Double hose reg in "Oceans" movie

[Creed]

I just happened to catch the last bit of the movie "Oceans" which came out in 2009. There is a part with a man diving with a Great White, and he's using a double hose reg of some sort. Anyone happen to know him and what it might be? I presume that it is one of the main people of the film, either Jacques Perrin or Jacques Cluzaud. Here is a clip from the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-P172HpeOA

[Drado]

Still can't make out the reg - yoke looks kinda heavy-duty though.

Seems he was diving more vintage than just the reg - looks like an oval mask, and sans BC



An interesting thing is his tank/harness though. I cant make out any bands. It looks a bit like a shroud over the entire tank.

[Sea Explorer]

The diver is former Cousteau crew member and biologist, Francois Serano and the regulator is a new Aqualung Mistral. The reason it was an Aqualung Mistral and not one of his Cousteau Spiro Mistrals is that the insurance company required a pressure gauge. The Companion book to the film has some more amazing images from that scene.

If you get a chance to see the French version of the film it is much better than the Disney edit released in the US.

-Ryan

[Drado]

I guess that explains that short bit of hose sticking out on the side. Now that we know its a New Mistral, it becomes all so clear!

[Bryan]

They must have the diver attached to a float from the surface. Otherwise he would have sunk to the bottom because he is not wearing a BC....

[Aileron]

I'm sorry, was he diving vintage? I couldn't take my eyes off the GIGANTIC WHITE SHARK! And how close he got to it. Very large cajones (the diver not the shark).

[Bryan]

He's not afraid...Didn't you notice the stick in his hand?

[Creed]

I think that the stick is actually some sort of writing board viewed from the side.

[Aileron]

I think that the stick is actually some sort of writing board viewed from the side.

You think it's a huge slate?.....cause that is what I would bring on a dive with the WHITEs.

[Creed]

You think it's a huge slate?.....cause that is what I would bring on a dive with the WHITEs.

Heh, yeah, you can see the slate in the first picture linked in this thread, or in the video, when the shark comes up and bumps the slate while investigating the diver. My son was enthralled.

[Drado]

Probably writing his last will and testament...

Then again, I've only ever seen a shark in open water once - a small 4 foot black tip reef shark. Only felt excitement, and tried following it as it sped off...

On second thought, I did get to have several encounters with whale sharks in Sorsogon, here in the Philippines - but this was snorkeling, and not SCUBA. They once dropped us off into the ocean, and as soon as I got my bearings, I turned around, and there was this small city-bus sized fish heading for me with its mouth open. Fun.

[JES]

I think that the stick is actually some sort of writing board viewed from the side.

You think it's a huge slate?.....cause that is what I would bring on a dive with the WHITEs.

You too?

[luis]

The reason it was an Aqualung Mistral and not one of his Cousteau Spiro Mistrals is that the insurance company required a pressure gauge.

-Ryan

The insurance company is Ok with him swimming with a large “White shark”… as long as he is using a pressure gauge.

I am just curious… how much would be the insurance premiums when you dive with white sharks?

Heck some life insurance premiums will go up if you dive below 60ft; Maybe they just don’t even ask about swimming with white sharks.

[Aileron]

The phone conversation would go something like this:

"Hey Mom and Dad, I was on this liveaboard in the (where ever that was filmed)and we had the opportunity to dive with a 20 ft Great White Shark."......**crickets chirping**........"Yes, like the one in Jaws that ate everyone on the beach and was finally blown up Richard Dreyfus with a scuba tank. It was OK though, I was perfectly safe because I had my giant (great) white slate, no bouyancy device, double hose reg and vintage gear."

Click.....

[Drado]

You forgot:

"....and I had an SPG attached.: