You're told your whole life that sharks are dangerous,
and then finally you're underwater,
and you see the very thing you're taught to fear,
and it's perfect.
My father once told me
to be careful of the things you love most in the world.
Because if you're not careful, that very thing can also destroy you.
Okay. You ready?
One, two, three. Rolling.
The only way you can really learn about sharks
is to get out of the cage and actually swim with them.
I look for a curious shark.
That's one that's calm and just cruising.
But if I notice that the shark has got its pecs down,
then that means that they don't want me invading their space.
So, in that case,
I try to swim below the shark to obtain the power position.
In order to swim with a shark, you have to think like a shark.
That's why I make myself really small.
Because the smaller I can make myself,
the more sharks I can potentially attract to the area.
- No, no. Wait. Hey, Tommy. - Yeah?
Go to port side. I want you in the shot.
I don't want to steal Kate's fire.
If I'm in the shot, everyone's gonna be checking out my ass.
- Right. - The camera loves me.
- Yeah, that's 'cause they can't smell you. - I smell beautiful.
- Want to smell? - Funky. No--
Whoa, guys.
- I'm rolling. - That's gross.
Themba, what are you doing?
Changing.
No, you're not. We're about to go on a dive.
I don't think so, my lovely.
Well, who's gonna do my safety?
Come on. I need you.
You know I love you like a daughter,
but I'm more good to you up here.
Well, I need your eyes on my prize.
His prize.
Sure, sure, sure. Okay. You win.
Women always win.
Hey, guys.
What are we doing here? I mean, come on.
It's not only a movie. I try to do something about sharks.
Come here, Kate, and do the scenes. Talk about sharks.
Okay. All right.
We digress.
Okay. Ready?
Okay.
Rolling.
In order to really understand the psychology of the shark,
you've got to get outside the cage,
you've gotta get in the water,
and you've gotta actually swim with them.
But if you make one--
- It's not funny at all. - I love you.
- Okay. Come on. I'm just having fun. - No, that's not funny at all.
- Shots. - Okay. Okay.
As a free diver, I'm extremely vulnerable
when I go to the surface to breathe.
That's why I have my safety man Themba.
I'm the eyes in the back of Kate's head,
and she's the eyes behind mine.
I've done, what, 50 dives,
and I only have 1 5 stitches to show for it?
- Look. See? - Oh, love bite.
You thought he needed to floss his teeth.
Hey. Incoming!
Oh, my God. Look at that, look at that.
Check this guy out.
- Oh, boy. Here he is. - Wow.
Bring him in, Tommy. Bring him in.
Okay. Okay.
Whoa! It's a big male.
What--
Easy, guys. Hey, he's too aggressive.
Hey, hey, hey. Careful.
Oh, he got it. He got it.
Easy, fella. Easy.
Oh, no, no. We got a lively one.
You're not going in the water with him.
Honey, move over. Let me get you in the frame.
Second shark coming in!
It looks like a female.
Now, she's more like it.
She's a big girl.
This is more like it.
- Come on. Here she comes. - Come on, baby. Come on.
- Here she comes. - Beautiful.
You gonna let me swim with you?
- What do you think? - I think we got a player.
I'm gonna go down and check things out.
All right. Come on, Jeff. You ready?
Hey, Themba, keep an eye out for that male.
He looked like trouble.
Kate!
Themba's been hit!
Get in the boat!
Where's Jeff?
Jeff, get in the boat! Get in!
What happened?
Kate, what happened?
Where's Jeff and Themba?
And now, I hand you over to Ron for the news.
Thank you, Dirk.
And coming up, breaking news.
A 1 9-year-old surfer was fatally attacked
by a great white shark off the shore earlier today.
Witnesses say the shark attacked without warn--
It's about 40 minutes out to Seal lsland.
And it's home to 7 4,000 Cape fur seals
and a wonderful bird sanctuary.
You can see the Cape cormorant, the Bank cormorant--
- Do you see sharks? - Yes. There are sharks out there.
- You will be able to see the sharks. - Can we go on the water? Cage?
- No, no. We don't do-- - Take pictures?
- We don't do shark diving. - Not on the water.
If you're lucky, you'll be able to catch the whales.
- We want the sharks. - No.
We don't do that.
- Thank you. - All right.
Thanks.
