Perry Street Films. The trailer was shown with precious Perry film Madea Goes to Jail. The film is expected to be launched nationwide in the United States of America on 6 November 2009.

In February 2009, both Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company filed lawsuits contesting ownership of the rights of release of the film.

The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes Festival 2009.

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Precious Movie Theaters was first posted on November 6, 2009 at 10:11 pm.