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List Price: $9.98Price: $8.99You Save: $0.99 (10%)Cosmic Voyage (IMAX)
Actor: Morgan Freeman
ASIN : B000060MWT
Sales Rank : 7321
Director : Bayley Silleck
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : Imax
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780790767956
ISBN : 0790767953
UPC : 794051804723
Release Date : December 30, 2002
Publisher : Imax
Manufacturer : Imax
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Imax
Running Time : 35
DescriptionCosmic Voyage mixes ground-breaking computer animation with cutting edge science to give us a sweeping view of the universe. A "cosmic zoom" extends from the surface of the Earth to the largest observable structures of the universe, and then back down to the sub-nuclear realm - a guided tour across some 42 orders of magnitude. Cosmic Voyage explores some of the greatest scientific theories, many of which have never before been visualized on film. DVD Features:
Documentary
Theatrical Trailer
Amazon.comAs a primer on up-to-date scientific theory about the nature of the universe and our place in it, Cosmic Voyage is visually sumptuous and just plain fun. Shot in the mind-blowing IMAX process, this combined live-action and computer-generated production has (even in video format) an immensity of scope befitting its grand subject. Beginning, lyrically if unexpectedly, in Italy's magnificent Venice, Cosmic Voyage draws inspiration from airborne perspectives on the city's famed network of canals and streets, leading to further appreciations of dense systems in nature. From the subnuclear to the physical limits of the known universe, Cosmic Voyage explores a resonance between all things while making sense of such inscrutable phenomena as the birth of stars and planets, black holes, supernovas, etc. The marvels of cosmology are rarely so accessible as this. --Tom Keogh
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List Price: $39.95Price: $35.99You Save: $3.96 (10%)The Privileged Planet / Unlocking the Mystery of Life 2-DVD Set
Actor: John Rhys-Davies
ASIN : B000COET9C
Sales Rank : 16721
Director : Lad Allen
Brand : The Privileged Planet / Unlocking the Mystery of Life 2-DVD Set
Studio : Illustra Media
Model : IM2D
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Feature : Bonus DVD Features; The search for Earth-like planets; Journey to the edge of the universe; Earth from Space; 45 minutes of additional bonus materials, including frequently asked questions about Darwinism and intelligent design answered by scientists and an overview of the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands.
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0804671114093
UPC : 804671114093
Release Date : December 01, 2006
Publisher : Illustra Media
Manufacturer : Illustra Media
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Illustra Media
Running Time : 220
Product DescriptionThese critically acclaimed films are at the heart of a debate that is sweeping the nation. Is Darwinian evolution an accurate scientific explanation of the origin of the universe? Or is the true source of life and the cosmos an intelligent, purposeful designer? Through computer animation and interviews with leading scientists and scholars, Unlocking the Mystery of Life and The Privileged Planet answer these questions an never before. Featured on PBS , these remarkable documentaries will equip you and your family to understand an issue that could define science and culture in the 21st century.
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List Price: $19.95Price: $17.99You Save: $1.96 (10%)NOVA: Bees - Tales From the Hive
Actor: Nova
ASIN : B000MZGN4K
Sales Rank : 15301
Director : Wolfgang Thaler; Herbert Habersack
Brand : WGBH BOSTON VIDEO
Studio : WGBH BOSTON
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0783421290198
UPC : 783421290198
Release Date : December 24, 2007
Publisher : WGBH BOSTON
Manufacturer : WGBH BOSTON
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : WGBH BOSTON
Running Time : 54
DescriptionSpend a year in this hive and experience life as a bee. Amazingly up-close footage filmed with specially developed macro lenses brings you the most intimate- and most spectacular- portrayal of a working bee colony ever filmed. It’s not frightening- it’s fascinating. See things you never imagined. Hear things only bees hear. Discover new found facts about the strange and complex life of bees. Did you know it takes nectar from 10 million flowers to create a single liter of honey? No wonder they’re called worker bees! Tales from the Hive exposes a bee colony’s secret world- detailing such rarely seen events as the life-or-death battle between a pair of rival queens, a bee eater's attack on the hive, a scout bee’s mysterious dance that shares special "nectar directions" with the rest of the hive. Also, watch the high-speed mid-air "wedding flight" of drone and queen. See the colony’s defense against a honey-loving bear.
