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Food, Inc. Magnolia Pictures Magnolia Home Entertainment Food Inc lifts the veil on our nations food industry exposing how our nations food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health the r / livelihood of the American farmer the safety of workers and our own environment Food Inc reveals surprising and often shocking truths about what we eat how its produced and who we have become as a nation r / r / span class h1 Q A with Producer/ Director Robert Kenner Co-Producer/ Food Expert Eric Schlosser Food Expert Michael Pollan and Producer Elise Pearlstein r / / / span How did this film initially come about / r / Kenner / Eric Schlosser and I had been wanting to do a documentary version of his book em Fast Food Nation / em And for one reason or another it didnt happen By the time em Food Inc / em started to come together we began talking and realized that all food has become like fast food and all food is being created in the same manner as fast food / How has fast food changed the food we buy at the supermarket / r / Schlosser / The enormous buying power of the fast food industry helped to transform the entire food production system of the United States So even when you purchase food at the supermarket you re likely to be getting products that came from factories feedlots and suppliers that emerged to serve the fast food chains / How many years did it take to do this film and what were the challenges / r / Kenner / From when Eric and I began talking about 6 or 7 years The film itself about 2 years It has taken a lot longer than we expected because we were denied access to so many places / Pearlstein / When Robby brought me into the project he was adamant about wanting to hear all sides of the story but it was nearly impossible to gain access onto industrial farms and into large food corporations They just would not let us in It felt like it would have been easier to penetrate the Pentagon than to get into a company that makes breakfast cereal The legal challenges on this film were also unique We found it necessary to consult with a first amendment lawyer throughout the entire filming process / Who or what influenced your film / r / Kenner / For most Americans the ideal meal is fast cheap and tasty Food Inc examines the costs of putting value and convenience over nutrition and environmental impact Director Robert Kenner explores the subject from all angles talking to authors advocates farmers and CEOs like co-producer Eric Schlosser Fast Food Nation Michael Pollan The Omnivores Dilemma Gary Hirschberg Stonyfield Farms and Barbara Kowalcyk whos been lobbying for more rigorous standards since E coli claimed the life of her two-year-old son The filmmaker takes his camera into slaughterhouses and factory farms where chickens grow too fast to walk properly cows eat feed pumped with toxic chemicals and illegal immigrants risk life and limb to bring these products to market at an affordable cost If eco-docs tends to preach to the converted Kenner presents his findings in such an engaging fashion that Food Inc may well reach the very viewers who could benefit from it the most harried workers who dont have the time or income to read every book and eat non-genetically modified produce every day Though he covers some of the same ground as Super-Size Me and King Corn Food Inc presents a broader picture of the problem and if Kenner takes an understandably tough stance on particular politicians and corporations hes just as quick to praise those who are trying to be responsible--even Wal-Mart which now carries organic products That development may have more to do with economics than empathy but the consumer still benefits and every little bit counts --Kathleen C Fennessy Life (narrated by David Attenborough) [Blu-ray] WARNER HOME VIDEO BBC Warner Narrated by David Attenborough BBC Version Includes 4 Blu-ray Discs From the award-winning BBC Natural History Unit makers of Planet Earth and The Blue Planet Seas of Life this is the original UK broadcast version of Life with narration by renowned naturalist David Attenborough and music by Oscar and Emmy winning composer George Fenton In Planet Earth we brought you the world as you ve never seen it before Now get closer with Life Four years in the making filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat with breathtaking new high definition filming techniques developed since Planet Earth Life presents 130 incredible stories from the frontiers of the natural world 54 of which have never been filmed before Packed with excitement revelation and entertainment this remarkable 10-part blockbuster captures unprecedented astonishingly beautiful sequences and demonstrates the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to survive and thrive This enthralling BBC series examines the lengths living beings go to to stay alive in the words of Sir David Attenborough Oprah Winfrey narrates the Discovery Channel version Aided by breathtaking