- Hi. - Hello.
What's happening, Zukie?
The bad news, the good news, or the house blend?
I want to hear that we have as many customers as those guys.
All right. Tell me.
Okay. The bank called. They're gonna take your boat.
No, they're not. I got a second mortgage.
I'm just waiting on the bank to approve it.
Well, now they're saying they can liquidate your assets.
Yeah? Really? I want to see them try that.
Get a lawyer.
It has to be a good lawyer. You can't afford a bad one.
Good point. Okay.
Good news.
We've got three for today.
Yes!
Got three tours.
No, no, no. Three people, one tour,
and that's it for the rest of today.
Okay. Well, house blend.
Jeff called.
Don't want to know.
He says you haven't returned any of his calls.
It's been a year, honey. You've got to talk to him at some point.
How about we do ourselves a favor and stick to English?
Okay. What did he say?
He says he wants to meet. He says it's urgent.
Have you forgotten you two look cute together?
- We look cute. - Look at you. He makes you laugh.
You're laughing already. Yes.
Come on. It won't do any harm.
Okay. Okay. I'll call him.
Go. Shoo. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Okay.
Bye-bye.
Welcome aboard the Volante.
Looks like we got good weather.
It's only gonna be a 45-minute drive out to Seal lsland, okay?
- Okay. - Where you guys from?
London.
I see you got your camera. Gonna get some good pictures.
I'm gonna have you wear this for your safety.
- Welcome to Cape Town. - Thanks. Yeah.
Hey, guys.
Remember me?
Vaguely.
Hold on tight. And we're off.
Is this boat gonna make it?
With the correct diesel.
I'm sick enough as it is.
Don't start moaning already.
Gonna have it on again.
What type of sharks do you think we'll see?
'Cause we've been learning about the tiger shark at school.
- Take a look around. - Listen to her, will you?
So, you see those two war ships up ahead?
Well, they're here because Simon's Town
is the main port of the South African Navy.
- Oh, yeah? - Did you hear that?
- Do you want to go and look at some? - No. I want to see the sharks.
Please yourself.
Look, there's a whale.
Tommy, slow it down.
Come. Look.
- Where? - Right there. See him?
Wow.
- That's a southern right whale. - I've never seen one.
Do you have any idea why they're called the right whale?
Because they swim on the right?
Well, they're the right whale because they're high in oil
and they're slow to swim.
That traditionally makes them easy to catch.
However, luckily for them,
they're protected now and not so easy to catch.
Listen. You hear that? What does that sound like?
They don't sound like penguins.
Listen.
Sounds like your sweet mother on the loo.
What did you say?
- I said I can hear them. Can you? - What?
Nothing.
Those are the... jackass penguins.
Mom, she said "ass."
Do the sharks eat the penguins?
- It happens. - Oh, yeah?
- They eat husbands? - Very funny.
What you have here is the world famous Cape fur seals.
This is the largest seal colony in the Cape.
And if you look real closely, you just might see some little pups.
We just had a gang of them born here recently.
There's about 1 0,000 of these little guys
born here in the Cape every year.
Sadly, most of them will never see their first birthday.
There's loads!
That's pretty. Look at it.
Shall I get a picture?
- You know what to click? - You got it.
Sharks eat seals, right?
Yep. They sure do. That's their favorite meal.
So where are they?
They're out there. Trust me.
This is the largest feeding ground for sharks in the world.
So even though we can't see them,
they're out there.
Hey, great tour, by the way.
- There you go. - Those seals are so cute, really.
- Pays the bills. - Doesn't look like it.
But you still look hot.
Hey, Tommy. She looks hot or what?
- Yeah. - See?
- For her age. - Great. You're fired.
So, you're still pissed at me?
Come on. You miss me. I miss you.
No need to play it cool.
You seeing somebody?
You mean... Iately?
No, it's been about a year now.
Right.
How old is she? 19?
Man, this is bad news.
Bad news.
There's a lot of water in the bilge.
You think it's the cutlass?
I don't know, Kate. Could be the stuffing box.
Could be a seacock is leaking, I think.
Could be a what, Captain? Did you say "seacock"?
- Why? - Say it again. I love your accent.
What accent? I don't have an accent. Seacock. Seacock.
- "Seacock." - Whatever.
Anyway...
you should take the boat out of the water and check it.