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Price: $79.95Vietnam - A Television History
Actor: Everett Alvarez; Herbert Bluechel; George Ball (II); J. Lawton Collins; William Colby (II); Ted Danielsen; Bill Erhart; Vernon Gillespie; Leslie Gelb; John Keegan (II); Henry Kissinger; Abbot Low Moffat; Frederick Nolting; Archimedes Patti; Robinson Risner; Maxwell Taylor; Paul Warnke; William C. Westmoreland; Earl J. Young; Xuan Teo Dang
ASIN : B0001WTWOC
Sales Rank : 14227
Director : -
Brand : AMERICAN EXPERIENCE VIETNAM - A TELEVISI (DVD
Studio : WGBH BOSTON
Region Code : 1
Format : Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781593751463
ISBN : 159375146X
UPC : 783421261099
Release Date : December 27, 2004
Publisher : WGBH BOSTON
Manufacturer : WGBH BOSTON
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : WGBH BOSTON
Running Time : 660
DescriptionNOTE: The American Experience producers responsible for the Vietnam series recently re-edited the original 13-part Vietnam series. The editing was undertaken to remove outdated information and to create a more cohesive story for viewers. WGBH Boston Video has reduced the purchase price for the Vietnam series to $79.95 to reflect the shorter running time. A six-year project from conception to completion, this eleven-hour DVD collection carefully analyzes the costs and consequences of this controversial but intriguing war. From the first episode to the last, it provides a detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues. Special DVD features include: link to the American ExperienceWeb site; scene selections; and closed captions. On four DVD9 discs. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: 4 x 3 full frame. Amazon.comExactly why was America in Vietnam? This remarkable and essential seven-volume series--six years in the making and originally broadcast on public television in 1983--tells the agonizing history of Vietnam's lengthy conflicts with some of the largest powers on Earth. While the primary focus is on the United States' miserable efforts to prop up a porous, anti-Communist government in South Vietnam as a bulwark against Chinese and Soviet expansionism, the series' makers expend no less energy detailing important antecedents to America's intervention. Of vital interest are the first two hours, which tell the compelling story of France's 80-year colonial rule in Southeast Asia and the rise of a European-educated generation of Vietnamese intellectuals turned warriors, chief among them the architect of Vietnam's prolonged revolt against the West, Ho Chi Minh. By the time a viewer comes to understand how and why America shrugged off Vietnamese independence after World War II, it is easier to grasp the tragic context for the disastrous military campaign of the 1960s and '70s. The rest of the series covers the various expansions of America's war in Vietnam through a succession of presidents from Eisenhower to Nixon, carefully explaining the sundry issues that drove each commander-in-chief to send more money, more troops, and more weapons into a seemingly unwinnable and dubious battle. The later volumes take the story into Laos and the horrible siege of Cambodia by a U.S.-supported Khmer Rouge, and examine the history of the antiwar movement in America. No stone is left unturned in this important project, which runs some 13 hours and should be considered one of the most important television series in history. --Tom Keogh
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List Price: $19.98Price: $17.99You Save: $1.99 (10%)National Geographic - Tornado Intercept
Actor: Everett Alvarez; Herbert Bluechel; George Ball (II); J. Lawton Collins; William Colby (II); Ted Danielsen; Bill Erhart; Vernon Gillespie; Leslie Gelb; John Keegan (II); Henry Kissinger; Abbot Low Moffat; Frederick Nolting; Archimedes Patti; Robinson Risner; Maxwell Taylor; Paul Warnke; William C. Westmoreland; Earl J. Young; Xuan Teo Dang
ASIN : B000E0OE58
Sales Rank : 24333
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : National Geographic Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0727994751434
UPC : 727994751434
Release Date : December 28, 2006
Publisher : National Geographic Video
Manufacturer : National Geographic Video
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : National Geographic Video
Running Time : 52
Product DescriptionStudio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 03/28/2006
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List Price: $19.98Price: $12.99You Save: $6.99 (35%)Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
Actor: Whoopi Goldberg
ASIN : B0017LGQHM
Sales Rank : 22429
Director : Mike Slee;Chris Barker
Brand : WELLSPRING/GENIUS
Studio : The Weinstein Company
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0796019814096
UPC : 796019814096
Release Date : December 03, 2008
Publisher : The Weinstein Company
Manufacturer : The Weinstein Company
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : The Weinstein Company
