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Jacques Cousteau. Jacques-Yves Cousteau, AC (/ kuːˈstoʊ /, also UK: / ˈkuːstoʊ /, French: [ʒak iv kusto]; 11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) [1] was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), called the Aqua-Lung, which ...
The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau is an American documentary television series about underwater marine life, directed by Alan Landsburg and hosted by French filmmaker, researcher, and marine explorer Jacques Cousteau. The first episodes of the series aired from 1968 until 1976. The English-language narration was by Richard Johnson (BBC ...
In 1990, French synthesizer artist Jean-Michel Jarre released the music album Waiting For Cousteau, which was dedicated to his friend, scientist and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau. The album title is a pun on Beckett's play. The title track is a 46-minute ambient composition that seemingly never ends.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau had one of those faces that seemed to come from an earlier time — before the world wars, maybe even before the 20th century. It was a face so thin and tapered yet open, so ...
Cousteau are a London-based band who enjoyed considerable international success, particularly in Italy and the U.S. from 1999 to 2005. The band's sound has been compared to Burt Bacharach, Scott Walker and David Bowie with an updated contemporary edge. [3][4][5][6] Their best known song remains the single "The Last Good Day of the Year", from ...
Calypso was the name of Cousteau's research boat that sailed around the world promoting ocean conservation. This song features the sounds of ship bells, which is heard in the instrumental introductions before both two verses, in which Milton Okun's orchestral arrangement, featuring strings and winds, are heard impersonating the sounds of the ...
Allmusic. [1] Musicomh. (favourable) [2] Nova Scotia is the third album by Cousteau, released in 2005 on the Endeavour record label. It was subsequently released in the U.S. under the band name 'Moreau' for legal reasons on the One Little Indian label with two additional tracks (*). The US release also featured new artwork.
English. French. Box office. $264,530 [1][2] Becoming Cousteau is a 2021 American documentary film directed and produced by Liz Garbus. It follows the life and career of Jacques Cousteau. It premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2021, and was released on October 22, 2021, by Picturehouse.