Island of the Sharks

NR, 40 min. Directed by Howard Hall. Starring Linda Hunt.

REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Thu., Jan. 27, 2000

Cocos Island, 300 miles of the coast of Costa Rica, serves as the remote setting for this look at the world's highest concentration of large marine predators.

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