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Life (narrated by David Attenborough) [Blu-ray] Warner Brothers 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 Brothers 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 The BBC High Definition Natural History Collection (Planet Earth / Wild China / Galapagos / Ganges) [Blu-ray] Warner Brothers BBC WARNER Planet Earth From the makers of The Blue Planet Seas of Life with an unprecedented production budget of 25 million comes the epic story of life on Earth Five years in production over 2000 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 Wild China An exotic fusion of natural history and Oriental adventure Wild China is a series of journeys through four startlingly different landscapes each based around the travels of a real historical character With splendour scale and romance Wild China lifts the veil on the worlds most enigmatic and magnificent country delving into its vibrant habitats to reveal a land of unbelievable natural complexity Journey across China from the glittering peaks of the Himalayas to the barren steppe the sub-Arctic to the tropical islands through deserts both searingly hot and mind-numbingly cold and see in pioneering images a dazzling array of mysterious beautiful wild and rare creatures Galapagos The inspiration for Darwin s theory of evolution the Gal pagos Islands are a living laboratory a geological conveyor belt that has given birth to and seen the death of many species of plants and animals As the western islands rise up from the sea offering a chance of life the eastern islands sink back beneath the waves guaranteeing only death Between the two are the middle islands fertile lush land in its prime that contains an incredible diversity of life Nowhere else on the Earth are the twin processes of creation and extinction of species so starkly apparent see it all unfold before your eyes in this stunning series filmed entirely in high definition from the BBC and the National Geographic Channel Ganges A sumptuous series that tells the story of the most extraordinary river in the world - the Ganges Human life and nature bustle along her river banks in a kaleidoscope of colour and energy From man-hunting tigers to giant lizards Food, Inc. MAGNOLIA PICT HM ENT 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 The World at War (30th Anniversary Edition) A&E A&E Home Video More than 30 years after its initial broadcast THE WORLD AT WAR remains the definitive visual history of World War II Narrated by Academy Award winner Laurence Olivier and digitally re-mastered for DVD this is epic history at its absolute best Unsurpassed in depth and scope its 26 hour-long programs feature an extraordinary collection of newsreel propaganda and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations including color close-ups of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress that present an unvarnished perspective of the wars pivotal events Penetrating interviews with eyewitness participants--from Hitlers secretary to Alger Hiss to ordinary citizens who stood outside the battle lines--add spine-tingling first-hand accounts to an already unforgettable viewing experience Informative and unbiased THE WORLD AT WAR is the recipient of numerous accolades including an International Emmy Award The National Television Critics Award for Best Documentary and knighthood for its creator Sir Jeremy Isaacs Sir Jeremy Isaacs highly deserves the numerous awards for documentaries he has earned the Royal Television Societys Desmond Davis Award lOrdre National du M rit an Emmy and a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II His epic The World at War remains unsurpassed as the definitive visual history of World War II The Second World War was different from other wars in thousands of ways one of which was the unparalleled scope of visual documents kept by the Axis and Allies of all their activities As a result this war is understood as much through written histories as it is through its powerful images The Nazis were particularly thorough in documenting even the most abhorrent of the atrocities they were committing--in a surprising amount of color footage The World at War was one of the first television documentaries that exploited these resources so completely giving viewers an unbelievable visual guide to the greatest event in the 20th century This is to say nothing of the excellent comprehensible narrative Some highlights ul li A New Germany 1933-39 early German and Nazi documentation of Hitlers rise to power through the impending attack on Poland li Whirlwind the early British losses in the blitz in the skies over Britain and in North Africa li Stalingrad the turning point of the war and Germanys first defeat li Inside the Reich--Germany 1940-44 one of the most fascinating documentaries that exists on life inside Nazi Germany from Lebensborn to the Hitler Youth li Morning prior to Saving Private Ryan one of the only unromanticized views of the Normandy invasion li Genocide this film is one of the most widely shown introductions to the Holocaust li Japan 1941-45 although The World at War is decidedly focused more on the European theater this is an important look into wartime Japan and its expansion--early 20th-century history that lead to Japans role in World War II is superficial li The bomb another widely shown documentary of the Manhattan Project the Enola Gay Hiroshima and Nagasaki / ul The World at War will remain the definitive visual history of World War II analogous to Gibbons Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire No serious historian should be missing The World at War in a collection 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 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 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 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align center valign top / / r / / / / tbody r / The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO 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 The Guild: Seasons 1 & 2 New Video New Video Group Studio New Video Group Release Date 09/ 29/ 2009