high-definition cinematography the makers of Planet Earth explore the more colorful strategies the worlds creatures employ to procreate evade predators and obtain nourishment Cameras travel though the air under the water and right into the faces of insects like the alien visage of the stalk-eyed fly Except for Challenges of Life and Hunters and Hunted each episode covers a different category such as mammals and birds Among the more memorable images three cheetahs move with the relentless rhythm of mobsters a school of flying fish glides through the air with the grace of ballerinas and a Jesus Christ lizard skips across the water like well you know The strangest sights range from a pebble toad bouncing away from a spider like a rubber ball and brown-tufted capuchin monkeys pounding palm nuts with stone tools like the apes in 2001 A Space Odyssey Witty writing and skillful editing which distills thousands of hours of footage make the learning go down easy at one point Sir David references Jurassic Park which featured his brother Richard If the sound effects seem overamped George Fentons score is always on the money adding humor and suspense at crucial moments martial drums for the mud skippers woozy brass for the Darwins beetle Nonetheless delicate sensibilities may find some sequences disturbing as when Komodo dragons feed on a water buffalo or when a leopard seal dines on a penguin according to Attenborough the Komodo siege caused the camera operators emotional turmoil More often the filmmakers capture the moment of impact before moving on The set comes complete with 10 featurettes on the four-year production --Kathleen C Fennessy span class h1 Stills from em Life / em Click for larger image / / span r border 0 cellpadding 4 cellspacing 4 width 100 tbody align center valign top mg height 200 src http / / g-ecx images-amazon com/ images/ G/ 01/ dvd/ warner/ life/ fish-copy jpg width 300 / r / / mg height 200 src http / / g-ecx images-amazon com/ images/ G/ 01/ dvd/ warner/ life/ clown fish-copy jpg width 300 / / mg Life (narrated by David Attenborough) WARNER HOME VIDEO BBC Warner Four years in the making filmed over 3000 days across every continentand in every habitat Life is the latest wildlife blockbuster from the BBC s award-winning Natural History Unit the producers of Planet Earth and The Blue Planet Packed with excitement revelation entertainment and stunning screen firsts this breathtaking ten-part epic presents 130incredible stories from the frontiers of the natural world Discover theglorious variety of life onEarth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive This is evolution in action individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome challenges from adversaries and their environment pushing the boundaries of behavior This enthralling BBC series examines the lengths living beings go to to stay alive in the words of Sir David Attenborough Oprah Winfrey narrates the Discovery Channel version Aided by breathtaking high-definition cinematography the makers of Planet Earth explore the more colorful strategies the worlds creatures employ to procreate evade predators and obtain nourishment Cameras travel though the air under the water and right into the faces of insects like the alien visage of the stalk-eyed fly Except for Challenges of Life and Hunters and Hunted each episode covers a different category such as mammals and birds Among the more memorable images three cheetahs move with the relentless rhythm of mobsters a school of flying fish glides through the air with the grace of ballerinas and a Jesus Christ lizard skips across the water like well you know The strangest sights range from a pebble toad bouncing away from a spider like a rubber ball and brown-tufted capuchin monkeys pounding palm nuts with stone tools like the apes in 2001 A Space Odyssey Witty writing and skillful editing which distills thousands of hours of footage make the learning go down easy at one point Sir David references Jurassic Park which featured his brother Richard If the sound effects seem overamped George Fentons score is always on the money adding humor and suspense at crucial moments martial drums for the mud skippers woozy brass for the Darwins beetle Nonetheless delicate sensibilities may find some sequences disturbing as when Komodo dragons feed on a water buffalo or when a leopard seal dines on a penguin according to Attenborough the Komodo siege caused the camera operators emotional turmoil More often the filmmakers capture the moment of impact before moving on The set comes complete with 10 featurettes on the four-year production --Kathleen C Fennessy span class h1 Stills from em Life / em Click for larger image / / span r border 0 cellpadding 4 cellspacing 4 width 100 tbody align center valign top mg height 200 src http / / g-ecx images-amazon com/ images/ G/ 01/ dvd/ warner/ life/ fish-copy jpg width 300 / r / / mg height 200 src http / / g-ecx images-amazon com/ images/ G/ 01/ dvd/ warner/ life/ clown fish-copy