That's what I think.
Thank you.
I missed you, man. Come here. Give me a hug.
Forward. Forward. Yeah.
Good. Come.
How's my right hand?
Away from the wall.
- Okay. I got it. - Yeah.
Hey, I'm sorry.
For what?
For what I did.
What'd you do?
I don't know. What did I do?
Well, if you don't know that,
then there's no sense having this conversation.
Well, you know, we all deal with shit in different ways.
Yeah. I can see that.
But you're really the best.
Come on. Sea Tours?
What's that about?
You're not a tour guide.
Yeah. Because you're doing something so much better?
No.
But I remind you that we were supposed to make movies together about sharks.
Remember?
We were gonna be the first ones to film them mating, calving.
Looks like that didn't happen.
Sorry you're so unhappy.
- Because you are happy? - I am happy.
No. No. You are angry.
I'm not angry. That's-- I'm not angry.
You think I'm angry, but I'm not.
You have no idea what's wrong with me.
- That's the problem. - I'm sorry I can't read your mind.
Why not? We're married. You should be able to.
You walked out, not me.
You wanted me to walk out.
I wanted you to feel. I wanted you to care about me.
I care. I care. That's the problem.
And I always care!
But after what happened to Themba, you became impossible to be around.
It was easy for you just to get back out on the water.
That's easy for you to feel sorry for yourself as you do.
- "It's my fault." - It is my fault.
- No! - Yes!
If it wasn't for me, Themba would still be here.
I know that's hard for you to understand, but it's true.
Now, if that makes me impossible, I'm sorry.
- Excuse me. - Whoa!
I heard about the bank.
They're gonna take the boat.
Zukie, why don't you just sew your mouth shut?
I just told the truth!
I'm here to help.
Push me again.
I don't need your help.
So stubborn.
- I'm not stubborn. - Yes, you are.
No, I'm not.
I have a job offer.
A lot of money.
Enough to save the boat.
Give me your phone.
Where's my number?
It's not in there.
Erased it.
Can I have my phone, please?
Now it is.
The guy is coming in tomorrow morning.
Give me a call if you want to meet him.
Or don't!
Kate, are you gonna call him?
Nope.
He's right. You're miserable.
You're making everyone around you miserable.
Look in the mirror. See that?
That is a horrible, miserable face. Yeah?
You're gonna end up like one of those old women
with 45 cats, smelling like wee.
- Just take the money. - First of all, that's disgusting.
Second of all, why are you on his side?
See this? A fuel bill.
It needs to get paid. Yeah?
See this? It needs to get paid, okay?
As devastatingly handsome as I am,
I can't keep going out on dates with girls saying, "Oh, we having champagne?"
I say, "No, we're having tap water. Grab a straw."
Stop. Be quiet, okay?
What?
All of that. Yeah.
You were a lot cooler when you were hanging out with sharks.
Kiss and make up. It's time.
Like it's that easy, Zukie.
You're being too hard on Jeff. Meet him halfway.
Can you just stop, stop, stop, stop talking?
- Be quiet. - We need the money, Kate.
We need the money.
- Take his offer. - No.
- Why not? - Because.
- Because? - Because. That's why.
Because I said because.
Because what?
Zukie, because.
Because you're still in hiding.
My Themba lived and died by his choices.
I've been married to that stubbornness for over 40 years.
Believe me.
And Themba loved his work. You know--
He died on his terms. Not yours, and certainly not mine.
Okay?
Now go. Go see that boy and give him a big hug for me.
Now you go.
Bye, Zukie.
Promise.
You have to get right up close,
and you have to be able to feel them and touch them.
They have to be able to trust you
in order to show you who they are
and teach you the things that you need to learn.
And it's important to get out of the cage because...
That is amazing.
Look at that.
She's the only one in the world who does it.
And lives to tell the tale.
Hello.
Katie Mathieson, William Brady.
- Hello. - I am honored.
What you do is quite extraordinary.
If only my acquisitions managers had your nerve,
then I'd be a rich man,
and I could afford to get married again.
- My son Luke. - Hi. Nice to meet you.
- And you. - You have beautiful eyebrows, you know.
Stunning.
Oh, God.
Really. Stunning.
Sorry. I notice things like that. It's a compliment.
Yeah. I like them, too.
