If you missed Walt Disney Studios’ Earth in theaters, pick up the DVD, which releases today.
Gorgeous cinematography captures polar bears marching across ice, elephants enjoying a swim and whales breaching the ocean’s surface. (Click here to watch the trailer.)
The film is the first feature-length documentary from the new, eco-conscious production unit Disneynature. Cowritten and codirected by the award-winning Alastair Fothergill (Planet Earth, The Blue Planet), and narrated by Oscar-nominated actor James Earl Jones (voice of Darth Vader!), it’s an amazing tour of our home planet.
“In addition to providing compelling entertainment that audiences of all ages and backgrounds can enjoy, we also hope to raise awareness of the many ways that everyone and anyone can do their part to help our planet,” says Disneynature head honcho Jean-Francois Camilleri.
Adds Martyn Freeman of coproducer BBC Worldwide: “Earth captures some of the rarest and most beautiful imagery of the planet ever photographed by a team of the world’s top cinematographers. Audiences will get to see their planet in an exciting new way.”
I agree with Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly (one of the most trustworthy film critics out there), who calls the finished project a “super-duper deluxe nature documentary.” She believes Earth “clearly aims to recruit young viewers as conservationists.”
That’s a mission we all can support.
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The DVD’s suggested retail price is $29.99, but Amazon is currently selling it for $16.99.
After achieving great success with Earth, its first theatrical release, Disneynature released the G-rated Oceans on Earth Day (Thursday)—a film Associated Press movie critic Christy Lemire has called “a stunningly beautiful documentary.”
French codirectors Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud profile the bodies of water that cover almost 75% of our planet,...
Read: Disney’s “Oceans” Now in Theaters
Happy Earth Day!
What better way to commemorate the day than by taking a good look at the planet we have a chance to save?
NASA is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 8 Earthrise photograph (right), credited with inspiring the beginning of the environmental movement in the late 1960s and...
Read: See the Earth on Earth Day
As we reported a few weeks ago, Disneynature contributed a percentage of opening-week ticket sales for its latest film, Oceans, to The Nature Conservancy’s Adopt a Coral Reef program.
The environmental partners have since announced that the proceeds will be used to protect more than 35,000 acres of coral reefs in...
Read: Coral Reefs to Benefit from Disney’s “Oceans”
Tomorrow, March 28th at 8:30PM is Earth Hour. Sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund, the event encourages people worldwide to unplug their appliances and turn off the lights for just one hour, to give our planet a rest and raise awareness for global warming.
In this toenail-snipping video, singer Alanis Morissette...
Read: Remember, Tomorrow is Earth Hour!
Earth Day is April 22!
National Geographic recently released the DVD Six Degrees Could Change the World, a 50-minute documentary that explores the dangers of global warming.
By 2100, many scientists believe Earth’s average temperature could rise by as much as 6°C (42.8°F). National Geographic examines what each rising degree could mean...
Read: Six Degrees Could Change the World
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