RELEASED IN THEATRES

NOVEMBER 4TH, 2010

About the Film

In Beneath the Blue, young ensign Craig Morrison, starring Paul Wesley (Vampire Diaries), is sent on an undercover assignment with Lieutenant Gwen Stiles, Ivana Milicevic (Casino Royale), to investigate the disappearance of a dolphin from the Navy’s Marine Mammal Command outpost in the Bahamas. On assignment, he meets Alyssa, Caitlin Wachs (The Divine Secrets of the Ya- Ya- Sisterhood), an 18-year-old dolphin researcher working with her scientist father, and finds himself embattled to find a path that honors both his obligations to the Navy and new found love.

Behind the Story

BENEATH THE BLUE is inspired actual events and real science, providing a detailed look at issues that include the conflict between environmentalists and the U.S. Navy over sonar testing that kills whales and dolphins — a conflict that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.  The Supreme Court’s ruling was issued during the filming of Beneath the Blue and had an effect on the screenplay and the resolution of the film.  The film also depicts dolphin scientist and activist Ken Levasseur’s Third Phase Alternative to Dolphin Captivity, and explores the issue of the limits of animal consciousness and human-dolphin communication.