Can we turn this off?
You don't like compliments.
Hey, let's sit down.
Luke, scoot. Come on.
- Okay. - Please.
Thank you.
- Something to drink? - Yeah. Hot tea.
Yes, sir?
Anyone else?
One hot tea, please.
Thank you.
What can I do for you?
Okay. Let's cut to the chase.
A woman after my own heart.
We...
want to dive with great white sharks.
Good. I know a great place.
There's lots of great cage operators here in Cape Town, so...
We want to swim with great white sharks
outside the cage.
No, no, no. He wants to dive out of the cage.
Yeah, that's right. Outside of the cage.
How many people in the world have done that?
You can count them on the fingers of one hand, am I right?
That's an opportunity of a lifetime.
See, my son here-- he lives down here in Cape Town with his mum.
She keeps him all wrapped up in bubble wrap.
He's in the shark capital of the world, and he's never even seen one.
Listen. Hey. Luke, Luke,
I want this weekend to be memorable.
Right.
Well, you don't just jump in the water with a great white.
You just...
Okay.
You're gonna show us how to dive.
Okay. I've spent ten years studying sharks.
It's taken me that long to be able to get outside of a cage and swim.
Well, I've got to be back in London for business on Monday morning,
so you're gonna have to give us the crash course.
Don't worry. We're fast learners.
Did you tell them they could get out of the cage?
No, no, no. Wait a second.
Jean Paul just here arranged for us to meet.
My name is Jean Francois. Call me Jeff, if you want.
Forgive me. Jeff arranged for us to meet.
But you're the real deal here, Kate.
You're the reason I'm here.
Anybody can point a camera, with respect,
and take a picture, right, Luke?
You, on the other hand, are the real deal.
Nobody else in the world does what you do.
You're the essential element here, Kate.
I have done my research,
and I'm willing to offer you 100,000 euros
if you will dive with me
so that I can get out of the cage
and swim with great white sharks.
Don't worry. I know what I'm doing in the water--
Dad, please. Not the spiel.
Thank you.
I'm Trionic certified.
I have performed surgery on myself--
... in 50-foot seas in the Southern Ocean.
It's a long story. I'll tell you about it later.
I have also spent a week in a decompression chamber
after being stuck in the Blue Hole at Dahab, which was not my fault.
He had James Cameron rescue him.
Name-dropper.
But, hey, I'm not ashamed of that.
You want the best in the world alongside you
when you're pushing the envelope.
That's why you're here.
Swimming with sharks, for me--
that is the ultimate.
It's putting your courage on the line, right?
First of all, it's not about courage,
it's about trust.
Well, I trust you
to put me in the water with a great white shark.
Okay, well, even if I would fathom this idea,
it's the absolute wrong time of the year.
It's mating season, and when sharks mate, they bite,
and you do not want to be in the water when that happens.
I don't want to mate with a shark.
I just want to swim with one.
I'm prepared to sign a release.
I am prepared to wire you the money up front
so you can buy yourself a new pair of jellies
- or whatever they call them-- - They call them flip-flops, Dad.
Don't interrupt your father when he is doing a deal.
Okay? Watch and learn.
My boat's out of the water anyway.
I'm having them fix it overnight.
Okay. All I'm gonna guarantee you are seals.
Okay? Now, if I find a good shark--
and I say if--
I might let you out of the cage.
But it's absolutely my call.
Okay? So,
if that sounds like a deal that you want to make,
then I'm more than happy to take you out
and maybe show you some sharks.
Fantastic.
- Sounds like we have a deal. - Deal.
Cheers. Here's to swimming with great whites.
Cheers.
No. No alcohol. No alcohol. Bad luck.
Is that a French thing?
Champagne all around, then.
So you contacted him?
Well, it's through a friend of a friend.
Okay. And it didn't even occur to you
that I haven't been in the water for about a year?
It's like a bicycle.
When you know it, you never forget it.
Well, you make it sound so easy.
It is.
Let the guy swim with sharks, I film it,
he shows it to his friends or whatever.
What do I care?
Take the money.
Okay, I'll take the money.
But let me tell you something.
I decide if he gets out of the cage.
- Okay, boss. - Good.
We serve the boat, and we go back where we belong--
far from here, closer to nature.
