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NOVA - Everest: The Death Zone

ASIN : 1578071976
Sales Rank : 18298
Studio : WGBH
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781578071975
ISBN : 1578071976
UPC : 783421287495
Release Date : December 28, 2000
Publisher : WGBH
Manufacturer : WGBH
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Label : WGBH
Running Time : 60

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Get ready for a (literally) breathtaking trek up Mt. Everest, from Base Camp at 17,600 feet; through the chilling, corpse-strewn Death Zone; to the very pinnacle of the the Earth, five and a half miles above sea level. For those brave souls who survive the harrowing climb to the top of the world, it is a transformative experience. But can the excruciating ascent—through frigid cold, blasting wind, blinding sun, and severe lack of oxygen—cause permanent, damaging changes to the human brain and body?

In the wake of the 1996 disaster that took eight climbers in a single day, scientists follow a team of hikers to measure, for the first time ever, the toll high-altitude climbing takes on the heart, lungs, blood, and brain. Why do seemingly rational people make poor, sometimes fatal decisions as they approach the peak? And the danger doesn’t end there—as NOVA discovers during the descent, when one climber's respiratory illness takes a terrifying turn on the isolated mountainside. ''Even with the best technology, the best training,'' says team member, producer and director David Breashears, ''you can still end up frozen to death at 27,500 feet. That's what makes Everest Everest.''

Special DVD features include: scene selections; access to the Everest: The Death Zone Web site; and English subtitles.

On one DVD5 disc. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: 4 x 3 full frame.

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"Because it is there" is the reason so many men and women have risked death to climb Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on earth. NOVA follows a scientific investigation of high-altitude physiology in Everest: The Death Zone, which examines the biological and psychological changes experienced by a group of climbers during their ascent. Jodie Foster's narration accompanies the team as the NOVA photographers capture the stark, alien beauty of the mountain; the drama reaches a crescendo on the descent as it becomes unclear whether or not an ill climber will make it. Well worth watching by anyone interested in mountain climbing or the limits of human endurance, Everest: The Death Zone is at once cautionary and inspiring. --Rob Lightner

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Storm Over Everest

ASIN : B0019KBIRE
Sales Rank : 8983
Director : Nova
Studio : WGBH Boston
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0783421428096
UPC : 783421428096
Release Date : December 02, 2008
Publisher : WGBH Boston
Manufacturer : WGBH Boston
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Label : WGBH Boston
Running Time : 90
Actor: Nova

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As darkness fell on May 10, 1996, a fast moving storm of unimaginable ferocity trapped three climbing teams high on the slopes of Mount Everest. The climbers, exhausted from their summit climb, were soon lost in darkness, in a fierce blizzard, far from the safety of High Camp at 26,000 feet. World-renowned climber and filmmaker David Breashears, who aided the rescue efforts back in 1996, now returns to Everest to tell the fuller story of what really happened on that legendary climb. Through remarkably intimate interviews with the climbers and Sherpas many who have never spoken before on American television Breashears sheds new light on the worst climbing tragedy in Mount Everest s history.

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Being Out There

ASIN : B000BJNUJI
Sales Rank : 23753
Director : Mitch Traphagen
Studio : Lifecaptions Studios
Region Code : 1
Format : NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0856885001003
UPC : 856885001003
Release Date : December 21, 2005
Publisher : Lifecaptions Studios
Manufacturer : Lifecaptions Studios
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Running Time : 86
Actors: Bluewater Cruisers, Michelle Majestic, Mitch Traphagen

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Have you ever looked out across the ocean and wondered what lies over the horizon? Have you ever seen a white sail crossing the water and wondered what it would be like to be there?

Being Out There is an odyssey that portrays the beauty and adventure of life at sea. With actual cruising footage and numerous interviews with people who are "out there," this feature-length DVD will delight, inform and entertain both old salts and armchair sailors as well as anyone with dreams of sailing off into the sunset.

