{"id":406947,"date":"2010-03-09T01:52:38","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T06:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef01310f7e9743970c"},"modified":"2010-03-09T01:48:42","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T06:48:42","slug":"the-cove-director-louie-psihoyos-and-star-ric-obarry-talk-about-the-importance-of-academy-award-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/406947","title":{"rendered":"‘The Cove’ director Louie Psihoyos and star Ric O’Barry talk about the importance of Academy Award win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In an interview with The Times’ Amy Kaufman on the red carpet before the Academy Awards telecast Sunday, "The Cove" director Louie Psihoyos and star Ric O’Barry spoke about the importance of a potential Oscar win for best feature documentary.<\/p>\n

Of course, anyone who watched the Oscars knows that "The Cove" won the award<\/a> over a highly competitive field of nominees. But a statue on his mantel isn’t what’s important to him, Psihoyos told Unleashed recently. Instead, the filmmaker views the award as a means of increasing awareness about the dolphin slaughter, particularly in Japan. <\/p>\n

"The Cove’s" high-profile inclusion in the Academy Awards ceremony is important "because [the show is] the most watched program in
\nJapanese television," Psihoyos said. "I didn’t get into movies to win awards. I got into
\nmaking this movie to start a movement to save the ocean. I’ve been
\ntrying to give the oceans a voice and an Oscar nomination amplifies
\nthat voice." <\/p>\n

Psihoyos didn’t have a chance to make an acceptance speech when the film won, but the director recently shared his prepared remarks<\/a> with Entertainment Weekly’s PopWatch blog. O’Barry, for his part, held up a sign reading "Text DOLPHIN to 44144" while he was on screen during producer Fisher Stevens’ speech, referencing "The Cove’s" text-messaging awareness campaign<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

O’Barry will return to Japan soon to continue working to stop the slaughter of dolphins there, and his work will be spotlighted in a recently green-lighted Animal Planet TV series<\/a>. The series, tentatively titled "Dolphin Warriors," is to be executive produced by O’Barry’s son Lincoln. <\/p>\n

Of course, if you can’t wait for the new show to debut, you can always follow O’Barry’s progress on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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— Lindsay Barnett<\/p>\n

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