Carson was inundated with speaking engagements, fan mail and other correspondence regarding "The Sea Around Us", along with work on the script that she had secured the right to review. She was very unhappy with the final version of the script by writer, director and producer Irwin Allen; she found it untrue to the atmosphere of the book and scientifically embarrassing, describing it as "a cross between a believe-it-or-not and a breezy travelogue." She discovered, however, that her right to review the script did not extend to any control over its content. This led to many scientific inconsistencies inside the film. In spite of Carson's requests to resolve these problems, Allen went forward with the script and succeeded in producing a very successful documentary. It went on to win the 1953 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, but Carson was so embittered by the experience that she never again sold film rights to her work.