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Flight of the Aquanaut / about the film

Flight of the Aquanaut captures the beauty and danger of ocean exploration, weaving real ocean footage together with a dramatic and mythical storyline to deliver a potent environmental message. Structured as an ‘eco-fable’, the film provokes thought about our role and responsibility with regard to the world's oceans and the creatures that live there.

Filmed almost entirely on location at depth in the Bahamas, Flight of the Aquanaut features spectacular underwater vistas, reefs, eels and dolphins. Key dramatic sequences in the production were filmed at a depth of 100 – 120 feet using rotating teams of SCUBA divers and a one-atmosphere Newtsuit diving system.

Flight of the Aquanaut was awarded The Board of Directors Award for Best IMAX film, 1993 Hawaii International Film Festival.

Release date: 1992
Duration: 35 minutes
Format: 15/70

Stephen Low
Director
Underwater Cinematography

Paul Mockler
Additional Direction / Underwater Cinematography

Stephen Low / Pietro Serapiglia
Producers

Peter Chermayeff & Michael J. McGrath
Executive producers

James Lahti
Editor