jpg width 300 / / mg Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series Warner Brothers BBC Warner With an unprecedented production budget of 25 million and from the makers of em Blue Planet Seas of Life / em comes the epic story of life on Earth Five years in production over 2 000 days in the field using 40 cameramen filming across 200 locations shot entirely in high definition this is the ultimate portrait of our planet A stunning television experience that captures rare action impossible locations and intimate moments with our planets best-loved wildest and most elusive creatures From the highest mountains to the deepest rivers this blockbuster series takes you on an unforgettable journey through the daily struggle for survival in Earths most extreme habitats Planet Earth takes you to places you have never seen before to experience sights and sounds you may never experience anywhere else As of its release in early 2007 Planet Earth is quite simply the greatest nature/ wildlife series ever produced Following the similarly monumental achievement of The Blue Planet Seas of Life this astonishing 11-part BBC series is brilliantly narrated by Sir David Attenborough and sensibly organized so that each 50-minute episode covers a specific geographical region and/ or wildlife habitat mountains caves deserts shallow seas seasonal forests etc until the entire planet has been magnificently represented by the most astonishing sights and sounds youll ever experience from the comforts of home The premiere episode From Pole to Pole serves as a primer for things to come placing the entire series in proper context and giving a general overview of what to expect from each individual episode Without being overtly political the series maintains a consistent and subtle emphasis on the urgent need for ongoing conservation best illustrated by the plight of polar bears whose very behavior is changing to accommodate life-threatening changes in their fast-melting habitat in the wake of global warming--a phenomenon that this series appropriately presents as scientific fact With this harsh reality as subtext the series proceeds to accentuate the positive delivering a seemingly endless variety of natural wonders from the spectacular mating displays of New Guineas various birds of paradise to a rare encounter with Siberias nearly-extinct Amur Leopards of which only 30 remain in the wild Thats just a hint of the marvels on display Accompanied by majestic orchestral scores by George Fenton every episode is packed with images so beautiful or so forcefully impressive and so perfectly photographed by the BBCs tenacious high-definition camera crews that youll be rendered speechless by the splendor of it all Youll see a seal struggling to out-maneuver a Great White Shark swimming macaques in the Ganges delta massive flocks of snow geese numbering in the hundreds of thousands an awesome night-vision sequence of lions attacking an elephant the Colugo or flying lemur --not really a lemur of the Philippines a hunting alliance of fish and snakes on Indonesias magnificent coral reef the bioluminescent vampire squid of the deep oceans these are just a few of countless highlights masterfully filmed from every conceivable angle with frequent use of super-slow-motion and amazing motion-controlled time-lapse Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series [Blu-ray] Warner Brothers BBC Warner With an unprecedented production budget of 25 million and from the makers of Blue Planet Seas of Life comes the epic story of life on Earth Five years in production over 2 000 days in the field using 40 cameramen filming across 200 locations shot entirely in high definition this is the ultimate portrait of our planet A stunning television experience that captures rare action impossible locations and intimate moments with our planets best-loved wildest and most elusive creatures From the highest mountains to the deepest rivers this blockbuster series takes you on an unforgettable journey through the daily struggle for survival in Earths most extreme habitats Planet Earth takes you to places you have never seen before to experience sights and sounds you may never experience anywhere else As of its release in early 2007 Planet Earth is quite simply the greatest nature/ wildlife series ever produced Following the similarly monumental achievement of The Blue Planet Seas of Life this astonishing 11-part BBC series is brilliantly narrated by Sir David Attenborough and sensibly organized so that each 50-minute episode covers a specific geographical region and/ or wildlife habitat mountains caves deserts shallow seas seasonal forests etc until the entire planet has been magnificently represented by the most astonishing sights and sounds youll ever experience from the comforts of home The premiere episode From Pole to Pole serves as a primer for things to come placing the entire series in proper context and giving a general overview of what to expect from each individual episode