And I make this movie about you and the sharks,
and I call it Mysteries of the Deep.
What?
Mysteries of the Deep?
I like it. It's catchy.
You can't come up with something better than that?
What you say?
I say I need Tommy.
He already said yes.
How did I know you would say that?
'Cause you've known me so long.
Hey. What about Legend of the Deep?
That's good.
Of course, you're the legend, no?
You're so cheesy.
Well, I'm French. I like cheese.
No!
Legend of the Deep.
No.
- Well... - Get off.
Think about it.
Guys, we don't have a lot of time.
Let's go.
Let's move. Move it.
Come on. Hurry up.
Come on. Step it up.
It's a 20-minute swim to Seal lsland,
if the sharks don't get you first.
Okay.
Let's go. We've gotta move.
We've gotta move.
Yeah, yeah. I'm coming.
Come on, boy.
Wait up, old man. I'm coming.
Come on, boy. You're a bit slow there.
Come on, boss. We can't wait for him.
Let's go, let's go.
Come on, boy. Move. You're not going for a stroll on the beach.
We're poachers, man, not shell collectors.
Come on. Let's make some money.
You did it, boy. There you go.
Patrol, come in.
Patrol is receiving. Go ahead.
We've got a white Toyota pickup out at Miller's Point, yeah?
Any plates? Over.
No plates. Looks like abalone poachers. Over.
But if they're out to Seal lsland,
there's a 50-50 chance they're not making it back,
- so send a tow truck, yeah? - Okay. Will do.
We'll get good money for that.
There's plenty down there.
Hey, I've got a nice big one over here.
That's a nice fat one.
Come on, boys.
We've got enough.
Let's head back to land.
Come on, come on. Let's go.
We don't have a lot of time, boys.
Wait up!
Come on, boy! Hurry up!
The car's waiting for you there.
Wait!
Hurry up. Don't fall behind.
Hey, guys!
Slow down!
Come on, boy!
Wait up for me!
Swim, man, swim. Come on!
Hey, guys, slow down!
Hey, wait up!
Hey, guys!
Come on, guys, stop.
Stop messing around, guys.
- Here you go. - I've got it.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Whale watch?
Don't ask, don't tell.
Whale season's over.
It says so on your license, I believe.
I'm gonna have to bury you under a flower bush, I see.
Be safe out there.
Yeah. Park here.
Thank you. Here you go.
- Morning. - Hello.
- This yours? - Yep.
Kind of cozy.
- Yep. - But she's seaworthy, yeah?
Yep.
We don't need the tanks.
Okay.
I thought we were going underwater.
You're going in a cage, so I'll send you down a line.
And if I let you out of the cage, you're gonna free dive.
Sharks don't like bubbles.
Okay. Cool.
Well, I'm good to hold my breath for about three minutes.
How about you?
I don't know.
He's been practicing in the bath.
Let's go.
Dick.
- Hey. Tommy. - Hey. William.
- Nice to meet you. - Hey.
- Hi. Tommy. - Hi.
- Hi, guys. Good to see you again. - Hi, Jeff. How are you?
Did you tell him he could smoke?
No smoking on the boat.
No smoking.
I paid to dive with sharks, not to quit smoking, right?
Come on. Didn't you fly here for 12 hours?
Did you smoke?
Got my own plane, honey. I smoke on my own plane, okay?
Well, I got my own boat, honey. No smoking.
Whoa, whoa. Please.
- Ask nicely. - Dad, come on.
Don't be a dick.
Dad, don't be a dick. Just put it out.
Oh, my God.
Look, okay. If it means so much to you all,
there you go.
Okay? But I'm warning you all,
I'm gonna get cranky.
Breakfast!
Hey, Jeff!
- You want a beer? You want one? - No, thanks.
I'll have one.
- You want one? - Yeah.
Go on then. Don't drink it all at once.
Here you go, mate.
Thank you.
Cheers.
Cheers. Here's to swimming with sharks.
All right. Here's one. Think before you answer.
How do you outswim a shark?
You don't. You just have to outswim the chap next to you.
- You heard that one. - Who hasn't?
Yeah. Right.
Jeff, this cage-- it's pretty sturdy, right?
Yeah.
What about this?
What's this for?
Just in case?
Well, you know, sometimes shit happens.
Well, does shit happen a lot?