Being Out There contains 86 minutes of real-life, beautiful photography, voices of experience and great music from singer, songwriter and full-time cruiser Eileen Quinn. Footage and interviews from sailboat cruisers in Florida, the Bahamas and Caribbean.

From the costs of cruising to storms at sea... From George Town to Havana...

This is Being Out There.

We are certain that you will enjoy Being Out There. If, for any reason, however, you find that it's not for you, simply contact us from the information on your DVD for a full refund - regardless of where you purchased it. As members of the SSCA, we believe in leaving a clean wake - both at sea and on land.

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Kidsongs - Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes

ASIN : B00006FMBP
Sales Rank : 17869
Studio : Image Entertainment
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0014381166224
UPC : 014381166224
Release Date : December 03, 2002
Publisher : Image Entertainment
Manufacturer : Image Entertainment
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Label : Image Entertainment
Running Time : 30
Actors: Sergio Centeno, John Lizzi, Alexandra Picatto, Chris Aguilar, Lynsey Bartilson

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Join the crazy adventure as the Kidsongs Kids sing along aboard all kinds of trucks, an antique car, a boat and even a bulldozer! Chug along on a train, fly above the clouds in a jet plane and soar through the sky in a giant hot air balloon. If you love things that go, you'll love this video!

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Purple Noon

ASIN : B00005JKSO
Sales Rank : 17916
Director : René Clément
Studio : Times Film Corporation
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780788832062
ISBN : 0788832069
UPC : 786936166705
Publisher : Times Film Corporation
Manufacturer : Times Film Corporation
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Label : Times Film Corporation
Running Time : 118
Actors: Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Marie Laforêt, Erno Crisa, Frank Latimore

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Filled with suspense, PURPLE NOON is the critically acclaimed thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat! A handsome, wealthy bachelor has a sexy girlfriend and all the finest things money can buy. His envious friend, on the other hand, has nothing but his charm, good looks ... and a wickedly sinister plot to take over the rich man's life! Tensions mount as this deadly game unfolds and the murderer struggles to stay one step ahead of the police -- and the ever-growing suspicions of the dead man's friends! Prepare yourself for PURPLE NOON, a shocking story of betrayal, murder, and stolen identity in a world where nothing is as it seems!

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A member of the middle generation of French filmmakers between Renoir and the New Wave, René Clément was a strong visual stylist who tried on different subjects and genres: documentaries, semidocumentaries, wartime dramas, comedies. In Purple Noon he showed a strong facility for feverish film noir, and the results are quite memorable. Based on Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley, the film stars Alain Delon as the notoriously amoral Ripley (a character also played, albeit quite differently, by Dennis Hopper in Wim Wenders's The American Friend). Envious of a playboy pal (Maurice Ronet) having a luxurious time on the Mediterranean, Ripley decides to murder the man and assume his identity. The subsequent suspense concerns the dirty deed done and the aftermath of complicated cover-ups, and in the best Hitchcockian sense you can never quite tell whose side you're on as Ripley's efforts at survival are followed in meticulous detail. Mesmerizing to watch, saturated in light and color, and topped by Delon at his most icy, Purple Noon is a terrific discovery for enthusiasts of film noir and the French cinema. --Tom Keogh

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Fresh start snowboarding

ASIN : B000LP66OS
Sales Rank : 10067
Studio : CustomFlix
Region Code : 0
Format : NTSC
Binding : DVD
UPC : 883629110738
Release Date : December 05, 2006
Publisher : CustomFlix
Manufacturer : CustomFlix
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Actors: Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Marie Laforêt, Erno Crisa, Frank Latimore

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Learn to Snowboard with Aspen native Kurt Kalinna (full certified A.S.I.A. SB teaching professional) and co-host Huckdoll. "Graphpaper Progressions" is the highlighed process that brings the basics in perpective. Shot at Northstar and Mt. Rose in Tahoe; this novice edition draws on Kurt's 12 years of teaching experience to teach you the fundamentals one slope at a time. Simulated run, second set of demos with commentary and "what is a back up turn?" are just some of the bonus features." Viewing this before you go out and make your great attempt to snowboard could be the difference between success and...?"