Without being overtly political the series maintains a consistent and subtle emphasis on the urgent need for ongoing conservation best illustrated by the plight of polar bears whose very behavior is changing to accommodate life-threatening changes in their fast-melting habitat in the wake of global warming--a phenomenon that this series appropriately presents as scientific fact With this harsh reality as subtext the series proceeds to accentuate the positive delivering a seemingly endless variety of natural wonders from the spectacular mating displays of New Guineas various birds of paradise to a rare encounter with Siberias nearly-extinct Amur Leopards of which only 30 remain in the wild Thats just a hint of the marvels on display Accompanied by majestic orchestral scores by George Fenton every episode is packed with images so beautiful or so forcefully impressive and so perfectly photographed by the BBCs tenacious high-definition camera crews that youll be rendered speechless by the splendor of it all Youll see a seal struggling to out-maneuver a Great White Shark swimming macaques in the Ganges delta massive flocks of snow geese numbering in the hundreds of thousands an awesome night-vision sequence of lions attacking an elephant the Colugo or flying lemur --not really a lemur of the Philippines a hunting alliance of fish and snakes on Indonesias magnificent coral reef the bioluminescent vampire squid of the deep oceans these are just a few of countless highlights masterfully filmed from every conceivable angle with frequent use of super-slow-motion and amazing motion-controlled time-lapse America: The Story of Us A&E HOME VIDEO From executive producer Jane Root of Planet Earth comes the breathtaking journey through history--unlike any other in the past 40 years--with live-action recreations of key historical events through the use of cutting edge CGI animation giving viewers an immersive view of history in the making r / r / span class h1 Stills from em America The Story of Us / em Click for larger image / / span r border 0 cellpadding 4 cellspacing 4 width 100 / / tbody align center valign top mg height 167 src http / / g-ecx images-amazon com/ images/ G/ 01/ dvd/ ae/ ATSOU Block-D-Day02 CS-0959 250 jpg width 250 / / mg height 167 src http / / g-ecx images-amazon com/ images/ G/ 01/ dvd/ ae/ ATSOU Block-D-Day07 CS-3134 250 jpg width 250 / / mg height 167 src http / / g-ecx images-amazon com/ images/ G/ 01/ dvd/ ae/ ATSOU Block-D-Day15-Ford CS-1538 250 jpg width 250 / / / / align center valign top mg height 167 src http / / g-ecx images-amazon com/ images/ G/ 01/ dvd/ ae/ ATSOU Block-E-Day03 CS-7605 250 jpg width 250 / / mg height 167 src http / / g-ecx images-amazon com/ images/ G/ 01/ dvd/ ae/ ATSOU Block-E-Day03 CS-7681 250 jpg width 250 / / mg height 167 src http / / g-ecx images-amazon com/ images/ G/ 01/ dvd/ ae/ ATSOU Block-E-Day06 CS-0582 250 jpg width 250 / / r / / / align center valign top / / r / / / / tbody r / With 12 chapters spread out over three discs and a total running time of more than nine hours not including bonus material the History Channels America The Story of Us is a sprawling primer on the history of the country and its people Starting about 100 years after Columbus with the arrival of the earliest white settlers from across the Atlantic and finishing in the present day the series can boast episodes devoted to major conflicts like the Revolutionary War the Civil War and World War II the more gradual but still significant developments that helped shape the nation like western expansion and the mass migration to major cities and the various elements and forces the discovery of oil the growth of industry engineering and infrastructure the development of the automobile and other means of mass transportation and of course the accumulation of vast economic and military might that combined to make the United States the worlds dominant superpower in the 20th century and beyond To the filmmakers credit the darker aspects of this history--slavery and racial strife the treatment of Native Americans the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII--are not given short shrift And while much of the material is dealt with in fairly broad strokes there are also various enlightening details in each chapter Who knew that George Washington established a network of spies who wrote notes in invisible ink in order to deceive the British or that the most valuable currency for those who first explored the West was beaver pelts A combination of reenactments photos CGI models and other elements delivers a great deal of information here along with frequent references to Americans pioneer spirit devotion to hard work and belief that if you can dream it you can do it Yet this isnt an especially scholarly document The events depicted from the Boston Tea Party and Paul Reveres midnight ride to the Alamo and the Gettysburg Address not to mention more lurid tales like the Donner Party and the St Valentines Day Massacre should