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Beavers (Large Format)
by Image Entertainment
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DVD
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Actors: Earl Pennington
The biggest dam movie you ever saw! Have you ever danced in the moonlight, played in the shadow of great mountains, or fled before a charging bear? Have you ever been swimming in frigid waters beneath the ice or lived inside a beaver's house? Beavers (31 minutes) plunges into the rich aquatic habitat of one of nature's greatest engineers for an intimate look. Set in pristine forests and waters in the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, this film follows the story of a family of beavers as they grow, play and transform the world around them. Includes a 27-minute "making of" documentary. 58 minutes.
Originally intended for IMAX theaters, this documentary follows a family of beavers as they lay claim to a dam and build a place to live. The animals live as extended families, complete with uncles and aunts, and with their instinctive engineering skills build complex dams and apartments for themselves. What could be a mundane nature documentary, though, is made lyrical by its score, lighting, and camera work. It's a rare documentary that can be sweet but not cloying, with plenty to hold the interest of kids and adults alike. Beavers' accompanying making-of film answers some of the inevitable questions and reveals that the project was an incredibly arduous task. The film was made in the mid-1980s and involved lugging around the cumbersome IMAX camera in the wilderness, as well as weeks of waiting for the beavers to actually do something. Set against the breathtaking beauty of the Canadian Rockies, this is an incredible example of nature photography and a rewarding little film about our bucktoothed rodent friends and their innate construction drive. --Jerry Renshaw
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| Beavers |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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First saw at IMAX, but had to buy it. Entertaining movie about beavers. Loses a star, because some of the scenes use "tame" beavers (from a zoo or something like that).
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| Terrible Disappointment |
| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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I have never been so compelled to write a negative review. This film is not good, most definitely not educational, and simply irritating. I saw this DVD and thought, "this is going to be great--an imax film about beavers. How cool is that?" Well, I was thoroughly disappointed. The beaver footage was obviously setup and did not represent natural behavior; the background music was obnoxious and not fitting; beavers do not make loud moans and actually they make very little noise at all; and the film was too "done up"--if they would have only filmed the beavers and left it at that! This film was such a let down and a big missed opportunity and cleaver and creative it was not. Do not buy this DVD and if you do, please do not think anything in this film is educational or factual--oh yah, and if you do choose to put yourself through the misery, put the player on mute so you do not have to listen the fake, irritating beaver noises and the obnoxious, ill-suited background music.
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| Excellent documentary. |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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Originally saw this movie at a Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada.
The kids loved it and so did I.
Rating: 4 out of 5.
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| Fun Nature movie for all ages |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I first viewed this at an IMAX jammed packed with families. Our group consisted of adults, teens & young child. We adored it along with the rest of the crowd.
While it is educational it is also entertaining with a bit of good humor too. The movie runs just abt 30 minutes.
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| Who Knew? |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Fun and educational. Who knew what an impact this animals had on the land. The ending where they discusss how they filmed is also very interesting. I don't have one, but it would probably be even better on a large screen HD set.
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