Origins of Life
2001 · 39 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 91 VOTES · DIR. Gérald Calderon
Overview
A documentary that explores the natural world of the sea, from the single-celled organism to more complex forms of life, OCEAN ORIGINS was originally filmed in the IMAX large format, which adds a crispness and clarity to the images. This documentary film seeks to examine the process of evolution by looking at the many creatures of the sea that can illustrate the way multi-cellular life emerged over the course of four billion years. OCEAN ORIGINS is a creative film that uses fascinating documentary footage to look at scientific theories and principles in an interesting manner
Dialogue Timeline — 192 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:32 Our universe was born some 15 billion years ago-
00:02:30 This film tells the story of life's beginnings and its evolution.
00:04:38 Slowly, the Earth cooled.
00:05:59 Boiling hot, it poured down for millions of years.
00:07:07 It could have been in the dark depths were sulphureous springs bubbled up-
00:08:33 -drawing energy from beyond itself and reproducing-
00:09:42 -used the Sun's luminous energy to produce oxygen.
00:10:45 Life will have remained microscopic and unicellular-
00:11:21 A balance evolved between plant and animal life,-
00:12:43 The sponge, long thought to be a plant,-
00:13:32 Minute tubular creatures topped with tentacles-
00:14:42 The sea urchin's mouth and teeth were set on an axis.
00:16:18 A little over one billion years ago-
00:18:00 What seems wasteful to us-
00:18:52 Dividing, the egg transformed it self into a larvae.
00:19:46 To give fertilization more of an edge-
00:22:02 One of the great success stories of evolution-
00:25:29 Minerals in the water made possible the development of shells and bony plates.
00:27:02 Capturing prey was no longer a hit and miss affair.
00:28:57 Stingers, darts and venom-tipped tentacles,-
00:31:32 -is thought to be the evolutionary precursor of the fish.
00:33:28 First came the cartilaginous fish like the ray and the shark.
00:35:36 -now abundant in oxygen.
53:00:08 the existing species died off.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed192
Dialogue density4.9 lines / min
First line00:00:32
Final line53:00:08
Production Record
DirectorGérald Calderon
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes91