“The Cove” Nominated for Oscar in 2010!

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Dolphin slaughter film in Oscars contention
(AFP) Feb 2, 2010

BEVERLY HILLS, California — A gripping film about the annual slaughter of dolphins in a Japanese town is vying for Oscars glory after being nominated in the best documentary category on Tuesday.

Louie Psihoyos’ “The Cove” has angered authorities in the Japanese coastal town of Taiji, where officials last year said they would consider suing the film-makers.

Psihoyos’s film plays like a fast-paced thriller as it follows the film-makers trying to capture the dolphin slaughter on camera while eluding the attention of local authorities.

The documentary used free divers to plant underwater cameras and microphones to capture the killings, and also used specially designed cameras disguised as rocks to film in the area.

Other films nominated in the best documentary category include “Food, Inc,” “Burma VJ,” “Which Way Home” and “The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers.”