Verfilming van het gelijknamige verhaal van Richard Connell. Na een schipbreuk slagen drie opvarenden erin veilig een afgelegen eiland te bereiken. Daar ontmoeten ze de mysterieuze graaf Zaroff, de eigenaar van dit eiland, die hen uitnodigt voor een verblijf in zijn kasteel.
Mike en Tony Petrakis zijn een Grieks vader en zoon-team dat voor de kust van Florida naar sponzen duikt. Nadat ze zijn beroofd door boeven, Arnold en de gebroeders Rhys, besluit Mike zijn mannen mee te nemen naar het gevaarlijke 20 kilometer lange rif om naar meer sponzen te duiken. Mike krijgt een dodelijk ongeval wanneer hij van het rif valt, waardoor Tony het bedrijf moet voortzetten. Maar nu heeft hij een metgezel, Gwyneth Rhys.
Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island. Arrived, they find another white man has made himself high priest; but George, the latter's handome son, is fair game for Rita, who lands in the guise of a missionary! The inevitable conflict over the pearls brings violence and corruption to the quiet island.
The title character, played by John Payne, is a ship's captain whose embittered behavior after losing his lady love seemingly leads to tragedy. Accused of deliberately scuttling his ship during a typhoon, Captain China hopes to clear himself by signing on as a common seaman on a vessel captain by his former first mate Brendensen. There's no love lost between the two men, and their mutual animosity is intensified when both fall in love with beautiful passenger.
From the Academy-Award nominated creators of the Broadway show STOMP and the award-winning film Wild Ocean, The Last Reef is an uplifting, inspirational large-format and 3D cinema experience capturing one of nature's more vibrant and diverse wonderlands. Exotic coral reefs, vibrant sea walls in the sub-arctic pulsating with anemones and crustaceans: these biodiversity hot spots are as vital to our lives as the rainforests. Shot on location in Palau, Vancouver Island, French Polynesia, Mexico, and The Bahamas using groundbreaking 3D cinematography, The Last Reef takes us on a global journey to explore the connection of our cities on land with the ocean's complex, parallel world of the coral reefs beneath the sea.
The Indonesian archipelago in the Indo-Pacific Ocean comprises thousands of islands, atolls and the largest concentration of coral reefs in the world. This rich and varied environment is a product of a unique set of natural circumstances. The equatorial sun powers ocean currents among the tiny dots of land. Where the archipelago meets the western tip of New Guinea an intersection of ocean currects creates perhaps the world's richest reefs - in the region of the Rajah Ampat Islands. A coral reef houses a myriad of colors, shapes and patterns: from the bulb tentacle anemone which protects, and in turn is protected by, the brightly coloured clownfish; to the multi-branched gorgonian, home of the tiny pygmy seahorses.
Many know that islands of the Caribbean sea are places of surprising beauty. But not it is common knowledge that deeply under water among coral reefs that surround islands, the enormous reign of the rarest stationed oneself, on anything not alike creatures
An epic story of Australian and international scientists who are racing to understand our greatest natural wonder and employing cutting edge science in an attempt to save it.
The Indonesian archipelago in the Indo-Pacific Ocean comprises thousands of islands, atolls and the largest concentration of coral reefs in the world. This rich and varied environment is a product of a unique set of natural circumstances.
A seasoned reporter is faced by a new challenge, interviewing a coral reef. A satirical look at our ecosystem and the effects humans have on their environment.
Sit back, relax and dive into the spectacular undersea world of the Great Barrier Reef. Discover crystal-clear video, cool Dolby Digital music, exotic fish of every color of the rainbow. No words, just 83 minutes of great original music, stunning images, 300 creatures in their natural habitat, body surfing dolphins!