be familiar to those with even a cursory knowledge of US history The emphasis on star power be it the comments from a parade of talking heads including actors musicians politicians President Barack Obama among them athletes soldiers and so on or the focus on charismatic historical figures like John Brown Daniel Boone and many others reflects our celebrity-obsessed culture And the constant When the Levees Broke - A Requiem In Four Acts (Documentary) HBO Home Video HBO Home Video One year after Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans director Spike Lee presents a four-hour four-part chronicle recounting through words and images one of our country s most profound natural disasters In addition to revisiting the hours leading up to the arrival of Katrina a Category 5 hurricane before it hit the coast of Louisiana When the Levees Broke A Requiem in Four Acts tells the personal stories of those who lived to tell about it at the same time exploring the underbelly of a nation where the divide along race and class lines has never been more pronounced Director Spike Lees When the Levees Broke is the definitive document of the unmitigated disaster that was and is Hurricane Katrina Its also a contemporary manifestation of an ancient tradition an oral history told by the people who lived it with no narration and only the occasional use of archival cable and broadcast news footage in addition to Lees own film And a grim tale it is an American tragedy subtitled a Requiem in Four Acts each of them about an hour long Act V appearing on the third of the sets three discs is a lengthy epilogue with new material not included in the original HBO broadcast and focusing almost exclusively on New Orleans as opposed to the Gulf Coast region in general Act I sets the scene as the hurricane nears the Crescent City some residents leave town while others stay behind figuring theyll just ride the storm out Mayor Ray Nagins mandatory evacuation order rings fairly hollow as theres no public transportation provided for the many who dont own vehicles and thus couldnt get out even if they wanted to The real problems begin after Katrina makes landfall on August 29 2005 Displaced New Orleaneans crowd into the Superdome soon to become a living hell for those stuck there the incredibly poorly engineered levees break flooding some 80 percent of the city and people start dying by the hundreds victims of drowning lack of food water and medicine and other causes And so it goes Act II finds the survivors struggling to keep it together while the federal state and local assistance theyve been promised fails to show up Act III traces the dispersal of these so-called refugees as one man puts it Refugees You mean they took away our citizenship too all over the country not knowing where their families friends and neighbors are or even if theyre still alive and Act IV deals with the slow rebuilding of the city while insurance companies refuse to pay claims and money keeps going toward the Iraq war effort instead Several themes predominate here One of course is the appalling performance of authorities on nearly every level who ignored specific warnings about the levees and then professed ignorance after the fact Lee doesnt have to go out of his way to make George W Bush FEMA chief Michael Brown and other members of the Bush administration not to mention his own mother look bad as they do an excellent job of that themselves Another is the Inspector Lewis: Series 3 PBS (DIRECT) Counter Culture Blues-Lewis finds himself in the unfortunate position of policing the heroes of his youth when hes sent to censure a rock legend for firing off his hunting rifle during the local Sunday service Already somewhat starstruck at the prospect he is shocked to come face to face with the bands singer Esme Ford Joanna Lumley believed to have drowned years ago But before word gets out or the band can reunite Lewis and Hathaway need them to answer some questions about a roadie with a drug problem a garroted professor and a closet full of skeletons The Dead of Winter-Still reeling from a recent grueling case-ending with the discovery of a murdered young girl-Hathaway finds himself investigating the murder of Dr Stephen Black at Crevecoeur Hall a sprawling Oxford estate on which Hathaway spent much of his childhood And as it becomes clear that Hathaway is less interested in solving the case than he is in the glamorous Scarlett Mortmaigne daughter of Crevecoeurs owner and his childhood sweetheart Lewis feels his relationship with Hathaway pushed near the breaking point-and starts to question his young partners future with the police Dark Matter-Andrew Crompton Master of Gresham College and amateur astronomer is found dead at the foot of the University Observatory stairs only days before he expected to experience an excess of joy leaving Lewis and Hathaway to unravel a puzzle fraught with campus intrigue spanning decades Days later Dr Ella Ransome Cromptons wifes best friend is also murdered Are