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30 Years of National Geographic Specials

ASIN : 0792299949
Sales Rank : 26626
Brand : Warner Brothers
Studio : National Geographic Society
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780792299943
ISBN : 0792299949
UPC : 727994750031
Release Date : December 14, 1999
Publisher : National Geographic Society
Manufacturer : National Geographic Society
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Label : National Geographic Society
Running Time : 95
Actors: Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Dian Fossey, Birute Galdikas, Jane Goodall, Richard Kiley

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Relive the most spellbinding scenes from our television documentaries of exploration and delivery. Year: 1994

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Mystery, danger, splendor, adventure. Since 1964, National Geographic has been broadcasting television specials that created and, many would argue, still maintain the standard for all nature programming since. Vigilantly focusing on what came before human beings, this special is a grand slam of 30 years (1964-1994) of painstaking exploration and documentation. Its narrative sounds almost biblical: "In the beginning..." there was molten lava. The footage is, as you would expect, dazzling but it is the agile editing and well-crafted storytelling here that makes this video into a poignant success.

Moving from the creation of earth to its inhabitants, the narrative segues to the single law of survival. In the Living Sands of Namib (1978), a spider escapes a predator by cartwheeling down a dune. There are clips of Costa Rican lizards sprinting on water, a woodpecker outsmarting a corn snake, and an Indian tiger begrudgingly retrieving his deer-carcass supper from a thieving crocodile. Procreation is, undoubtedly, the more lighthearted side of survival. Three black beetles are in pursuit of a female running in the sand with a musical score so perfectly selected, it is as if the they are engaged in a well-choreographed dance. The synchronized swimming of mating squids in Jewels of the Caribbean (1994) is more graceful than Twyla Thwarp.

After an introduction to the habitat and behavior of so many creatures, the video turns the spotlight on the tool user, fire tamer, language maker: humankind. Americans on Everest (1964), Dr. Leakey and the Dawn of Man (1966), The World of Jacques Yves Cousteau (1966), In the Shadow of Vesuvius (1987), Australia's Twilight of the Dreamtime (1988), and Jane Goodall: My Life with the Chimpanzees (1990) are classic examples of National Geographic at its best. There are also fascinating clips from early Geographic projects, including the 1917 Katmai expedition.

Well beyond serving as a self-congratulatory slap on the back for work well done, this special has an important message: the animals and natural phenoms we fear the most are those we know the least about. Contrary to popular belief, humans are the largest single threat to all life on earth. By bringing fragile ecosystems into our living rooms, National Geographic hopes to instill conservation ethics in each viewer. --Cristina Del Sesto

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The Alps (IMAX)

ASIN : B000X73NAE
Sales Rank : 16138
Director : Stephen Judson
Brand : Image Entertainment
Studio : IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0014381433821
UPC : 014381433821
Release Date : December 08, 2008
Publisher : IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Manufacturer : IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
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Label : IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Running Time : 45
Actors: Adele Harlin, John Harlin III, Michael Gambon, Bruno Messerli, Robert Jasper

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In the air above Switzerland, on the sheer rock-and-ice wall known as the Eiger, an American climber is about to embark on the most perilous and meaningful ascent he has ever undertaken: an attempt to scale the legendary mountain that took his renowned fathers life. Against a backdrop of overwhelming natural beauty, The Alps is a true-life story of extrodinary courage. It's the intensely personal journey of a man who has every reason not to climb the deadly Eiger North Face, yet climb it he must.

Featuring some of the most spectacular giantscreen imagery yet seen, the film celebrates the unsurpassed beauty of the Alps and the indomitable spirit of the people who live there.

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Storm Over Everest

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Being Out There

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Fresh start snowboarding

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30 Years of National Geographic Specials

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