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BBC Atlas of the Natural World - Western Hemisphere and Anarctica (Land of the Eagle / Spirits of the Jaguar / Wild South America / Life in the Freezer)

Actor: BBC Atlas of the Natural World
ASIN : B000HC2LX0
Sales Rank : 38535
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : BBC Warner
Region Code : 1
Format : Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0794051272621
UPC : 794051272621
Release Date : December 31, 2006
Publisher : BBC Warner
Manufacturer : BBC Warner
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Label : BBC Warner
Running Time : 1055

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The first release in BBC Video's ambitious Atlas of the Natural World series presents an in-depth look at the Western Hemisphere and Antarctica. This six-disc set brings together four landmark BBC series that combine to give one of the most comprehensive portraits of the Americas and Antarctica ever assembled. In over 18 hours of programming viewers will explore the vast richness of the land, wildlife and peoples of North America (Land of the Eagle), Central America (Spirits of the Jaguar) South America (Wild South America) and Antarctica (Life in the Freezer).

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This staggeringly beautiful collection of four BBC series about the natural (and often social) history of the Americas and Antarctica is something to behold. Rich in endless detail yet satisfying as an integrated vision of continental eco-systems, BBC Atlas of the Natural World makes our planet look like a miraculous place indeed, with an astonishing diversity of wildlife and habitats. The story of human migration across Western lands figures into several of this box set's 18 hours of viewing, providing a subjective view of the environments which people explored and settled over many thousands of years.

Central America is the subject of the four-part "Spirits of the Jaguar," which begins with Mayan creation myths about a battle between gods leading to the formation of the Earth. In fact, islands of the Caribbean were forged by volcanoes 150 million years ago, with plant and animal life following some 70 million years later. Typical of BBC Atlas of the Natural World is the extraordinary photography in this program: frogs and insects suddenly caught in flowing tree sap, crocodiles leaping to pull prey from trees. The story of the Mayans—farmers, astronomers, inventors—moving from the deserts of Mexico down to the jungles of Central America, their lives sustained by slash-and-burn agriculture and good nutrition, is told. So is the tale of the lost civilization of the Aztecs, wanderers for ten generations, viewing themselves as a chosen people, extinguishers of other peoples in Mexico and ultimately destroyed themselves by Spanish conquistadors.

"Land of the Eagle" is a four-part, eye-opening history of North America’s transition from home to 10.000 years of native peoples to carved-up European territories eventually devoid of many natural wonders (including buffalo and massive forests). This melancholy story of paradise exploited is offset by remarkable cinematography of wolves, grizzlies, snakes, beavers and birds, while "Wild South America," with its own quartet of episodes, is equally dazzling in its nature photography. South America looks like a magical place of dramatic beauty in this series, a continent once joined to Australia (the two lands share an abundance of marsupials) and home to the world's largest mountain chain and a river (the Amazon) that carries one-fifth of Earth's water. The incredible sights of the Andes and Patagonia (the latter so near Antarctica) are almost indescribable. Speaking of the bottom of the world, "Life In the Freezer," in six epsiodes, is one of the BBC's most splendid productions, a tour of Antarctica hosted by Davd Attenborough that is far more compelling than March of the Penguins. --Tom Keogh

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NOVA: Everest

Actor: Nova
ASIN : B000PY510A
Sales Rank : 12906
Director : Nova
Brand : WGBH BOSTON VIDEO
Studio : WGBH BOSTON
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0783421293199
UPC : 783421293199
Release Date : December 26, 2007
Publisher : WGBH BOSTON
Manufacturer : WGBH BOSTON
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Label : WGBH BOSTON
Running Time : 162

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This set includes three NOVA episodes about the deadly history of Mount Everest.Everest: The Death ZoneGet ready for a (literally) breathtaking trek up Mount Everest: from Base Camp at 17600 feet through the chilling corpse-strewn Death Zone to the very pinnacle of the Earth five and a half miles above sea level. Can such an excruciating ascent cause permanent damaging changes to the human body?Everest: The Mystery of Mallory and IrvineDid George Mallory reach the top of Mount Everest in 1924 nearly 30 years before Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay? More than just a spellbinding Everest saga the story of Mallory and Irvine evokes memories of an era of exploration and heroic idealism when one could still walk off the map. Lost On EverestJoin the historic search for the body of mountain-climbing legend George Mallory atop Mount Everest. Climb the daunting slopes that challenged Mallory s mind body and archaic equipment. And take part in mountaineering history as NOVA brings you an up-close look at this headline-making quest.System Requirements:Running Time: 162 minFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 783421293199 Manufacturer No: WG29319

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HD Window: Hawaii [Blu-ray]

Actor: HDScape
ASIN : B000V6LSUY
Sales Rank : 20169
Director : Randy Gomez
Studio : DVD International
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, Dolby, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Binding : Blu-ray
EAN : 0647715603029
UPC : 647715603029
Number Of Discs : 1
Release Date : December 30, 2007
Publisher : DVD International
Manufacturer : DVD International
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Label : DVD International
Running Time : 51

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HD Window: Hawaii is the perfect companion for your HDTV for 16:9 display. Captured and presented in true High Definition, HD Window: Hawaii will allow you to truly experience the exotic, lush and unique landscapes of the Hawaiian Islands. The crisp clarity of images alongside the Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround Sound will bring you into the scene. Several audio options are available including your choice of Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Natural Sounds & Music and Natural Sounds alone, to enhance the images as well as the aesthetics of your home theater or living room environment.