the two crimes connected Facing a list of suspects that includes everyone from the senior college tutors right down to the head porter Lewis uncovers a college-wide blackmail plot that may hold the key to unraveling the murder of the Masterand much more Your Sudden Death Question-Lewis and Hathaway find themselves cancelling their August Bank Holiday plans when a private trivia weekend at Chaucer College kicks off with the murder of its standout competitor Ethan Croft The duo quickly learns that Croft was a womanizer with a number of secrets a brilliant Russian linguist turned primary school teacher whose professional career suffered some shadowy disgrace behind Oxfords closed doors years ago But did he end up floating in the fountain after a tryst gone awry Or is there more to the whispered tales in the hallways than just spurned lovers and cuckolded husbands Falling Darkness-On Halloween called to a scene as shes leaving for The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns Paramount PBS (DIRECT) Hailed as a film masterpiece and landmark in historical storytelling Ken Burnss epic documentary brings to life Americas most destructive-- and defining--conflict With digitally enhanced images and new stereo sound here is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one The most successful public-television miniseries in American history the 11-hour Civil War didnt just captivate a nation reteaching to us our history in narrative terms it actually also invented a new film language taken from its creator When people describe documentaries using the Ken Burns approach its style is understood voice-over narrators reading letters and documents dramatically and stating the writers name at their conclusion fresh live footage of places juxtaposed with still images photographs paintings maps prints anecdotal interviews and romantic musical scores taken from the era he depicts The Civil War uses all of these devices to evoke atmosphere and resurrect an event that many knew only from stale history books While Burns is a historian a researcher and a documentarian hes above all a gifted storyteller and its his narrative powers that give this chronicle its beauty overwhelming emotion and devastating horror Using the words of old letters eloquently read by a variety of celebrities the stories of historians like Shelby Foote and rare stained photos Burns allows us not only to relearn and finally understand our history but also to feel and experience it --Dave McCoy On the DVD / r The DVD features on The Civil War provide a wealth of insight creative philosophy historical perspective and educational enjoyment Twelve years after its premiere broadcast the film was given a digital facelift sharpening image clarity correcting color and enriching its soundtrack with a remastered 5 1-channel mix as demonstrated in the Civil War Reconstruction featurette In interviews from 2002 producer-director Ken Burns historian Shelby Foote journalist George Will author Stanley Crouch and composer-musicians Jay Ungar and Molly Mason reflect upon The Civil Wars enduring significance And Burnss eloquent commentary--selectively included on each disc and totaling five hours--illuminates the historical importance and creative impulse behind crucial chapters of the film Fifty-seven onscreen biography cards detail important North South and civilian figures and two 1990 featurettes Making History and A Conversation with Ken Burns --provide a more personal perspective on the creation of this extraordinary film Useful for both personal and academic study these features stand as a fitting supplement to one of the Dinosaur Train: Dinosaurs Under the Sea PBS (DIRECT) Elmer Elasmosaurus The Pteranodon family travels on the Dinosaur Train with the Aquacar to an underwater train station to transport Elmer Elasmosaurus back to his home in the ocean Carla Cretoxyrhina On this underwater excursion the Pteranodon family meets up with Carla Cretoxyrhina a young shark who turns out to be much nicer than her reputation suggests The Amazing Michelinoceras Brothers The Pteranodon family travels deep underwater on the Dinosaur Train to view two backwards-bounding brothers named Max and Mitch Michelinoceras Paulie Pliosaurus The Pteranodon family takes the Dinosaur Train underwater to visit a marine reptile called Paulie Pliosaurus a creature known as the T rex of the Ocean Elmer Visits the Desert Our Pteranodon family takes their ocean friend Elmer Elasmosaurus on the Dinosaur Train to a place hes never been before the desert Shinys Sea Shells Shiny with help from Buddy Tiny and Don looks for the shiniest sea shells she can find but ends up making a new friend named Henry a hermit crab Jess Hesperornis The Pteranodons venture to the Big Pond to find out if dinosaurs can live in the water The Old Spinosaurus and the Sea Dad takes the kids on the Dinosaur Train to fish in a new place where they meet a huge grumpy old dinosaur called a Spinosaurus that doesnt want the kids in his sea