Coral Reef Adventure is a documentary film released in 2003 to IMAX theaters. It was directed by Greg MacGillivray and narrated by Liam Neeson.

Coral Reef Adventure
Directed byGreg MacGillivray
Written byJack Stephens
Osha Gray Davidson
Stephen Judson
StarringHoward Hall
Michele Hall
Jean-Michel Cousteau
Narrated byLiam Neeson
CinematographyBrad Ohlund
Edited byStephen Judson
Music byCrosby, Stills & Nash
Distributed byMacGillivray Freeman Films
Release date
  • February 14, 2003 (2003-02-14)
Running time
45 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million

Embarking on a 10-month expedition through the islands of the South Pacific, husband and wife underwater photography-duo Michele and Howard Hall explore the declining reefs and failing health of the world's oceans. From Australia's Great Barrier Reef, to a friend's coral reef-sustained village in Fiji, the diving expeditions show a range of coral reefs, from flourishing ones filled with unusual and exotic inhabitants, to vast stretches of bleached coral decline which prompted the Hall's activism. Along their journey, scientists working to understand and save the reefs meet with the Hall's.

Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the famed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, also makes an appearance, as do well-known dive guide and singer Rusi Vulakoro, brother of Vude singer Laisa Vulakoro, who guides the Halls in their dive adventure.

This documentary film is the third ecologically-themed IMAX production from director MacGillivray, after The Living Sea and Dolphins. Crosby Stills & Nash contribute to the film's soundtrack. The Giant Screen Theater Association named it the best film achievement of 2003.

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