A film detailing the life and times of Teddy Tucker was launched last night at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.

BUEI International Advisor chairman Dr. Gregory Stone said the 'Adventure is My Life' the Teddy Tucker Biography was a very exciting documentary that BUEI and the Aquarium, Museum and Zoo had been working on for two years.

Dr. Stone said that he worked as an executive co-producer on the project with Jaws director Peter Benchley.

"Peter and I executive produced the film," said Dr. Stone. "It is shot in High Definition TV (HDTV), which is a brand new format a very high resolution format above and below water.

"Really great shots here in Bermuda and archive shots from Teddy's interesting life. It is a nice film for Bermuda because there are a lot of Bermuda stories in there too. So that is the gala tonight and tomorrow night.

"There are just a few tickets left and I guess that is sold out too."

Dr. Stone said he shot the underwater parts of the film and that Mr. Tucker had a huge influence on his life.

"I came here first when I was 19 and met Teddy in the late 70s and he had a big influence on me getting going in the oceans with explorations and diving and all that stuff," he said, "Now I do a lot of work all over the world and I do a lot of work with the National Geographic Society.

"So it is a real celebration of Teddy who is one of the big heroes of Bermuda in terms of him going into the ocean and that is the big picture."

The film details different dives and phases of his life.

"His life is still strong and going ? it is not the definitive piece," he said, "It is where he is at now, but it does go back in time from when he was a small boy here in Bermuda and through his WWII activity.

"The fact that he invented what we now call underwater archaeology in the 1950s with people from the Smithsonian and elsewhere. That was a key area and that is when he found the Tucker Cross, which was stolen just before Queen Elizabeth II was to see it and has never been found.

"Also Teddy has been involved with a lot of ocean research over the years and biological research, from studying humpback whales to deep sea sharks. He has had a really very broad and aquatic background."

Dr. Stone said most of the filming was done around the Island. "It is really about the Bermuda part of his life," he said.

The film airs again tonight at 7 p.m. at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.