You mean with Kate?
Shit is happening all the time, my friend.
Tommy, the head is clogged.
Take care of it, please.
- Got it, skipper. - Thanks.
- Go. Go, go, go, go. - Whoa!
Turn the whole pad. You'll clear it.
Turn it towards you, like the reins of a horse.
- Give me a turn. - No! No! Wait!
- It's mine! - I got it. Please.
Luke, get out here! Dolphins!
Look here.
How's that?
Oh, man. Are there always so many?
No. This is rare. This is good.
- They're so close. - Yeah.
They love surfing the wake.
Does the boat ever hit them?
Only the dumb ones.
How do you make a woman make a noise like a dolphin?
You stick your willy just near her bum, and she goes...
That's terrible.
Kate doesn't laugh at that either. Don't laugh. Not funny.
This is good.
Okay. Ready? Go.
Want a taste? Try it.
No. I'm good.
Sharkies love it.
Kate's been talking to them for years in sharkie language,
asking what they're favorite flavor is,
and this, my friend, is it.
Yeah. Blood. That's beautiful.
Chunks. Yeah. If you want, we can keep the leftovers,
have a romantic candlelit dinner for two later.
As appealing as that is, I'll pass, thanks.
Where are the sharks?
I thought they were guaranteed.
Well, sharks are extremely intelligent,
but they haven't quite figured out how to RSVP.
But what I did guarantee you were seals.
There you go.
You sure delivered there.
I did. 47,000 of them.
Well, 100K to swim with a seal.
Lucky me.
Nice.
How you like the 5D?
- I like it. - Can I have a look?
Yeah. Definitely. Here.
I'll just go and get changed.
I've got my eye on it, but a bit pricey.
Oh, yeah. I know.
You've got a good eye.
Thanks.
Shall I have a go?
Did I pay for this?
Right. So I'll take a thousand pictures, yeah?
I get one in focus, and ya-da, I'm a photographer.
Is that it?
A bit more complicated than that.
Yeah? You think?
Here you go.
There you are. Check them out.
Hang on a minute. How come you get to smoke?
I know the owner.
Give us one, then? Come on, mate.
- Promise him more. - Yeah, man.
He's a funny guy.
- Can I say something? - Yeah.
When you're shooting with backlight, you need to change some settings.
- Yeah? - And as for composition, you've got none.
Nice. What do you want to do? You want to score the goal,
or do you want to be the guy who takes the picture of the guy scoring the goal?
- Save it. - Live a bit, babe.
This kid, right? You take him to a hooker,
he'd take photographs of the hooker.
My fault. It's the way I brought them up.
They're all spoiled rotten.
That's what happens when you bring up kids who don't need to earn a living.
Bullshit. I grew up with no money, and I'm a photographer.
Yeah? Okay.
Luke, tell the frog prince here
how much money you think you can actually make--
- What did you just call me? -...from this hobby photography?
- Sorry? - I didn't hear it.
Hey, hey. I'm just joking, mate.
Don't start this shit with me.
There's no shit. I'm just having a laugh.
Don't talk like that. It's about respect, okay?
I apologize. Yeah? I'm just making a stupid joke.
I'm stupid, making a stupid joke.
I don't like your joke.
Wow.
Is he always like that?
This is a good day.
He usually is a ten-out-of-ten prick.
Lucky you.
- Why the tapping? - They like the sound.
They'll come, and you'll see. Keep going.
Open ocean,
you, me...
Brings back good memories.
The funny thing about memories is...
you remember the good ones and forget the shitty.
Yeah?
And there were a lot of shitty ones.
I think-- That part again?
What, shitty?
No. I mean...
You know what I mean.
Where's your ring?
Sorry. I was broke.
Oh, gosh.
Where's your ring?
Incoming!
Incoming.
Bring him back.
How big do you think he is?
About three meters.
- Are you seeing this? - Yeah, I got him.
Come on, boy!
- Big, man. She's big. - Look at her mouth!
Wow!
God, she's gorgeous.
- She's beautiful. - She's a he.
How do you know it's a male?
'Cause I can see claspers on his anal fins.
Essentially, that's like two penises.
All right!
This isn't the one.
So sharks have really sensitive snouts.
So they can actually feel your heart rate.
So they sense nervousness.
Wow! Look at those teeth!