The Cove Trailer out 23rd Oct 2009

The Cove begins in Taiji, Japan, where former dolphin trainer Ric OBarry has come to set things right after a long search for redemption. In the 1960s, it was OBarry who captured and trained the 5 dolphins who played the title character in the international television sensation Flipper.

But his close relationship with those dolphins the very dolphins who sparked a global fascination with trained sea mammals that continues to this day -- led OBarry to a radical change of heart. One fateful day, a heartbroken Barry came to realize that these deeply sensitive, highly intelligent and self-aware creatures so beautifully adapted to life in the open ocean must never be subjected to human captivity again. This mission has brought him to Taiji, a town that appears to be devoted to the wonders and mysteries of the sleek, playful dolphins and whales that swim off their coast.

But in a remote, glistening cove, surrounded by barbed wire and Keep Out signs, lies a dark reality. It is here, under cover of night, that the fishermen of Taiji, driven by a multi-billion dollar dolphin entertainment industry and an underhanded market for mercury-tainted dolphin meat, engage in an unseen hunt. The nature of what they do is so chilling -- and the consequences are so dangerous to human health -- they will go to great lengths to halt anyone from seeing it.

Undeterred, OBarry joins forces with filmmaker Louis Psihoyos and the Oceanic Preservation Society to get to the truth of whats really going on in the cove and why it matters to everyone in the world. With the local Chief of Police hot on their trail and strong-arm fishermen keeping tabs on them, they will recruit an Ocean's Eleven-style team of underwater sound and camera experts, special effects artists, marine explorers, adrenaline junkies and world-class free divers who will carry out an undercover operation to photograph the off-limits cove, while playing a cloak-and-dagger game with those who would have them jailed. The result is a provocative mix of investigative journalism, eco-adventure and arresting imagery that adds up to an urgent plea for hope.

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[13Soren]

CAN'T MORE PPL COMMENT TO THIS VID!!! I HAD TO WATCH THIS IN BIO!! AND I AM PISSED OFF!!!

THIS NEEDS TO STOP!!!

[niggruh]

@divine0g0d, How could you possible say that? Yeah their government is fucked up, but government in general is fucked up. No nation is exempt from this. However, so many of the women, men and children who lost their lives and loved ones in that earthquake/tsunami were hard working people who loved life and had nothing to do with the whale/dolphin slaughter business. That was an EXTREMELY ignorant thing to say on your part.

[IslaCaitlin13]

I wanna watch it :p

[pantysniffer99]

kill nips

[fishsticks978]

HI CHRISTINA!!!!!! :D:D:D

[Halflifefan54]

You know, I was on pretty even terms with the world, until I watched this. It reminded me how cruel we are to animals other then ourselves. It's really sad how people kill these animals just for sport. I mean, what's really going on in there head? I imagine they just think the animals they're about to shoot and gut don't feel anything. Bullshit, they feel pain just like we do. We're a very advanced civilization, we don't need to keep killing animals for food. Thumbs up if you agree.

[Halflifefan54]

@niggruh I agree with most of what you're saying, but are you seriously trying to say that corrupt government justifies killing defenseless animals for no reason other then "sport" I totally feel that Japan deserved that for doing this to dolphins. It's a perfect analogy, really. Big bad humans come and kill thousands of dolphins, now, big bad mother nature kills defenseless humans.

[Ceralboy09876543]

Hayden Panettiere (cheerleader on heroes) is one of the surfers. And I must say this movie was excellent 10/10 stars.

[kisarah1]

what is wrong with peoples these day...why are you hurt them what did they ever do to you! 

[HDpAnIC]

@TheShortsta well, Ive already heard about that... you need to attack those dolphin killers...scare them...not record what they are doing and then make those videos public...u need to destroy their camps.......sabotage etc. or even attack ´em