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Blue Water, White Death

Actors: Peter Gimbel, Ron Taylor, Valerie Taylor, Stan Waterman
ASIN : B000PMFRTW
Sales Rank : 13826
Director : Peter Gimbel
Brand : TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Studio : MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0027616080226
UPC : 027616080226
Release Date : December 31, 2007
Publisher : MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer : MGM (Video & DVD)
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Label : MGM (Video & DVD)
Running Time : 99

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The Great White Shark strikes fear into the hearts of humans across the globe and this 1971 documentary features some fascinating underwater shots of the creature in its natural habitat.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 027616080226 Manufacturer No: M108022

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An Interview with Blue Water, White Death Filmmaker Valerie Taylor

There are a few scary moments in the film, of course, but was there any one particular moment you recall when you really thought someone was going to get hurt?
Yes, when we first left the cages, there were over 100 big potentially dangerous sharks around us all in a feeding pattern. I thought "this is madness , one of us could get bitten. I said to Peter you go out first and if you make it I will come out after you." "watching Peter leave the cage by himself was both fascinating and fearful". I think that was my most frightened moment. I guess no one likes to see a friend in what is a very dangerous situation. Surprisingly when I swam out and joined him there was no fear just a huge excitement.

Jaws came out a few years after this, and of course Benchley was inspired by Blue Water, White Death. How did you feel about that and its portrayal of sharks as man-eating monsters?
Jaws was a fictitious film about a pretend shark. It was the same as a gorilla destroying the building in King Kong. Just a story. I do not know why it affected people the way it did. People loved the gorilla and hated the shark. Universal had us going around the US doing TV and radio interviews talking about sharks and how sharks did not think or behave like the fictitious beast in Jaws. I guess it is the fear of the unknown. Sharks are not well understood. They live in an alien environment. Gorillas live in ours. We understand them better. Once you understand an animal it becomes less fearful.

Do you have one particularly interesting memory from this adventure that’s etched in your mind? What was the greatest part of this whole adventure?
Absolutely. Diving with the oceanic white tips in the open ocean while they were feeding on the whale. No one had ever done anything like this before and no one will ever do it again. It was the greatest, most exciting few weeks in my life. I would pay to do it again. Sheer unadulterated adventure. A trip back in time to a world unchanged in several million years. Blue Water, White Death was a gift which at the time I was unaware of. The greatest part of the whole adventure was, quite simply, the adventure.

What do you hope people watching this film for the first time today will get out of it?
The same as they did when it first came out. It has not dated. It is an exciting and true undertaking such as few people are ever lucky enough to experience. No one ever asked us to act a part. Jim Lipscomb, the above water cameraman, was incredible the way he followed us around carrying that big 35-mm Arriflex on his shoulder. We became used to him and his camera but he was always there recording everything we did. It is a great pity that all the outtakes are lost. There is a second story just in what never appeared in the final production.

Did this expedition and your experience swimming with great whites change your life in any significant way?
We had worked with Great Whites before. It was the Oceanic sharks that changed how I looked at dangerous sharks and it was the wonderful people I was so fortunate to be working with that gave us friendships that endure to this day that were most significant to me. However, I guess it was the original story about hunting for the biggest Great White that gave me these memories, so Great Whites have enriched my life. Also Ron's filming of these wonderful sharks opened the way for us to work on Jaws, Jaws 2, and Orca. I guess swimming with Great Whites did make a big difference to the lives of both of us. We still work with Great Whites but we will never be able to dive with hundreds of big sharks feeding on a whale carcass again, nobody will. Thirty eight years ago, before the impact of computer technology we lived in a different world. Today Blue Water, White Death could probably be produced in a computer.

Can you talk a bit about the filming technology of that time and how challenging it was to film underwater?
I did not do any underwater filming. That was Ron Taylor, Stan Waterman and Peter Gimbel. They were shooting on 35-mm film in the Techniscope format which is very wide screen. I was just a female shark wrangler. I also did a lot of the underwater still photography. However watching the problems the underwater cinema-photographers had to overcome, I was always relieved when all the cameras worked and no great sequences were missed because of camera failure. It was not a filming job where any missed action could be repeated.

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Steve Irwin The Crocodile Hunter - Ocean's Deadliest

Actor: Steve Irwin
ASIN : B000Q6GUK2
Sales Rank : 17779
Brand : EMD
Studio : EMI America Records
Region Code : 0
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0094639382897
UPC : 094639382897
Release Date : December 19, 2007
Publisher : EMI America Records
Manufacturer : EMI America Records
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Label : EMI America Records
Running Time : 66

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Steven Irwin's final documentary which aired on Animal Planet. Hosted by Steven Irwin and Jacques Cousteau's grandson, Phillippe Cousteau.

Features the following:

1. Introduction
2. Reef Stonefish
3. Cone Shell
4. Sea Snake
5. Box Jellyfish
6. Blue-Ringed Octopus
7. Great White Shark
8. Saltwater Crocodile- part 1
9. Saltwater Crocodile- part 2
10. The Effect of Mankind

Running time: approx. 66 minutes

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National Geographic - Through the Lens

Actor: Steve Irwin
ASIN : B0000AQS73
Sales Rank : 34193
Director : Gretchen Jordon-Bastow
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : National Geographic Video
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780792233251
ISBN : 0792233255
UPC : 727994750550
Release Date : December 14, 2003
Publisher : National Geographic Video
Manufacturer : National Geographic Video
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Label : National Geographic Video
Running Time : 47

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Through the Lens takes some of the most riveting adventure photographs of the last decade and tells the story behind the images. From BASE jumping the highest waterfall on Earth, to trekking across Arabia by camel; from frigid Himalayan climbs to fiery volcanic descents, ten featured National Geographic photographs will take viewers around the globe and plunge them into a thrill-seeking, heart-stopping world of action and edge-of-your-seat exploits.

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