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Indians have constructed primitive fishing nets called "weirs" in the shallow waters, recalling ways of an older day. The hampered cry of the whale hangs in the night, preserved; sharks swim...
...benefit for the movement to protect whales and dolphins will feature two films at the Orson Welles Cinema at noon. Greenpeace: Voyages to Save the Dolphins is a documentary on some of the ecologists who try to stop the killing of marine animals by harassing Soviet whaling fleets. These guys are dedicated: during some of their forays, they maneuver their small boats so as to interpose themselves between the whaling ships and the whales, and stand there while explosive harpoons aimed at the whales whiz past their heads. They lecture the crews of the ships in Russian in an attempt...
...World. After two splashy falls, she managed to stand up and water-ski on the backs of two friendly dolphins, who, she complained, felt "like wet inner tubes" and gave her a rough ride. She also had a run-in with another aquatic creature; Shamu, the resident killer whale, swam up and gave her a big wet kiss. "He has a 30-lb. tongue," shuddered Valerie. "And you could be wiped out if you moved a single inch...
Richard Harris is introduced as a dumb fisherman intent on collecting specimens of marine life for sale to aquariums. In the course of his work, he carelessly kills a female whale who is pregnant. This turns her mate into a psychopath of the seas, lurking around the harbor of the fishing village where Harris does his brooding. Orca is soon wreaking much colorful havoc on the townspeople and their works. In the end Harris is forced to put to sea and fight like a fish...
...Rubber Whale. Charlotte Rampling is on hand as one of those movie scientists whose precise discipline is unexplained but whose function is to ex plain - and explain - to the less enlightened that they must not underestimate the wit and sensitivity of the animal kingdom. This is a big mistake. Melville - even Peter Benchley - understood that it is best not to humanize the creatures of the deep too much. They are more frightening if perceived as imponderable forces...