Running Time : 75
Product DescriptionEvery great story has a magical beginning especially when that story involves the real-life adventures of a unique family of meerkats known as the Whiskers and their most beloved member, Flower. As prequel to the Meerkat Manor television series, this feature film traces the rise of Flower from a young meerkat pup to the leader of the pack. Watch as Flower blooms into a remarkable matriarch and forges a legacy amidst the unforgiving landscape of one of the harshest deserts on the planet the Kalahari. Narrated by Academy Award® -winning actress Whoopi Goldberg, Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins will warm your heart and leave you awed by the magic of Flower s journey. Amazon.comPopping Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins into the DVD player and pressing play seems like a guaranteed win-win, and ultimately it is, but oddly enough Whoopi Goldberg's narration detracts from some other wonderful things happening in this feature film. Based on the television series narrated by Sean Astin, this elaborate story of the Whiskers clan crossing the "Great Divide" (the highway) to look for alternate territory is sweet and funny, thanks to the meerkats rather than the sometimes sappy script. In it, Flower is born into a charismatic litter, including Petal, Thumper, and Hazel, who reveal wilderness to be a dangerous place. As Flower witnesses repeated Whisker clan hardships, including battles with various impressive predators, Flower grows into the natural leader that she eventually becomes. Over the course of the story, one meets several matriarchs, both of the Whiskers clan and of their warring tribe, the Lazuli gang. At times, the narration is spot-on, while at other times Goldberg's narration teeters confusingly between documentary and fantasy, between adult and child humor. Not to say there is anything inappropriate here for kids. In fact, one of the films' best attributes is its ability to show death as an integrated part of the life cycle. Additionally, it is a pleasure to witness meerkats at close range, especially during several clan battles set underground. (Baby meerkats abound throughout, making for footage that is quite irresistible!) Told as a folk tale about animals and land who "share secrets every day," Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins may not be Milo & Otis or Babe, but I'll take baby meerkats any day. --Trinie Dalton
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List Price: $9.98Price: $7.99You Save: $1.99 (20%)Blue Planet (IMAX)
Actors: James Buchli, Toni Myers
ASIN : B00005BCKI
Sales Rank : 20464
Director : Ben Burtt
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : Imax
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780790761060
ISBN : 0790761068
UPC : 794051801821
Release Date : December 12, 2001
Publisher : Imax
Manufacturer : Imax
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Imax
Running Time : 40
DescriptionFrom the unique vantage point of 200 miles above Earth's surface, we see how natural forces - volcanoes, earthquakes and hurricanes - affect our world, and how a powerful new force - humankind - has begun to alter the face of the planet. From Amazon rain forests to Serengeti grasslands, Blue Planet inspires a new appreciation of life on Earth, our only home. DVD Features:
Interactive Menus
Other
Amazon.comThe IMAX film Blue Planet offers an eloquent reminder--and a cautionary warning--that the planet Earth is a delicate living organism, constantly reshaped and rejuvenated by the awesome forces of nature. The film targets a grade-school audience but will prove informative to anyone fascinated by our home planet's evolution. Hurricanes, glaciers, volcanoes, thunderstorms, asteroid impacts, undersea furnace vents, and earthquakes are all explored as a system of interconnected forces that ensure the planet's survival. The difference between this and other nature films is that the Earth's delicacy is emphasized by stunning views from space, filmed in the IMAX format by NASA astronauts in orbit 200 miles above the Earth's surface. With astonishing clarity, this orbital perspective supports the film's ultimate purpose: to reveal the awesome beauty of the Earth, and to emphasize that we, the custodians of this miraculous gift, are also the greatest threat to the planet's delicate health. Proof of man's destructive influence offers a sobering reminder that our responsibility toward nature is perpetual, essential, and routinely abused. Blue Planet combines state-of-the-art sound and image, principally directed by Ben Burtt, the Oscar-winning sound designer whose credits include the original Star Wars trilogy. No home-theater system could do full justice to the film's technical achievement, but the sights and sounds of Blue Planet are awesome nonetheless, and it's impossible to overstate the importance of the film's message and its hopeful emphasis on the potentially wondrous future of our one and only home. --Jeff Shannon
