"Director: Jacques Cousteau"

• The Jacques Cousteau Movie Collection | DVD | (17/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Celebrate the natural world beneath the sea in the company of its greatest explorer.The name Jacques Cousteau has become synonymous with underwater exploration - testament to a long career spent pushing the boundaries of human knowledge and technology, both as a marine biologist and as a filmmaker. Now, with this beautifully presented 3-DVD digipack, experience three of Captain Cousteau's greatest feature-films in the comfort of your own home.The recipients of numerous awards, including multiple Oscars and the Palme D'Or, these films reveal the beauty, majesty, thrill and danger to be found at sea and beneath the waves, from the tropical waters of the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean to the frozen world of Antarctica. Cousteau and his crew face adventures the likes of which few have seen, from the pressures of living in a purpose-built underwater base for weeks at a time, to the life-or-death struggle for survival at the South Pole.

• Jacques Cousteau - The Silent World | DVD | (23/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Witness the birth of a new kind of documentary, as legendary diver, conservationist and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau takes you deep beneath the waves to explore a wealth of life that was previously hidden from view. As much of the technology for shooting film underwater was developed by Cousteau’s team, this was the first time such amazing sights could be captured on film. The result, a Technicolor 1950s masterpiece, succeeds both in revealing an untouched world of beauty, life and drama, as well asevoking a sense of adventure, freedom and boundless possibility. A window into the world beneath the sea as well as the colourfuland nostalgic world of the 1950s, The Silent World was the start of an entire movement, and is now available on DVD as a vital partof any collection.

• Jacques Cousteau - World Without Sun | DVD | (23/05/2011) from £14.83   |  Saving you £-1.84 (-14.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Jacques Cousteau – naturalist, biologist, diver and the pioneer of underwater filmmaking – won the Best Documentary FeatureAcademy Award for this, his second film, in 1964. The film is a document of a brave experiment in which a team of divers,scientists and engineers attempted to live for a month in a purpose-built base rooted to the sea floor. As the crew of ‘Oceanauts’ explore the Red Sea in their metallic silver wetsuits,with Cousteau investigating the deepest depths in his custommade yellow submarine, the result is a staggering mix of naturedocumentary and far-out 1960s science fiction. Only this time the fiction is real!

• Jacques Cousteau - World Without Sun | Blu Ray | (23/05/2011) from £12.13   |  Saving you £2.86 (23.58%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Jacques Cousteau – naturalist, biologist, diver and the pioneer of underwater filmmaking – won the Best Documentary FeatureAcademy Award for this, his second film, in 1964. The film is a document of a brave experiment in which a team of divers,scientists and engineers attempted to live for a month in a purpose-built base rooted to the sea floor. As the crew of ‘Oceanauts’ explore the Red Sea in their metallic silver wetsuits,with Cousteau investigating the deepest depths in his custommade yellow submarine, the result is a staggering mix of naturedocumentary and far-out 1960s science fiction. Only this time the fiction is real!

• Jacques Cousteau - The Silent World | Blu Ray | (23/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Witness the birth of a new kind of documentary, as legendary diver, conservationist and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau takes you deep beneath the waves to explore a wealth of life that was previously hidden from view. As much of the technology for shooting underwater was developed by Cousteau’s team, this was the first time such amazing sights could be captured on film. The result, a Technicolor 1950s masterpiece, succeeds both in revealing an untouched world of beauty, life and drama, as well as evoking a sense of adventure, freedom and boundless possibility. A window into the world beneath the sea as well as the colourful and nostalgic world of the 1950s, The Silent World was the start of an entire movement, and is now available in high definition as a vital part of any Blu Ray collection.

• The Jacques Cousteau Movie Collection | Blu Ray | (17/10/2011) from £45.88   |  Saving you £-5.89 (-14.70%)   |  RRP £39.99

  The name Jacques Cousteau has become synonymous with underwater exploration - testament to a long career spent pushing the boundaries of human knowledge and technology, both as a marine biologist and as a filmmaker. Now, with this beautifully presented triple digipack, experience three of Captain Cousteau's greatest feature-films - in glorious high definition - in the comfort of your own home.The recipients of numerous awards, including multiple Oscars and the Palme D'Or, these films reveal the beauty, majesty, thrill and danger to be found at sea and beneath the waves, from the tropical waters of the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean to the frozen world of Antarctica. Cousteau and his crew face adventures the likes of which few have seen, from the pressures of living in a purpose-built underwater base for weeks at a time, to the life-or-death struggle for survival at the South Pole.