Dolphins (2000 film)

Dolphins

Directed by	Greg MacGillivray
Written by	Tim Cahill Stephen Judson
Narrated by	Pierce Brosnan
Music by	Sting
Cinematography	Greg MacGillivray Brad Ohlund
Edited by	Stephen Judson
Distributed by	IMAX Corporation
Release dates	2000 (2000)
Running time	39 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Dolphins is an IMAX documentary produced in 2000. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.^[1] Directed by Greg MacGillivray,^[2] with Chris Palmer serving as executive producer, this feature follows a few scientists studying dolphins (chiefly Kathleen Dudzinski, Dean Bernal, and Alejandro Acevedo-Gutiérrez, as well as Louis Herman and Bernd Wursig) as they work to learn more about dolphins. The main focus is on research into dolphin communication and intelligence, along with some exploration of feeding habits and human interaction. Several species of dolphins are shown, primarily the bottlenose dolphin, the dusky dolphin, and the Atlantic spotted dolphin. Dolphins is narrated by Pierce Brosnan with music by Sting.^[2]

Awards and nominations

Incomplete list of awards for *Dolphins*
Year	Award	Category	Result
2000	73rd Academy Awards	Best Documentary Short Subject	Nominated

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer	Length
1.	"I Need You Like This Hole in My Head"	Sting	Sting	2:51
2.	"Sea of Light"	Sting / Steve Wood	Steve Wood	4:21
3.	"Fill Her Up"	Sting	Sting	5:36
4.	"When Dolphins Dance"	Sting	Steve Wood	5:21
5.	"Ghost Story"	Sting	Sting	5:28
6.	"First Dive"	Sting / Steve Wood	Steve Wood	6:18
7.	"Bubble Rings"	Sting / Steve Wood	Steve Wood	5:17
8.	"When We Dance"	Sting	Sting	5:47
9.	"On the Island"	Steve Wood	Steve Wood	3:16
10.	"Dolphins of the World"	Steve Wood	Steve Wood	5:12
11.	"Rendezvous"	Sting	Steve Wood	5:06

↑ "NY Times: Dolphins". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
1 2 "Laguna Man Up for Oscar". The Los Angeles Times. February 21, 2001. Retrieved 2016-06-04.

Films directed by Greg MacGillivray

Five Summer Stories (1972) To Fly! (1976) Speed (1984) The Living Sea (1995) Everest (1998) Dolphins (2000) Adventures in Wild California (2000) Coral Reef Adventure (2003) Hurricane on the Bayou (2006) Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk (2008) Hollywood Don't Surf! (2011) To the Arctic 3D (2012) Journey to the South Pacific (2013)

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