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List Price: $19.98Price: $15.99You Save: $3.99 (20%)Walking With Cavemen
Actors: Alec Baldwin, Christian Bradley, Alex Palmer, Oliver Parham, David Rubin
ASIN : B00008AOWQ
Sales Rank : 10873
Studio : BBC Warner
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0794051173928
UPC : 794051173928
Release Date : December 17, 2003
Publisher : BBC Warner
Manufacturer : BBC Warner
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Label : BBC Warner
Running Time : 100
Amazon.comBreaking the mold of previous "Walking with" offerings, the BBC's Walking with Cavemen sees Professor Robert Winston follow in the footsteps of ancient man in a series that traces the history of humanity from bipedal ape-men (Australopithecus Aphaeresis) to the awakening of the human mind's potential with Homo Erectus. Over four fascinating half-hour installments, Wilson presents an accessible and populist, but still suitably anthropological study on how apes became human and the traits that we inherited from our earliest ancestors. Unlike Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Beasts, Cavemen combines CGI with actors to portray the characters in the story of man. Initially this seems to make it far less technically impressive than the earlier programs--memories of Stanley Kubrick's 2001 are inevitable--but fortunately the acting is superb and the viewer soon forgets that these are people in monkey suits. The series also makes use of a special effect called "deep time-lapse", which shows in a matter of dramatic seconds the thousands of years of geological changes that sped up our ancestors' evolution. Wilson himself takes part in the action as if he is a modern-day naturalist following lions across the Serengeti rather than creatures long extinct. This approach makes for a more immediate as well as poignant interpretation of history: the result is an enlightening and moving tribute to the human journey. --Kristen Bowditch
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List Price: $14.99Price: $13.49You Save: $1.5 (10%)Faces of Earth
Actor: Maurice LaMarche
ASIN : B000XXWE30
Sales Rank : 27380
Brand : Image Entertainment
Studio : Discovery Channel
Format : Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0014381451023
UPC : 014381451023
Release Date : December 26, 2008
Publisher : Discovery Channel
Manufacturer : Discovery Channel
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours
Label : Discovery Channel
Running Time : 180
DescriptionExplosive volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, floods and even human beings contribute to the constant changes on the Earth's surface. Uncover the deep mysteries of our planet with top geologists in Faces Of Earth. Using state-of-the-art computer animation and stunning photography, these four in-depth, compelling programs explore how these forces shape the Earth and how, in turn, the Earth has shaped human evolution. Includes: Building the Planet Witness the explosion that formed planet Earth, and travel back in time to explore the evolution of the Earth we know today. New technologies allow today's geoscientists to strip back the layers of Earth to see what previously could only be imagined. Shaping the Planet Earthquakes rumble, volcanoes explode, land is stretched and pulled like taffy - pushing up mountains and creating new oceans. Special effects and advanced animation techniques take viewers inside tectonic events to find out why the ground constantly shifts under our feet. Assembling America The land we see today was shaped over hundreds of millions of years. Guided by leading geoscientists, we unravel the mysteries of continent-building and the almost unimaginable span of geologic time. Human World Beginning with the dawn of agriculture, mankind has moved from simply reacting to Earth's processes to shaping the planet. But are we pushing too hard and upsetting this delicate balance?
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List Price: $24.99Price: $22.49You Save: $2.5 (10%)The Jouney to Palomar
Actor: pbs
ASIN : B001FSDP30
Sales Rank : 10449
Director : Todd Mason;Robin Mason
Studio : PBS (DIRECT)
Region Code : 1
Format : NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0841887009911
UPC : 841887009911
Release Date : December 18, 2008
Publisher : PBS (DIRECT)
Manufacturer : PBS (DIRECT)
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Label : PBS (DIRECT)
Running Time : 60
Product DescriptionThe film traces the story of the Chicago-born astronomer George Ellery Hale, considered the father of astrophysics, as he struggles personally and professionally to build the greatest telescopes of the 20th century at the Yerkes and Mount Wilson Observatories, and finally the 20-year effort to build the million-pound telescope on Palomar mountain beginning in the 1930s. Hale's observatories revolutionized our understanding of the universe.
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