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Wild OceanGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 12/07/2010 Rating NR Production Year: 2010 Run Time: 40 mins Released By: Image Cast: John Kani, John Kani As originally conceived, designed and shot for IMAX theaters, this ecological chronicle travels into the aquatic realm and depicts it as the stage of a nonstop struggle for survival of the fittest, among thousands of species of marine life - both against one another and against homo-sapiens, the most aggressive of all predators. The program assesses the economic and cultural legacy of the world's seas, and pays homage to the attempts of many conservationists to save its precious resources. Co-directors Steve McNicholas and Luke Cresswell shot the footage off the coast of South Africa, lending it a not-so-subtle aura of exotic visual splendor. … more less -
EarthGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 09/01/2009 Rating NR Production Year: 2009 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Cast: James Earl Jones Partially constructed from the groundbreaking BBC and Discovery Channel television series PLANET EARTH, EARTH is a ravishing and often gut-wrenching tale of natural survival and beauty. Five years in the making (including 250 days of aerial footage shot from planes, helicopters, and two-man balloons) and narrated by actor James Earl Jones, EARTH follows the trials of three families of polar bears, elephants, and whales. Though separated by seasons and continents, each family will cross great lengths and confront numerous hardships: for the Arctic polar bears, it is an increasingly warming planet that melts the ice they need for a hunting platform; for the African elephants, hot desert conditions and hungry predators will stand in the way of reaching a lush delta; and for the Pacific humpback whales, their Antarctic migration will be fraught with rough waters and great white sharks. Along the way, EARTH takes us on a global tour of nature in all its colorful splendor and harrowing moments--from windswept tundra to teeming rainforests, from cheetahs running down their prey to ducklings taking first flight. And as each family struggles towards their much-needed feeding grounds, directors Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield ultimately show us that nature can be equally giving and unforgiving. Educational but never preachy, EARTH is an unprecedented invitation for adults and children alike to experience the everyday natural wonders that deserve our awe and safeguarding. … more less -
Sound CityGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 03/12/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2013 Run Time: 152 mins Released By: RCA Red Seal Sound City Studios is a recording complex that opened in 1969 in Van Nuys, CA. While the studio looked utilitarian on the outside and was located in a less-than-glamorous part of Southern California, it boasted a state-of-the-art recording console designed by Rupert Neve, and the studio's acoustics gave music a big, powerful sound that was perfect for rock & roll. Beginning with Neil Young's AFTER THE GOLD RUSH in 1970, many of the biggest acts of the day came to Sound City to put their music on tape, and bands and performers such as Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Elton John, Santana, Johnny Cash, and the Grateful Dead all cut albums there. In 1991, Nirvana came to Sound City to record their breakthrough album NEVERMIND, and the studio soon found a new clientele, with alternative rockers such as Nine Inch Nails, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tool, and Rage Against the Machine booking time at the studio. But as digital technology became the industry standard by the end of the 1990s, Sound City's analog gear fell out of favor, and the owners sold off the trademark Neve recording console. That console was purchased by musician Dave Grohl, who recorded at Sound City with Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, and Grohl offers a look back at the studio's glory days in the documentary SOUND CITY. Along with interviews with many of the artists and technicians who worked at Sound City, the film examines how the rise of digital recording technology has changed the music business, and impacted the way many musicians work. SOUND CITY was Grohl's first project as a film director, and the documentary received its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. … more less -
Amazing OceanGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 01/29/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2013 Run Time: 55 mins Released By: Universal Studios Home Video Cast: Glen McCready This family-oriented ambient release leads viewers on an underwater journey in 3D, for glimpses of incredible marine life. Species seen here include octupi, manta rays, turtles, and dolphins. … more less -
Ocean Wonderland 3DGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 06/07/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 2003 Run Time: 41 mins Released By: Universal Studios Home Video This visually stunning release takes an HD look at some of the most beautiful and fascinating marine life to inhabit the ocean, taking an up-close look at the wildlife of the Great Barrier Reef, as well as the Bahamas, with accompanying music provided by the Sofia Symphonia Orchestra. … more less -
Planet OceanGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 04/09/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 93 mins Released By: Universal Studios Home Video Filmmakers Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Michael Pitiot offer a breathtaking look at our ocean's fragile ecosystem and the threats posed to it by mankind's ongoing search for sustenance and natural resources as narration reveals the crucial role that the sea plays in sustaining life on planet Earth. … more less -
SamsaraGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 01/08/2013 Rating Production Year: 2011 Director and cinematographer Ron Fricke offers a striking glimpse into some of the world's most remarkable happenings in this visually spectacular documentary. Following in the same template as 1992's BARAKA (also directed by Fricke), SAMSARA is a study in the ways humanity works as a collective and as individuals, with the cycle of human existence providing the subtext for the parade of images (the title is a Tibetan word meaning "the wheel of life"). Combining scenes of destruction and rebirth, images of profound humanity and mechanized lifelessness, BARAKA includes remarkable images of people working together en masse, including Muslims visiting the holy city of Mecca, hundred of Chinese dancers performing a synchronized routine, and prisoners doing group exercises in a prison yard. Fricke filmed SAMSARA over a period of several years, shooting on 65mm film stock and transferring the footage to 4K high-definition video for post-production and exhibition. SAMSARA received its world premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. … more less -
Searching for Sugar ManGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 01/22/2013 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 87 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Two South African music lovers embark on a mission to uncover the fate of an obscure, 1970s-era U.S. rocker whose debut album became a surprise hit in their home country, and uncover a shocking secret along the way. Sixto Diaz Rodriguez had the kind of musical career that every aspiring rock star fears -- lauded by critics but ignored by the public, he released two albums before unceremoniously disappearing from the spotlight. But while sales of Rodriguez's debut CD COLD FACT fell flat in the U.S., overseas in Australia and South Africa, the fans couldn't get enough. In apartheid-torn South Africa in particular, COLD FACT became something of an anti-establishment classic, eventually going platinum. Later, rumors began to swirl that Rodriguez had suffered a horrible death. When Rodriguez's second album COMING FROM REALITY makes it's belated debut in South Africa, a pair of devoted fans take it upon themselves to uncover the facts surrounding the mysterious musician, and get the surprise of a lifetime while attempting to track the profits from his record sales. … more less -
Universe in 3-D, TheGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 11/13/2012 Rating Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 132 mins Released By: A&E Home Video … more less -
Great Barrier Reef, TheGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 04/09/2013 Rating Production Year: 2013 Run Time: 185 mins Released By: BBC Video This visually stunning release goes underneath the waves to take a long, peaceful look at the picturesque Great Barrier Reef, the largest living structure on the planet containing over 3000 individual lifeform systems, and often populated by some of the most beautiful and unique animal life on earth. … more less -
Ancient Aliens: Season FourGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 11/20/2012 Rating Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 440 mins Released By: A&E Home Video The fourth season of ANCIENT ALIENS speculates that extraterrestrial beings may have been involved in the sudden disappearance of the Mayans, and what may have accounted for the sudden spike in UFO sightings during the disastrous 2011 tsunami in Japan. The show also studies evidence suggesting NASA may be hiding information that could substantiate many individual stories of alien abduction. Includes 10 episodes. … more less -
WWII from SpaceGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 05/07/2013 Rating Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Lionsgate This two-hour special uses CGI to recreate a satellite view of the events of World War II. The unique context provides history buffs further insight into the conflict and the process that led a nation that was once ranked 19th in the world's militaries to emerge as the planet's only atomic superpower. … more less -
Men Who Built America, TheGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 01/22/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 2013 Run Time: 360 mins Released By: Lionsgate This collection takes a look at those responsible for putting the United States of America on a path towards technological, economical, and architectural progress even in the devastating aftermath of the Civil War. … more less -
Planet Earth - The Complete CollectionGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 10/04/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 2007 Run Time: 550 mins Released By: BBC Video With both impressive scope and incredible detail, PLANET EARTH explores the entire world using high definition cinematography. Boasting a budget of over $25 million, this BBC/Discovery Channel co-production exposes the beauty of the earth and its animal inhabitants from a cuddly panda cub to an attacking shark. David Attenborough narrates, as the vivid documentary takes to the sea, as well as to the mountains, caves, deserts, jungles, and more. With 40 cameramen traveling to 200 locations, this is an epic series that can't be missed. This set contains every episode: "Living Planet," "Mountains," "Fresh Water," "Caves," "Deserts," "Frozen Worlds," "The Great Plains," "Forests," "Jungles," "The Shallow Seas," "Ocean Wide, Ocean Deep," and "Planet Earth - The Future." … more less -
RescueGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 11/06/2012 Rating NR Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 46 mins Released By: Image This documentary follows life-saving first-responders as they plunge headfirst into Haiti in order to help when a massive earthquake strikes the island nation. … more less -
Sea RexGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 11/15/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 2010 Run Time: 58 mins Released By: Universal Studios Home Video Embark on an unforgettable journey through the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods and swim with creatures that have been extinct for millions of years in this film that explores our past in ways we've never imagined. Long before the Tyrannosaurus Rex roamed the land, enormous sea creatures like the Shonisaurus called the ocean their home. Now, thanks to computer-generated imagery and IMAX technology, we can swim alongside these majestic beasts and experience sights that no human has ever witnessed. … more less -
History in 3DGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 11/13/2012 Rating Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 179 mins Released By: A&E Home Video This box set from cable's venerable History Channel offers a triumvirate of documentary programs that explore various historical events in 3D mode. First on the bill is WWII IN 3D, a systematic and chronological look at the Second World War - from Adolf Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939, through the D-Day landing at Normandy in 1944, and beyond. Next up is TITANIC: 100 YEARS IN 3D in which the administrators of Woods Hole team up with SMS Titanic, Inc. for a 3D underwater exploration of history's most infamous ill-fated cruise ship - a journey paired, here, vis-Ã -vis biographical profiles of various Titanic casualties. Finally, HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN TWO HOURS IN 3D offers exactly what its titles promises - a visually overwhelming, three-dimensional look back at all of the Earth's history, from the creation of the planet through the rise of modern civilizations. … more less -
Winged MigrationGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 04/07/2009 Rating G Production Year: 2003 Run Time: 89 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Jacques Perrin (MICROCOSMOS) presents this dramatically beautiful documentary about bird migratory patterns, featuring breathtaking photography and hypnotic music. The film covers seven continents during four seasons, highlighting species both unique and common. From puffins in Iceland, whooper swans in Japan, bald eagles in Arizona, flamingos in Kenya, albatross in New Zealand, macaw in Peru, geese in Nepal, and plenty of cranes and storks in the director's native France, WINGED MIGRATION is literally a tour of the world from a bird's eye view. Filmed over the course of three year's time, the production for the movie was extensive to say the least. Using a crew of over 450 people broken up into five teams, new photographic techniques were invented specifically for the purpose of filming flocks of birds in flight. Balloon, helicopter, helicopter model, remote controlled glider, traditional glider, delta plane, and ultra-light motorized aircraft are the flying devices used to achieve the film's incredible camera angles. In fact, because birds were trained to be unafraid of the delta plane, photographers were able to fly alongside flocks, sometimes filming birds as they gazed into the camera's lens while also keeping in focus the dramatic landscape unfolding below. WINGED MIGRATION takes viewers on a unique journey soaring over the Earth as few films have ever done before. … more less -
Under the SeaGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 11/16/2010 Rating G Production Year: 2009 Run Time: 41 mins Released By: IMAX Actor Jim Carrey is the narrator/tourguide for a stunning journey into the world's most beautiful and remote coral reefs. With his amazing underwater Imax camera, director Howard Hall travels to Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Australia's Great Barrier Reef, and some of the world's most isolated spots in order to bring audiences truly jaw-dropping visual experiences. Great white sharks swim right up, sting rays flap sand all over, and there's up-close and personal time with sea lions, sea turtles, clown fish, nautilus and dwarf whales, and the leafy-looking sea dragon (at such close proximity, these creatures make typical movie monsters seem pretty tame). The sealife can be hypnotic in the clear, flowing waves--as in the dance of the cuttlefish, or the fields of eels--but beware of sudden attacks from well-camouflaged predators like the spiny scorpion fish. Hall is a pro photographer of these Imax soirees, having also helmed DEEP SEA and INTO THE DEEP, and his great patience, skill, and obvious love for his subject matter pay off in fully immersive images that add urgency to the film's serious environmental concerns: acidification and global warming are endangering the reefs, and action must be taken if these creatures are to survive into the future. … more less -
Mankind: The Story of All of UsGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 12/18/2012 Rating Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 552 mins Released By: A&E Home Video Burgess Meredith (ROCKY) narrates this sprawling, ambitious documentary series, created by the producers of AMERICA: THE STORY OF US. The episodes collectively examine the history of human life on planet Earth, from homo sapien origins in Mesopotamia through contemporary times. … more less
