- Format: Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Topics Entertainment
- DVD Release Date: 2 Feb 2010
- Run Time: 100 minutes
- ASIN: B002V19MAU
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 33,169 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Knight of the Seven Seas
1 Jan 2010
At last a biography about Captain Paul Watson, founder and president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, is available on film. "Pirate for the Sea" gives you an insight into the life and struggle of one of the most truthful, devoted and persistent environmental activists. Even if you should not agree with his militant approach and his aggressive tactics - which have never caused a single injury on the side of his opponents - you will be fascinated by his emotional and mental strength to keep on fighting for the oceans in the face of overwhelming force and with limited resources for more than 30 years now. Any other person would have probably given up - but not Paul Watson. Apparently no setbacks, bureaucratic harassment or death threats can stop him, thus making him a unique and extraordinarily inspiring person.
Beside Watson's environmental campaigns and all the dramatic scenes, the documentary also shows his family background and his experiences in his early childhood and youth which left their mark on his personality and paved the way of his career as an eco-warrior.
"I am a conservationist and that is my business, getting in trouble. I'm here to say things people do not want to hear and to do things people do not want to see. I'm here to piss people off. That is my job."
Highly recommended!
Beside Watson's environmental campaigns and all the dramatic scenes, the documentary also shows his family background and his experiences in his early childhood and youth which left their mark on his personality and paved the way of his career as an eco-warrior.
"I am a conservationist and that is my business, getting in trouble. I'm here to say things people do not want to hear and to do things people do not want to see. I'm here to piss people off. That is my job."
Highly recommended!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
An unnoticed hero of our present time
28 Mar 2010
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When The Stranglers had a hit with "No more heroes" in 1977, they were slightly ahead of the actions Paul Watson had in mind. He is one of a kind : fierce in his convictions, yet kind and compassionate in his personal relations. Paul has been jailed so many times he lost count of it. He has been threatened by Canadian seal clubbers. He has even been shot by Japanese whalers. But he never gives up. He says you cannot expect to be a conservationist and want governments and most people to like you. He is not after the "Chevron environmental award", he just goes out there to protect the whales, the seals, the sharks and the fish.
Paul Watson is not only an activist, he is also a philosopher. The documentary and the bonus features include some of his speeches, which show that his battles emerge from a thorough understanding of what is at stake. Humankind is extinguishing so many species, in such a short period, on our insignificantly small spaceship Earth, that ultimately, extinguishing all those species, we - as a small part of the larger web of life in the biosphere - will also perish. Men like Paul are blamed to be spreading doom and gloom. Rush Limbaugh compared Watson to Cassandra; Paul responded that Limbaugh forgot to mention that Cassandra *was right*...
Fishermen all around the globe blame other species for the collapse of the fisheries. Never ever is human activity taken into account. Japan kills whales and dolphins, blaming them for eating fish. Canada massacres seals, blaming them to eat cod. (Compare this to global warming - the same "logic" is repeated by governments and the big corporations that sustain them; if it ever occurs to them to acknowledge global warming, it is blamed... on the sun, or China, or whatever...)
When I watch the footage of the killing of whales, dolphins and seals, it makes me sick. I see criminals in action, with only one group of persons *really interfering*. It is a pity that only Sea Shepherds takes action. Greenpeace performs in the same way as the "UN-observers" on a "peace mission" (former Yugoslavia, Congo, etc.) : counting the bullets and the deaths, without intervening. So if you want to support financially some organization, look at this documentary, and compare their *actions* to what Greenpeace does.
Considering the financial limitations and the fact they only have one vessel, the record of Sea Shepherds since 1977 is positive. They have sunk 10 whaling vessels. More than 3.500 volunteers have participated in those battles. And the fight goes on. See also Whale Wars: Season 2. Paul Watson is a true hero of our time.
Paul Watson is not only an activist, he is also a philosopher. The documentary and the bonus features include some of his speeches, which show that his battles emerge from a thorough understanding of what is at stake. Humankind is extinguishing so many species, in such a short period, on our insignificantly small spaceship Earth, that ultimately, extinguishing all those species, we - as a small part of the larger web of life in the biosphere - will also perish. Men like Paul are blamed to be spreading doom and gloom. Rush Limbaugh compared Watson to Cassandra; Paul responded that Limbaugh forgot to mention that Cassandra *was right*...
Fishermen all around the globe blame other species for the collapse of the fisheries. Never ever is human activity taken into account. Japan kills whales and dolphins, blaming them for eating fish. Canada massacres seals, blaming them to eat cod. (Compare this to global warming - the same "logic" is repeated by governments and the big corporations that sustain them; if it ever occurs to them to acknowledge global warming, it is blamed... on the sun, or China, or whatever...)
When I watch the footage of the killing of whales, dolphins and seals, it makes me sick. I see criminals in action, with only one group of persons *really interfering*. It is a pity that only Sea Shepherds takes action. Greenpeace performs in the same way as the "UN-observers" on a "peace mission" (former Yugoslavia, Congo, etc.) : counting the bullets and the deaths, without intervening. So if you want to support financially some organization, look at this documentary, and compare their *actions* to what Greenpeace does.
Considering the financial limitations and the fact they only have one vessel, the record of Sea Shepherds since 1977 is positive. They have sunk 10 whaling vessels. More than 3.500 volunteers have participated in those battles. And the fight goes on. See also Whale Wars: Season 2. Paul Watson is a true hero of our time.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Pirate for the Sea
24 April 2010
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Great Film. I am a fan of whale wars and I enjoyed this DVD very much. I
admire Paul Watson and his crew..
admire Paul Watson and his crew..
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